The Washington times., 1924-11-06
Col. SEES
Is MARGIN
IN HOUSE
Working Majority Certain,
Latest Election Reports
Indicate
By A. o. HAYWARD,
International News Service.

The new House of Representatives
for the Sixty-ninth Congress, accord
ing to latest unofficial returns, win
be made up as follows:
Republicans, 245.
Democrats. 1876.
Farmer.Labor. 2.
Socialists, Q.
Total, 435.
Later Official returns may change
these figures and switch the totals.
Returns from Colorado. Montana,
New Mexico and Washington are
not complete, and there. are con-
flicts in reports received from scat
tered districts throughout the coun-
try, where the vote Is close. The
Republican Congressional committee
here is checking back today on
corrected returns as fast as they
are received. They hope to increase
their total to $50 votes, reducing the
Democratic apparent total to 1S1.
Coolidge Has Control.
President Coolidge il assured of
legislative control of the House by
the Republican Iajority as 1t now
stands. The La Toilette managers
have succeeded in returning to the
House all their old following but
they will be unable by coalition with
the Democrats to outvote the regu.
lar Republicans on party legisla.
ton.
La Toilette retains his ten votes
from Wisconsin, Reid and King, II.
linois; Clague, Minnesota; LaGuar.
dia. New York; Sinclair, North Da,
kota, and Kvale, Minnesota, were
reelected. James and Woodruff,
Michigan, who were in and out sup.
porters of the Administration during
the present Congress, have been re
turned. Berger. Wisconsin, Social
let, and Wefald, Farmer-Labor, Min
rSestota, who trailed along with the
La Toilette group, will be in the
new House.
229 Regulars.
OF these 20 votes is have been in
cluded in the Republican enumera
ton for the new House. as Socia
lists and 2 as Farmer Labor. De
Quoting 16 votes from the Repuhli
can total strength Of 245 there re
mains a regular Republican vote
of 229. Adding the LaFollette
Socialist and Farmer Labor vote &c
the Democratic strength of 1876 the
Republicans face a total opposition
OF 206, leaving the Republicans
with a working majority of %. This
is sufficient, in the judgment of Re
publican leaders, to assure Presi
dent Coolidge of successful support
in the House for his legislative pro
gram during the sessions Of the
new Congress.
The La Toilette managers lost
their contests for House member:
in Minnesota, Montana, Washing
ton, Idaho and Massachusetts
where there were avowed La Fol
lette candidates. OF their two
candidates in North Dakota Sin
clair won but M. c. Freerks wen
down to defeat before Thomas Hall
Coolidge Republican. Thomas j
Giblin. the La Toilette candidat,
in the Tenth Massachusetts dis
trict, where Senator Wheeler, can
didate for Vice President on tn,
La Toilette ticket, spent consider
able effort, met defeat by John ]
Douglass, a Democrat.
G. o. p. Sweep Penna.
The defeat Of Democratic candi
dates for the House was not s,
disastrous as in the Harding land
slide of 1920. In that election the,
carried but 1870 districts out of tn,
345. Their most spectacular los
last Tuesday was in Pennsylvania
The Republicans for the first tim,
in years made a clean sweep O
that State, carrying the thirty.si,
districts. The Democrats have ST,
Congressman from Pennsylvania ii
the present House.
All the old House Republican lead
ers are returned to the Sixty-nintl
Congress. They will resume thei
former places at the craftsmanship
Of important committees and resun
direction of legislation. The cleo
ton of Speaker Gillett as Senate
from Massachusetts, and the deaf
Of Congressman Green, Massachu
sets, who was chairman Of tn
House Merchant Marine COMMITTEES
will cause changes
There is expected to be contes