Evening star., 1924-11-06
Montana and Nevada Won
by G. O.P.-DaviS Holds
Lead in New Mexico.
NORTH DAKOTA MARGIN
OF REPUBLICANS DROPS
La Toilette Bloc Hold on Senate
Balance of Power Apparent
ly Lost.
by the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 6.-The
Republican triumph in Tuesdays
e ection assumes an even greater
magnitude as the counting of the
ballots nears completion.
Overnight returns not only boosted
the total of electoral votes credited
to Coolidge and Dawes, but increased
the likelihood that the new admins
tration will have a dependable ma
Jority of it's own party in Congress.
They likewise lifted to new heights
the vast Republican majorities in
several States already counted in the
Coolidge electoral column, and gave
indications of depositing there all of
the electoral strength now classified
as doubtful.
Two More States Safe.
Tho latest triumphal procession are
Montana and Navada, having between
them seven votes in the electoral
college. That would increase the
party total to 31i, or l0S more than
is needed to elect. FOR time La
Toilette had threatened to capture
one or the other, but the figures
available today appeared to make
The electoral bag of Davis and
Bryan remained, meantime, at 1876.
and apparently the only chance of
an increase was in New Mexico,
where the Democratic ticket was
holding the lead by only a scant plu-
rality. Coolidge was gaining at a
ratio which, If maintained. would
add the States three votes also to
the Republican total.
North Dakota in Doubt.
La Follette's last opportunity to
increase the electoral vote of IS
given him by Wisconsin seemingly
hinged on the returns from the only
other State remaining on the doubt
full list-North Dakota-with five
votes. Coolidge remained in the lead
on the face of returns from two
thirds of the State. but his plurality
was diminishing as a mounting La
Toilette vote came in from the coun-
try districts.
The congressional returns not only
indicated the defeat of two of the
pillars of the La Toilette Senate
block-Senators Brookhart of Iowa
and Johnson of Minnesota--but they
lifted the Republican majority in the
House to point where it seemed
probable that the administration
combination of Democrats and La
Toilette insurgents.
Thus il appeared that the Wiscon-
sin Senator had not only been held to
a minimum of electoral strength in
his fight for the presidency, but also
was in jeopardy of losing the COM
manding position he has held for the
past two years as leader of a group
holding the balance of power in Sen
ate and House.
VIII Keep Lines Intact.
Despite this situation, the leaders
of the La Toilette Independent group
were planning today to keep a party
organization together for future cam
paigns, at the same time that the
Democrats, buried under a second Re-
publican landslide in four years. were
trying to dig their way out far
enough to take stock of the probable
consequences to their party.
John w. Davis the defeated Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, will talk
over party reorganization plans with
National Chairman Shaver and other
Democratic chieftains at a luncheon
here tomorrow. but it is probable that
some time will elapse before there is
a definite movement to put the party
machinery into running order once
more.