New Britain herald., 1928-11-07

REPUBLICAN sweep
Affects CONGRESS
Substantial MajQrities IN Both
Senate and House Pile Up
ADD TO THEIR STRENGTH
Six Seats In Senate, Formerly Held
By Democrats, Go to Republicans
Farmer Labor and Independent
Senators Holding Their Places

Farmer Labor and Independent
Senators Holding Their Places
BY the Associated Press.
Substantial republican majorities
in both the senate and house were
rolling in today behind the tide of
Hoover votes.
In the senate where they now
have only q plurality Of one. the
republicans have captured six seats
now held by democrats, and have
apparently held on to all Of their
own 1a at issue in yesterdays elec-
ton.
Hoover In Kentucky
The Hoover wave in Kentucky
carried with 1t nine republican
members Of the house Of that states
representation OF II, and six OF
these republicans replace democrats
However. other defections In the
Hoover south in the presidential
contest failed to make material shift
IN the normal representation ol
those states in the house. So the
republicans have increased their
present majority Of IS SO far by lit
tic more than the margin given
them by Kentucky.
Four Democrats Lose,
-Four democratic senators along
the Atlantic seaboard we're bowled
over-Bayard. Of Delaware: Bruce
of Maryland: Gerry. OF Rhode Is.
land; and Edwards. of New Jersey
two other seats now held by demo.
chats went to republicans. The vet.
eran republican representative Theo.
dore E. Burton, OF Ohio, was elect
ed to the place now held by 4 demo-
crat, Cyrus Locher. The senate
membership voluntarily relinquished
by the democratic warrior. James
A. Reed, Of Missouri, has gone to q
republican.
West Virginia
Senator Neely. democrat. OF West
Virginia, is tagging behind his re.
publican opponent, and Senators
kendrick, democrat. of Wyoming
and Dill. of Washington. democrat
have real battles on their hands but
are leading.
Senator Henrik Shipstead, of Mn
nesota, the lone farmer-labor rem.
Der. and all OF the independent bloc
of three republicans and two demo.
Gratis are leading. They are La Fol
lette, Frazier. Howell. Wheeler and
Dill.
Democrats Take, Too
Democrats we're taking as we'll az
giving. however. in the house. The,
took one of Philadelphia prize re-
publican districts In defeating Rep
James NJ. Beck. former solicitor
general. a republican from the frs,
Pennsylvania district. They sent q
democrat. Harry Baker. to succeed
the late Martin Madden, stalwart re.
publican. from the first Illinois dis
trict. Baker defeated Oscar De
Priest, a Negro republican candi-
date. jeremiah E. O'Conell, a demo-
crat. took the post OF Rep. Monast,
Of Rhode Island. ana Louis Ludlow
a Washington newspaperman. upset
normally republican Indiana polls to
defeat his republican opponent, Rep.
Updike.
Senate Elections
The following Is the result OF the
senate elections. as compiled by the
Associated Press. Where the result
Is doubtful, 1t SO states:
Present makeup: Republicans 47,
democrats 4s. farmer-labor one. va.
cancies two. Republican seats a,
stake, IL.
California-Johnso elected.
Connecticut-Frede c. Walcott
(vacancy, Senator McLean), elected
1daho-Thomas, leading.
1llinois-Otis F. Glenn (vacancy OF
Frank L. Smith,. elected.
1ndiana-Robinso leading.
Michigan-vandenberg. elected.
Eebraska-Howell, leading.
New Mexico-Cutting, leading.