Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-08
HOOVER ADMINISTRATION WILL BEGIN WITH
CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY RARELY EXCEEDED
Rvcaus Ia Saai Lsa CppOneB Gy Sixteen Votes Aad Have
Hundred Excess In House, While Inulg nts lncute kary
HOoverites, Who Will eco Along"

not have to depend solely upon the
regulars for support. The insurgent
bloc has lost considerable of it's SOL
idarity, and likewise its capacity for
making trouble. Some of the most
radical of the insurgent bloc are
frankly avowed Hoover men and may
be expectedsto go along with the reg
ulars, in supporting the new Admin
istration, at least for a while.
Notable examples of these "con-
verted insurgents" are Smith Wild
man Brookhart, of Iowa; Senators
Nye and Frazier, erstwhile NOnparti-
san Leaguers, of North Dakota, and
Senator Howell, of Nebraska. Other
insurgents, not quite so consistently
irregular, who supported Mr.. Hoover
during the presidential campaign are
Senator Borah, of Idaho; Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, and
Senator James Couzens, of Michi-
gan. In fact, the only simon-pure
anti-Hoover insurgents in the Sen
ate will be Norris, of Nebraska, and
Blaine, of Wisconsin. For the first
time in many years, the Republicans,
therefore, should be able to muster
something near their full party
strength when the roll is called on
Administration measures.
From Mr.. Hoover's viewpoint, the
situation in the next House could
hardly be improved. The Republican
majority of 100 is impressive enough,
but it must be borne in mind also
that the insurgent group there, too,
will be badly shattered. Only one ac-
knOwledged independent will remain
-Kvale, Farmer-Laborite, of Mime
sofa, the man who defeated Volstead
because Volstead wasn't dry enough.
The Socialist Party will be deprived
of its last surviving representative in
Congress, Victor L. Berger, of Mil
waukee, who went down to defeat
before his ancient foe, William H.
Stafford, himself a battlescarred vet
eran of many congressional battles.
The old La Toilette group of Con-
gressmen from Wisconsin, who for
med the nucleus of the insurgent
in the House, is split wide
open by reason of the fact that some |
of it's members, notably Frear and
Schafer, supported the regular Re- /
publican ticket in the, last election.
Old-timers in the House will hard |
ly be able to recognize the delega-
tions from some of the States where
the Hoover Landslide hit with full
force, notably along the border and
in the South. Some strange Republi-
can faces will be seen among states
men from Dixie. Virginia, for in
stance. will have three new Republi-
can Congressman out of total of
EN-. Two new Republicans will be
found in the North Carolina delega-
ion. The Kentucky delegation, once
almost sodily Democratic, will be
composed of nine Republicans and
.wo Democrats in the Seventy-first
Congress.
In the Missouri delegation, six of
he present Democratic members
will be displaced by Republicans,
eaving only six Democrats out of
otaI representation of sixteen. The s
Oklahoma delegation, which stands
low seven to one in favor of the
Democrats, will have three Republi- :
ans in the next Congress. ]
Democratic representation in some &
f the big Northern delegations has
zen wiped out entirely. The Penn t
ylvania delegation will return to its i
tatus as the largest undivided State
roup' in the House. Its thirty-siX S
lembers will be all Republican, Ev- g
rett Kent, the lone Democrat, rep v
esenting the Thirtieth District,
aving been defeated by William r. n
oyle, of Bethlehem. The Republi- o
ans made net gain of two in the
ew York delegation, but still are G.
hort of a majority, due to the Tam
lany strngeth in New York City. e.
My three Democrats will be found S
/ the Ohio delegation of twenty-five
nd six in the Illinois delegation of h
twenty-five. CT
With such an advantage of num-
ers, a mere crack of the party whip 81
lould suffice to get things done dur in
g the first two years of the Hoover a
administration. to