Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-12
c, O.P. IN CONTROL
OF BOTH HOUSES
Republicans Win Most OF
Senate Races-House
Leaders Win.

on.-Administration Repub
licans have made almost clear
sweep in senatorial contests. The Re
publicans also have gained enough
house seats to obtain complete control
The Coolidge landslide made almost
a clean sweep in the senatorial cleo
lions.
Out of the fourteen doubtful sena
torial contests the Republicans appear
to have won twelve.
Partial returns point to the defeat
of Senator Magnus Johnson (Farmer
Labor, Minn) by Representative
Schall. Republican nominee.
OF three LaFolette senators run
ming for reelection Senator Norris
(Rep., Neb.) was the only one whose
election was assured.
Probable Republican victories in
clude that of Fred M. Sackett in Ken
lucky over Senator Stanley (Dem.).
Of the doubtful senatorial contests
the Democrats may have won only
Tennessee, where l.. d. Tyson defeat.
ed H. B. Lindsay, and Montana. where
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh probably
has won over Frank Linderman.
Assured of az Senators.
Regular Republicans seem to be as
sured of at least 40 senator's, an exact
majority, and probably so. There will
probably be Al Democrats instead OF
43 as at present, and one Farmer
Labor member instead of two.
Returns from house contests showed
224 Republicans, II Democrats and
probably Socialists definitely elected
"a majority of 21S There were Sc
districts yet to be heard from. OF
these it seemed certain that enough
Republicans would win to bring the
Republican total to 235 or more, which
will give sufficient margin to allow for
the detection of from II to Is LaFol.
lette supporters. In the present house
there have been 225 Republicans, POI
Democrats, 2 Farmer-LabOrites and
Socialist. Returns were missing on
Minnesota districts, but it was expect.
ed that two or more Farmer-LaboE
nominees would be elected
The LaFollette group in the house
will be weaker in numbers besides los
ing it's position in the balance OF
power. Representative Schafer (Repp
Wis.,, one of the LaFOllette men,
seems to have been defeated by Leo
Kryzke, Socialist. Nine Wisconsin
Republicans of the LaFollette group
al 7 oil 10
resentatives probably reelected In
Guided one Republican from Minnesota
and one from North Dakota.
G. o. P. WINS Eastern Senator.
The Coolidge landslide in the East
swept into office Republican senatorial
nominees in such doubtful states as
Rhode Island Massachusetts, Della
ware and New Jersey. There were In
dications that the Republicans had
elected senators also in West Virginia,
Oklahoma and South Dakota.
Although upwards Of dozen WON.
en- were contenders for congressional
seats, none of them appears to have
won. 1t will be the first time in sew.
eral years that the house will have nc
woman in its membership Mrs. Mae
Nolan (Rep., CALI, the only woman in
the present house, was not candi-
date for reelection.
1t appeared that approximately two
thirds of the house and Sc, ate will be
dry, as at present.
House Leaders Win Again.
Many of the recognized leaders of
the house were reelected without
much difficulty. Speaker Gillett was
out of the house race as a result of
his senate candidacy. but Representa-
tive Longworth (Rep., Ohio, the ma
jority leader in the house, was re-
elected, as was Representative Gar
rett (Dem., Tenn.), the minority
leader.
II is expected that the fight for the
speakership of the next house will be
between Representative Madden and
Longworth.