The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-07
OTHERS LIKELY
TO Be BURIED
IN LANDSLIDE
Nicely wv. Va.) and Gerry
(R. ~ Are in
Danger.
WHEELER TAKES LEAD
KendriCk in Close Contest;
Copeland Has Narrow
Escape.

81 OhtteG Press
NEW YORK, Nov. -Four Dem
ocratic senators still were fighting
this afternoon to hold their seats,
with the prospects that two of them
might lose.
Those two were Nicely of West
Virginia and Gerry of Rhode Is
land. Both were trailing their Re-
publican opponents on the basis Of
latest returns.
In Montana, Burton K Wheeler
was running ahead OFF,. M. Dixon,
and in Wyoming, Kendrick had a
slight lead over G. E. Winter.
Among the Democrat incumbents
who pulled through the Hoover
landslide safely were Trammell,
Florida; Stephens, Mississippi; Pitt
man, Nevada; Mcclellan, Tennessee;
Connolly, Texas; King, Utah;
Swanson, Virginia; AShurst, Ari-
IONA; Copeland, New York, and
Walsh, Massachusetts,.
G. 0. P. Makes Gains
The following victories gave the
Republicans gains in the Senate:
Townsend, Delaware, over Bayard;
Kean, New Jersey, over Edwards;
Macintosh, Washington, over Dill,
and Goldsborough, Maryland, over
Bruce.
Fourteen Republicans breezed
along easily with or without Hoover,
including Johnson, California; wal
colt, Connecticut; Thomas, Idaho;
Glenn, Illinois; Robinson, Indiana;
Vandenburg Michigan; Howell, Ne
braska; Cutting, New Mexico; Fra
Zier, North Dakota; FeSS, Ohio;
Burton, Ohio; Reed, Pennsylvania;
Greene, Vermont, and La Toilette,
Wisconsin.
The cyclone of ballots stirred up
by the Hoover landslide blew first
one candidate and then another
along unexpected paths.
Copeland of New York was an eX-
ample. At 10 p. m. Tuesday he
seemed a beaten man, because Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith, the greatest
vote getter this state ever had, was
buried in an avalanche under which
none of his Democratic colleagues
could be believed to have survived.
Trend Suddenly Changes
But there was a change in the
official count upstate, unforeseen
trend against Smith toward Cope
land in New York City, and Cope
land aWoke this morning to find
himself conceded the senatorship.
The Copeland case is not unique.
the same ever-changing battle
being waged in most of the key
states where Democratic senator's
were up for reelection.
Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor,
of Minnesota, the only representa-
tive of his party in the senate, APP
parently was assured of reelection
by a majority of 100000 over Ar
thur F. Nelson, his Republican
opponent.
approximately half Of the states
3,763 precincts gave Shipstead
229,774 and Nelson, 159,873.
Figures for the house of repreSen-
tatives showed 239 Republicans and
1874 Democrats already elected.
There were twenty-nine house
seats in doubt, including sever now
belonging to the Republicans,
and twenty-five to the Democrats.
Republican candidates were lead
ing in most of the doubtful dis
tricts and it seemed possible the Re
publicans could pick up more than
twenty Democratic seats.
Women Win Seats
Seven women candidates appar-
emily had won contests for seats in
the house, including the four in
cumbents, Mrs. Rogers, Massachu-
sets; Mrs. Norton, New Jersey; Mr.
Kahn, California; and Mrs. Lang
ley, Kentucky.
This original feminine contingent
will be joined by Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen, Florida; Mrs Ruth Pratt
New York; and Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, Illinois.
They will make up the largest
representation women have ever had
in congress.
New faces in the senate will in
clude former Representative Conn
oily of Texas, who has been in the
house for long time, and forme.'
Representative Theodore Burton
Ohio, who will go with Connolly
from the house to the senate.
These are the only two who ever
have been to Washington officially
before, the novices being Towsenc,
Delaware; Kean, New Jersey; Mack
intosh, Washington; Goldsborougb.
Maryland, Walcott, Connecticut
Thomas, Idaho; and Glenn, Illinois
It is the largest group of newcomers
the senate has seen in recent years