Evening star., 1924-11-09
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS
Summary of Important National Foreign and Local Affairs
Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students

The American people have made
their choice of a leader for the mex,
four years and elected Calvin Cool.
idge thirtieth President of the United
States. -,.
I'm the face Of unofficial and incom.
plete returns the electoral vote is
as follows:
Coolidge and Dawes, 3S2.
Davis and Bryan, 1876.
La Toilette and Wheeler, 13.
The popular vote, roughly estimated
gives Coolidge and Dawes $4,000. 900
Davis and Bryan. 100000. and La
Toilette and Wheeler. 100000.
Both houses of Congress remain Re.
publican. In both of them there will
be Republican majority over the
combined strength of Progressives
and Democrats. This Is of vital i'm
portance to new administration
which needs a working" majority to
enact it's favored legislation.
For the first time in history, two
women have been elected governors
of States. One of them is the widow,
the other the wife Of former gov
ernor. Wyoming. the first State OF
the Union to grant women the right
Of suffrage. elected Mrs. Nellie Tay-
lot ISoSS. " iuo" VI loA hiSA N''' w -
liam b. Ross. while Texas chose Mrs
Miriam Amanda Ferguson. whose
husband was impeached. Mrs. Fer
guSon made her campaign as vim
dication Of her husbands name.
Only one woman was sent to Con-
gress. She Is a Democrat, the first
of her party to be elected. and the
first woman to go to Congress from
the East Mrs. Mary F. Norment OF
New Jersey believes in light wines
and beer. is the wife Of business
man and a successful business woman
herself
Two Socialists will he seated in
the new House One is Victor Berger
of Wisconsin. the other Fiorella II
la Guardia OF New York. The latter
was previously elected on the Repub-
Hcan ticket. but in the last election
chose the Socialist party.
Through the election to the Senate
of Frederick H. Gillett Of Massa-
chusetts, former Speaker OF the
House. there will be vacancy IN
this office which will be filled In
the new Congress. Two OF the
prominent candidates are Repre-
sentative Martin B. Madden Of liii-
nois and House Leader Nicholas
I,oneworth of Ohio. The successful
candidate will, of course. he a Re-
publican, and one Of the first votes
TO test the strength of the new re
publican majority Will be to nix the
speakerShip.
The oldest member who ever occu-
MED a seat in the House. Representa-
tive Isaac r. Sherwood of Ohio. VINO
first came to Congress with Uncle
Ioa Cannon in the Forty third Con-
press, was defeated.
Some idea of the money expended
bv politfcal parties for campaigns is
gained from the hnal reports OF the
three political parties to the Sena't
committee investigating campaign
a.nenditures made in the closing day
of the campaign. Up to October - -
the Republicans received SS'Ioi'"o'
I-n to october 26 the Democrats re-
ceived s61S.311.e7, and the last re-
norts received from the La Foliet'e-
Wheeler organization showed receipts
~ soIs oon The committee which
investigated campaign funds is eN-
nacted to issue a report on its nno-
ings later.
Gen. Gerardo Machado. joint can
didate of the Liberal and Popular
nartfes of Cuba, has been elected
president of the~island republic, ana
as usual in Latin American politics
his defeated opponent. former fresi-
dent Mario G.. Menochal. ConserVa
tive. claimed the election was iliegai
He later acted the part of sooo
sportsman, however, and coneratu'
lated the victorious candidate.
Ramsay Macdonald, head of the
defeated Labor party, resigned as
prime minister with his cabinet
Tuesday. He is succeeded by Stan
ley Baldwin. who has chosen ne"
cabinet. Mr.. Macdonald, self
Gated son of a Scotch peasant. head
ed a government which was in power
for nine months. His. foreign policy
was generally approved as far as ii
went toward resumption OF the
entente cordiale with France. close
co-operation with the League OF Ma
tions and settlement of the repara.
tions question. But his downfall
hinged on his attitude toward Rus
sia He extended recognition TO Rus.
s;a and concluded commerciaI
treatv which has not been ratified
publication of the Zinovief letter
during the closing hours OF the las'
campaiRn was deciding issue
which swept the Conservative eie'
ment into power and buried, for the
time being, the Labor party uhde'
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