Evening star., 1926-11-04
Final Returns Show 48 Re,
publican, AZ Democratic, |
Farm-Labor Senators.
SAFE WORKING MAJORITY
Is MAINTAINED IN HOUSE
Insurgent Group in Upper Branch
Finds Itself in Improved
Strategic Position
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.
Nominal Republican control of the
Senate in the SEVENTEEN Congress is
assured by an eyelash margin, FinaI
returns show that there will be as
Republican Senators. AZ Democratic
snd l Fermentation member Even
should Senator Shipstead Farmer
Labor Senator from Minnesota, vote
with the Democrats on organization
which he IS not expected to do-Vice
president Dawes would cast the de
Gliding vote for the Republicans
Senate officers and Senate committee
chaiFmanships appear safe for the
Republicans.
The Senate has been a serious prob
!em for the Republican administration
eyer since the elections of 1922, wher
me Sn-calied progressive or insurgeni
pioc became strong enough to hold
The n@!+nCe of power. This bloc in
the seventeen Congress will be i'm 2
more strategic position than ever Il
block legislation desired by the ad
mlnlstration, or to aid the Democrats
IN attacks on administration policies
Made Wary by Landslide.
In 1924. the Democrats nlaved
ball wiki the insurgent Republican
bloc III the Senate, but the result
POLITICALLY was scarcely what the
democrats hoped. The Republican
landslide in the 1924 elections made
them wary of hooking up with the
insurgents in the last session Of Con
gress. Instead of entering a combi
natlon with the insurgents to beat the
Republlcan tax reduction bill or tO
amend it vitally, the Democrats this
year stood largely with the regular
Republicans.
Suggestion has been made in some
quarters that the Democrats might
hold up some of the approximation
bills during the coming short session,
SO as to force an extra session Of the
seventeen Congress soon after the
final adjournament of the present
Congress. March 4. 1927. The pur-
pose of such tactics would be to EN-.
barraSS the administration with re.
duction and tariff proposals. or to
force action on farm relief legislation.
But the Republican regulars will
still retain control of the House Of
Nepre SentatlveS, exclusive Of the pro-
gressjVe bloc in that body, in the next
Congress. AS all tax and tariff pro-
poSaiS must originate in the House
under the Constitution, there would
be no chance OF the Democrats start
ing any thing along those lines. even
AlI d special SSSSlOn IL inc next Con
Eress should be forced.
Farm Relief Different.
Farm relief legislation. however,
Is different matter. II Republicans
from the West should join with the
democrats in large measure and
could agree on a farm relief measure,
they might make trouble.
In The next House the Republicans
will have 240 seats, the returns now
indicate. OF these seats 10 or IL will
he held hy inSWEent Republicans
from the Northwest. leaving a net
regular Republican strength of 228 to
"3o. in the present House the Repub.
fcans have q total of PAX seats, An
Guiding the insurgents. Their net loss
IN the next Congress, therefore, will
be seven seats, Il the 240 figure is
Hna!. As Il ajority OF the House IS
2l6. IL appears that the Republican
orga nizatjrn Of the House will have
q safe. though not a large. Working
ma .olitv.
Final returns in the senatorial cleo
tons show that the Republicans lost
tota! Of seven seats. Weller was
defeated III Maryland by Tydings.
Democrat: Wadsworth was defeated
in New York by Wagner. Democrat:
Ernst was defeated ir Kentucky by
I}arkey. Democrat: Williams was de-
feated in Missouri by Halves. Dem
ocrat; Butler was defeated in Mas
sachusettes by Walsh. Democrat;
Cameron was defeated in Arizona by
Hayden. Democrat. and Harreld was
defeated in Oklahoma by Thomas,
Democrat.
Margin of &. d. T.. Success Slim.
In oregon and Colorado. States
which were considered doubtful up to
last night. Republican candidates for
the Senate We're elected. Charles Is.
Waterman is the new Republican
Senator from Colorado. defeating
former Gov. Sweet, Democrat. and
Frederick Steiwer is the successful
senatorial candidate in Oregon, wht re
Bert T.. HaneY, Democrat and former
member of the United s;tates ShippiIs;
Board. was his opponent.
The margin Of Republican success
was slim in both these States. In
Oregon the situa ion had been badly
complicated by the entrance of n sec
ond Republican candidate. Senator
Staniield. running as an independent.
While both Senator Jim" Watson
and Senator Arthur II. Robinson. Re
publcanS, We're reelected in India ma
II was by a narrow margin. In the
Watson election the margin Of victory
over stump, youthful Democratic can
didate, was only about Is, 900 votes
The closest election in HooSierdom for
many years. The vote indicates that
The charges of political corruption
linking UP the Republican organiza
tion with a former Khan leader, d
Z. Stephenson, now serving a life
sentence for murder of an Indianap
oils girl, We're not without their effect
Problem i'm Ware and Smith.
Should the new Senate refuse to
permit the seating of Ware and Smith.
successful in the Pennsylvania and
Illinois elections, respectively, when
that body meets next year, Repub-
lican control of the Senate might
vanish, at least temporarily. Without
Smith and Ware the Republicans
would have only 46 Senators How.
ever, if Shipstead voted with them on
organization. the Democrats. having
only AZ seats. would be tied, and the
Vice President could cast the deciding
vote for the Republicans.
The large Democratic membership
in the next Senate and the presence
OF many Progressive Republicans
from the West who have denounced
10th Smith and Ware. makes the seat
ing Of either Ware or Smith a matter.
of grave doubt. If they are rejected
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