The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-09
THE CAPITALIST
OPPOSITION VOTE
NOT YET COUNTED
The Socialist Candidates
Make Poor Showing
BY CARL HAESsLER,
Federated Press.

TCuSIdteu FTeSSs
While the republican and demo
cratic parties are specializing nation
ally on the control of the U. S. SEN
ate and in their various localities are
busy doing out the patronage that
goes with their respective victories,
headquarters of the so-called third par
ties are still without accurate informa-
ton as to the showing of their candi-
dates Nov. 2 except that they were
almost uniformly defeated. But the
number of votes attracted to each can
didate, the location of party electoral
strength or the occurrence Of close
contests with the old party nominees
remains closed book at present.
Berger Reelected.
1--WE have no reliable data on the
performance at the polls of the social
ist candidates" it was declared at the
national headquarters of the socialist
party in Chicago. 1t is known that
Victor L. Berger was reelected repre-
sentative from Milwaukee north side
and that he will again be the only So
cdalist in congress. 1t is also known
that the socialist candidates for U. S.
senator from Wisconsin and for gov
srnor made Unexpectedly poor show
ings. No figures were available on
Illinois socialist candidates. Secre-
tary William Henry was too busy to
talk over the situation.
Purity Candidate IGNORED
THE progressive candidates in Illi-
nois drew so few votes that no at
tempt has been made to tabulate
them" was the statement at progress
I've party headquarters in Chicago.
Farley Parker Christensen was the
candidate for U. S. senator, running
on purity platform against Frank
Smith, republican, and George Bren-
nan, democrat, both of whom financed
the greater part of their campaign
thru the benevolences Of Sam insult,
the public utility king.
mo returns will be available on our
candidates for several days." says Sec
tetary C. e. Ruthenberg of the Work
ers' Party, which also maintains ma
tional headquarters in Chicago. "But
we have heard of no victories for our
ticket" J. Louis Engdahl, Workers
Party candidate for U. S. senator from
Illinois, is reported to have been cred
sted with 800 votes in Chicago by the
old party election officials.
Headquarters Abandoned.
Farmer-labor national headquarters
have been abandoned and Minnesota
is the only state where the party func-
tons effectively on statewide basis.
There unofficial returns indicate the
defeat of Wefald, a farmer-labor con-
gresham, and possibly of Carss, an
other. The candidates for state Office
On its ticket, led by Magnus Johnson
for governor, were defeated by the
republican slate.
Control Evenly Divided.
Control of the u. S. senate will be
so evenly divided between the demo-
Gratis, who seem to have AZ senators,
and the republicans, who will have As
by counting in all the insurgents, that
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Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor from
Minnesota, and the so-called LaFol-
lette bloc. In the new senate this
bloc is expected to consist of LaFol-
lette and Blaine from Wisconsin,
Brookhart from Iowa, Nye from North
Dakota and occasionally Norris from
Nebraska. Among the more or less
progressive democrats elected to the
senate Nov. are classed Barley of
Kentucky, Walsh of Massachusetts
and Hayden of Arizona.
The balance of power in progress
I've hands gives the advocates of a
national labor party encouragement in
their plans to detach the progressive
democrats and republicans from their
old party ties to join with the labor
elements that are ready for a new
political alignment.