Evening star., 1932-11-09
DEMOCRATS WIN
CONGRESS CONTROL
IS Seats in Senate and 221
in House Already Taken
From G. o. P.
Continued From First Page.)

captured Republican Senate seats were:
New Jersey where Representative
Stewart. Democrat. defeated Senator
Barbour, Rep llican. who has been
serving on a governors appointment
since the death o. thH late Senator
Dwight Morrow. Wisconsin, were r
Ryan Duffy Democrat, beat John b.
Chapple Republican. for the seat al
present held by Senator Blaine Blaine
lost in the primary, Iowa, where Louis
Murphy Democrat won over Henry
Field Republican, for the seat now held
by Senator Brookhart Senator Brook
hart. after being defeated III the
primary, ran as an independently CAN
fornia where William Gibbs McAdoo,
former Democratic Secretary OF the
Treasury. was elected over Tallant
TubbS. Republican. for the seat OF Sen
ator Shortridge, who was beaten IN tne
primary: Illinois. where Representative
william Dieterich. Democrat. defeated
Senator Otis F. Glenn, Republican.
Win House Control.
The Democrats have corraled accord
in2 TO returns. already in, more than the
2l8 House seats necessary for control,
while the Republicans have only 70,
according to the definite returns that
have been tabulated Incomplete returns
from the remaining districts show
strong leaning toward Democratic can
didateS.
Republican strongholds have yielded
MANY House seats. For example, Penn
sylvania has given seats TO Democrats,
Illinois 5, New York and Missouri
each, Ohio Rhode Island and Connec-
ticut each The Democrats also cap
tured Republican seats in Calltolnla,
Nebraska, Oklahoma. South Dakota, Vlr-
ginia Wisconsin and New Jersey. The
Democrats lost one seat in Connecticut.
OF particular interest in the District
of Columbia is the reelection of Mrs.
Mary T. Norton OF New Jersey. chair
man of the House District Committee,
and practically all the present member
ship of that committee. This includes:
Democrats-Palmisano Maryland; Pat
man. Texas: Smith, Virginia; Gasque,
South Carolina; Black. New York,
Clark, North Carolina, and Harlan.
Ohio Republicans-Stalker New York,
Whitley, New York, and Holmes, MaSsa-
chusetts.
Chairman Cannon of the Subccm-
mittee on District Appropriations and
Representative William j. Granfield of
Massachusetts, Democratic colleague
on the subcommittee, were reelected.
Prominent Republicans Lose
Representative Lamar Jeffers OF Ala
bama and William r. Sirovich of New
York chairman and ranking Democrat
on the Civil Service Committee, were
reelected as were also Representatives
RamSpeck of Georgia. Douglas OF MaSSa-
chusetts, Patman OF Texas. Fulbrlght
of Missouri, Boehne of Indiana, Smith
a1 npn1nprQtg and (IlhS0n
of Vermont. Rogers Of Massachusetts
and Whitley of New York. all Repub-
licans The great army OF Government
workers in Washington are especially
interested in the personnel OF the civil
Service Committee.
MANY prominent Republican members
fell by the Wayside as the Democratic tor
nado swept by yesterday. THESE lncluoe
Representative La Guardia OF New YORK,
who has represented the twentieth con-
eressional district Of that State since
1922. He was defeated by his Demo-
cratic opponent James j. Lanzetta py
approximatelv 1900 votes. Lanzetta Is
a member of the Board of Aldermen OF
New York City.
Representative John C. Schafer. who
has been one of the storm centers IN
the House, was defeated in the fourth
Wisconsin district. Before coming 10
Congress he was a locomotive engineer
He served overseas with the French
4th Army and was in the thick OF the
fighting at Verdun, st. Mihlel ana the
MeuSe- -Argonne.
Former Gov. Yates of Illinois. who
has served as Representative at large
from that State for IA years, also Went
down to defeat. The other Republican
candidate at large from Illinois, Julius
lafa tod
tive Frank r. Reid. Republican. OF IL
linois. who has been an active member
OF the House District Committee ana
was formerly chairman OF the Flooo-
control Committee, was defeated.
Mrs. Ruth Pratt member from the
seventeenth New York district, also
failed OF reelection.
Focht Returns to House.
BENJAMIN K. Focht. formerly chair
man of the House District Committee
is coming back to the house 70 IN
the Republican seat vacated by the
death OF Edward NJ Beers, member
Of the House District Committee ana
a member of the special Mapes COM
mittee which studied the fiscal rela,
tions and equities between the feutfdl
and District Governments ana Wnlcn
made an effort in the last session 10
impose a new system or increased taSeD
on the residents OF the National Capltal;
Former Senator James Wads"oltH "
New York won victory Ior the NePuo
licans in the thirty-ninth district OF
that state. The decision of Representa-
Siye Archie d. Sanders not to seek re-
election after serving l6 years. brings
hack into the political hmellght the
!. former United States Senator. whose
4distinguished father served in the House
sbetween 1881 and 1907. Jimmie
WadsWorth was quite hgure IN tne
Senate where he served from 1914 10
1927. He had served during the span
Ssh American War In the Puerto Rlcan
tampaign He later was speaker OF tne
New York State Assembly. BeSldeS
managing live stock and agricultural m
terests on large scale on his ancestrai
acres at Geneseo, N Y. he also man
aged big ranch III Texas.
Wadsworth passed out Of the Senate
through defeat at the hands OF Senator
Robert F. Wagner. There was an in
dependent dry Republican running that
wear also as Wadsworth had taken
stand against prohibition.
The silk stocking fight between Rep
resentative Robert L. Bacon and Cor
nelius " Whitney. mere tyro III poll
tics. has been one OF the most inter-
esting In the entire congressional cam
paign. They both belong to the arls-
tocracy OF wealth. have long been per
sonal friends and are members OF the
same exclusive clubs. Whitney was one
of YaeS best oarSmen and one-tlme
captain of the crew. Bacon was mem
her OF the Harvard crew. He is grad
uate of the PlattSburg Officers Train
ing Camp and saw Texas border service
before going overeaS in the World War,
where he won the Distinguished Service
Medal. He is a member of tho House
Appropriations Committee. His brother,
Gaspard is Speaker OF the Massachu-
sets Legislature.
Democrats Re- Elected.
Present Democratic Senators who
were reelected yesterday are Buckley
lok~a