Evening star., 1928-11-10
Three CONGRESS /.
RACES IN DOUBT
Republicans Expected to Win
Contests in Pennsylvania,
Missouri and Texas.

seems prOOaDie tnaC all three contests
will be decided in favor of the Repub-
lican candidates. In the third Mis-
souri, district Representative jacob L.
Mllligan, Democrat, is shown 20 be de-
feated by H. F.. Lawrence, Republican
by the scant majority of 81 votes. In
the only Republican district in Texas
Representative Harry M. Wurzbach, Re-
publican, Is leading his Democratic op-
ponent, Augustus McClosky, by only a
score or so of votes. In the rock-ribbed
Republican stronghold, Philadelphia.
Representative James M. Beck. former
solicitor general, seems to have won re-
election from the first Pennsylvania
district after early returns had indi-
Gated the capture of his seat by William
L. Rooney, Democrat.
The only Democrat in the Pennsyl-
Vania delegation elected to the new
Congress, Representative John j. Casey,
Democrat-Labor candidate. has been
challenged by his Republican-Prohibi-
tio1 opponent in the twelfth district
Henry w. Merritt. who charges irregu-
larities and has asked for recount.
Sixteen Majority in Senate.
But while the exact result in the
House elections will not be known for
several days, 1t seems probable that the
party line-up in both houses in the
Seventy-first Congress will be as fol-
lows:
senate-Republicans, SIS; Democrats,
80; Farmer-Labor, /, and vacancy, l
(seat of Senator-elect Ware of Pennsyl-
vania), making majority of 16 for the
Republicans.
House-Republicans 269; Democrats,
1855, and Farmer-Labor, /, making a
Republican majority of 104.
With the short session of the Seven
tieth Congress about to assemble three
weeks from Monday special interest
centers at this time in the Republican
control of both houses, after vacancies
have been filled In the election just
held.
Republicans, 40; Democrats
As; Farm-Labor, /, and vacancy,
Wares seat in Pensylvania).
House-Republican 235; Democrats
1874; Farm-Labor, 2, and Socialist, /;
vacancies, 3.
Four Places Filled.
In the Senate one vacancy and three
unexpired terms were filled.
In the House there were nine vacan-
cieS. Six we're filled in this election
and three vacancies were not filled, as
will be explained later.
The four new members of the SEN
ate who will take office next month
are:
Theodore E. Burton, Republican ol
Ohio, who was one of his States Rep
resentatives In the House at the last
session of Congress, will become a Sena-
nIo or
to complete the term of the late Sena-
tor Wills. When Senator willis died
his seat was filled temporarily by q
Democrat. Cyrus K. Locher. on the ap-
pointment of the Governor of Ohio.
Mr.. Burton formerly served in the
Senate from 1909 to 1915.
Otis F.. Glenn, Republican. of Illinois,
also will begin his service at the short
session, since he was elected to the
vacancy created by refusal of the Sem
ate to seat Frank L. Smith.
Senator Bronson Cutting, Republican
of New Mexico, who served during the
last session on a governors appoint
ment as successor to the late Senator
Andrieis A. Jones, has been elected fol
the six-year term beginning next
March, but another Republican, A. 0
Larrazolo has been chosen to finish ou
the remaining four months of the tern
Of Senator Jones. Mr.. Larrazolo, there
fore, will occupy Senator Cuttings sea-
only during the coming session.
Thomas Goes to Senate.
John Thomas, Republican. of Idaho
will become member of the Senate al
the coming session. filling the timex
pired term of the late Senator Gooding
! Republican.
The filling of the vacant seat from
!, Illinois and the election of Burton Il
| take Locher's seat from Ohio means
that at the short session the Repub.
licanS will have 49 Senate votes, against
/ As for the Democrats, Farmer-Labor'
ite and / vacancy.
The reason the three vacancies In the
, House will continue during the shor
session is: In the lat large" contest ir
Illinois Mrs Ruth Hanna Mccormick
defeated Representative Yates for the
nomination; then Representative Rath.
bone the other candidate al large, died
and Representative Yates vas named by
committee to take Ratnbone's place
on the ticket, and was elected. AS he
is already member of the Seventieth
. Congress in his own right, he cannot
take two seats, his own and that OF
Representative Rathbone, so one va
cancy exists
In the first Illinois district the coloreC
man, oscar De Priest, Republican, was
elected successor to the late Representa-
tive Martin B. Madden, but De Priest
was not nominated for the unexpirec
term and will not come in until the
extra session Of the new Congress which
President-elect Hoover has promised tC
call. The third vacancy exists because
the late Representative Thomas l.
Rubey. Democrat of Missouri. was not a
candidate for reelection. After S. A.
Cunningham, Democrat, had been nom-
mated, Mr.. Rubey died, but the candi-
date in this district had not been nom
mated for the unexpired term because
at that time Mr.. Rubey himself was ex-
pected to finish out his term In the
present Congress. Had this contest
been for an unexpired term as we'll as
for the Seventy-f1rst Congress the Re-
publicans would have picked up a seat
In the House. because the Republican
candidate, Rowland L. Johnston, de-
feated Mr.. Cunningham for Mr. Rubey's
seat from the sixteenth Missouri dis
trict.
Six Vacancies Filled.
Six vacancies in the House, four Re-
publican and two Democratic, were
filled in the election just held for the
short session of the Seventieth Con-
gress, as follows;
Alabama, fifth district, Representative
Lafayette l.. Patterson, Democrat. was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Representative William
B. Bowling, Democrat.
Massachusetts, twelfth district, John
w. Mccormack. Democrat, elected to
succeed the late Representative James
A. Gallivan, Democrat.
Massachusetts, fourteenth district
Richard B. Wigglesworth, Republican
elected to succeed the late Representa-
tive Louis A. Frothingham Republican
New York thirtY-Second district