Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
DEMOCRATS SHORT
| OF HOUSE CONTROL
VIII Miss by Two Seats When
/ Doubtful Districts Re-
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from dry gains in the previous land
slide two years ago"
The dry leader made no special refer.
ence in his statement to the victory Of
]. Ham" Lewis, the victorious Democrat
in the senatorial contest in Illinois
Lewis will take the seat now occupied
by the dry Senator Deneen.
Henry II. Curran, president of the
Association Against the Eighteenth
Amendment takes Numerically op.
that given by Mr. Mcbride. Curran de-
clares that the vets have won addi-
tional Senate seats and 10 additional
House seats. He puts the wet strength
In the Senate at 20 and In the House at
las. These figures would leave rs drys
In the Senate and 290 drys in the House
Any way you look at 1t, the majority OF
the drys in Congress is still very large.
Mr.. Curran in his discussion Of wet
victories for the Senate, included Einar
Hoidale, the Democratic candidate In
Minnesota. Later returns put Schall
Republican, in the lead there, and the
probabilities are that Schall will be
the winner in the end.
Turn Not Wet Victory.
The Methodist Church Board of
Temperance in a statement issued to-
day, like the Anti-Sa1oon League, took
the position. that the victory IN the
congressional elections was Demo-
cratic victory, and that the turnover
was to the Democrats rather than to
the vets. 1t happened, however, that
the Democrats were wet.
Despite claims of hopeful VETS" the
statement said 1.-The dry majority IN
the House of Representatives has ap-
parently been reduced only few votes
and the overwhelming dry majority in
the Senate not at al"
The board, however, commented that
the election showed a lack OF ethcient
organization among the drys in many
y1arts of the country, "a state of affairs
which calls for immediate considera-
ton"
Scanning the returns, the board said
while the wet Mr. Buckley" won the
Ohio senatorship. "the dry Mr.. White"
was chosen Democratic Governor.
Senator Hastings defeat Of former Sena-
tor Bayard In Delaware was described
as a dry victory, as was the defeat OF
Senator Steck, "a mild wet" by Rep
resentative Dickinson in Iowa.
ss,The defeat of Mrs. Mccormick and
Of Mr.. futile" the statement said,
sshow clearly that 1t is suicide for the
Republican party to give aid and COM
fort to the wet cause in nearly any
Northern State. The wet referendum
victories were in distinctly wet terri
Taking an opposite view Of the sig
niflcance Of election returns, the Fed
erai Dispensary Tax Reduction League,
an organization sponsoring q Nation
wide convention meeting here Decem-
Der 8 to agree on a prohibition modifi-
cation plan, said today all but l6 OF
16O candidates it sponsored were elected.
Schau Nominated Clark.
with the Republican party leaders
watching closely the gains Of Senator
Schall, because they are counting much
upon his vote to help them organize
the Senate, it is interesting to note
that Senator Schall, while q House
member, voted against his party with
the Democrats for Champ Clark for
Speaker In the organization of the war
Congress on April 2. 1917.
In fact, 1t was Senator Schall who
nominated Champ Clark for Speaker
and the election resulted-Champ
Clark, Alt: James r. Mann, 205; Fred
erick Gillett, q: Irvine L. Lenroot. q;
answered present" 2.
In making his speech, Mr.. 5chall
said: IT realize that my action today
will be used to attempt my political
death, for out Of $4,000 votes In my
district. over $4,000 are Republican"