Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-09
BeIated Election Returns Con-
tinue to Increase Repub-
IiCan. Gains.
HATFIELD LIKELY VICTOR
IN WEST VIRGINIA FIGHT
Democrats Lose Heavily in Seats
From Kentucky and Missouri
Districts.

Republican majorities in both Senate
and House were increased today by be-
lated returns on Tuesdays vote. 1t now
seems certain that Senator M. M. Nicely
Democrat of West Virginia, has been
defeated by Henry D. Hatfield, Re
publican, running to seven the number
of seats in the upper branch now held
by Democrats that have been captured
by Republicans.
The latest returns indicate that the
Republicans will have a majority OF
about 100 in the House, whereas in the
present Congress they had a majority
of AZ over the Democrats.
Gain 81 Seats.
With only three districts out Of the
435 still in doubt, the Republicans have
gained 80 seats. 80 of which are now
Democratic and one each held by a
Socialist and a Farm-Labor1te. AS
against this the Democrats have cap
tured three Republican seats. or the
three seats still in doubt. two are now
held by Republicans and one by q
Democrat.
The west Virginia contest between
Senator Nicely and Hatfield Is the only
senatorial race not finally settled. anc
if complete returns show Senator Neely
is defeated, the Republicans Woulo nave
in the Senate IN the new CONGRESS 90
seats. against 80 by the Democrats, /
Farmer-Labor and / seat vacant. Prior
to TUESDAYS election the Senate line-up
stood AZ Republicans, 46 Democrats, /
Farmer-Labor and vacancies. In ad-
dition to the seats gained from the
Democrats, the Republicans filled one OF
the two vacant places by electing GUS
F. Glen of Illinois.
Democrats Lose Heavily.
In the House the Republicans rivaled
their successful raid, by which they cap
tured six of the eight Democratic seats
in Kentucky, by taking a like number
in Missouri, which seems likely 10 De
increased to seven, as the thiid district,
now represented by Representative
Jacob l.. Milligan, seems to have been
won by H. F. Lawrence, Repuollcan;
In Kentucky the Republicans ousted
the Democratic incumbents III the tnlrd,
districts. IN Missouri the Republicans
cantured the fifth, SIXTH seventh, thir-
teenth, fourteenth and sixteenth dis
tricts, which are now held by Demo-
Gratis.
In Ohio the Republicans gained three
seats in the eighth, fourteenth and six
teenth districts. In Virginia they
gained three seats in the second, sew
enth and ninth districts, which have
always been strongly Democratic. In
New York the Republicans captured
Democratic seats in the seventeenth and
thirty-eighth districts. In North Caro-
lima they defeated two prominent mem-
bers of the House, Mai Bulwinkle in
the ninth district and Zebulon Weaver
IN the tenth district. Returns yesterday
showed that Maj. Charles M. Stedman,
the veteran Confederate member from
the fifth district of North Carolina, had
been defeated, but later reports show
that he has been reelected. In Okla
homa the Republicans took the Demo-
cratic seats in the. first and fifth dis
trictS.
In Maryland they captured the second
district, now represented by Repre-.
sentative william P. Cole, Jr., or
ToWson, who was member OF the
House District committee. In Colo
RADIO they defeated S. Harrison White,
Democrat, in the first district. In 1lli-
nois Frank M. Ramey, Republican, de-
feated Representative j. Earl Major,
Democrat, in the twenty-first district.
In Pennsylvania the thirtieth district
was won by Capt. William r. Coyle.
Republican, a native of the National
Capital and former Congressman. In
Indiana the Republicans captured the
third district, and in Nebraska the fifth
district from Democratic occupancy.
Wisconsin SOlidly Republican.
Wisconsin sent solid Republican
delegation to the House through the de-
feat of Victor Berger, Socialist, by VIII
liam H. Stafford, a former member,
with a scant majority Of $40 votes.
Through the election Of Mr.. Stafford
and Merlin Hull, newspaper man,
wisconsin Is sending two conservative
Republicans to the House. which breaks
into the solid anti-administration group
from Wisconsin during the last few
years These two new members, with
Representative Schafer in the fourth
district and Representative Frear in
the tenth district, were the only ones
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