Evening star., 1934-11-07
Stalwarts Go
in Rout of
C.. o. p.
PARTY FALLS
TOLOWEST EBB
Sinclair Is Beaten.
Guffey Victor
Over Reed.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
scored a great personal triumph at the
polls yesterday although he himselt
was not a candidate for Office.
Supporters of his New Deal were
swept into office on a f1oodtide of vote.
that surpassed the rush which carried
Mr.. Roosevelt into the White HOUSE
two years ago.
The flood carried with it stronghold.
traditionally Republican, like Pennsyl.
vania and Connecticut.
The results have been to place ir
the hands of the President power tC
an extent never before granted any
Chief Executive. and to bring virtually
into operation a one-party politica
system
, The DemocraS will hold more thar
a tWo-thirds majority in both HOUSE
and Senate, a situation without politi-
cal precedent unless it was during OF
immediately following the Civil War
when the Republicans were in power
Test Due in January.
The President has been signally sue
cessful in holding togther the many
groups, some of them ill-assorted and
by no means having the same eco
nomic and political ideas. which sup
ported him during his campaign for
the presidency His next test will come
when Congress meets in January
Whether he will move to the right or
to the left remains to be SEEN
While Upton Sinclair, former So
cialist and radical Democratic candi-
date for Governor of California, has
been defeated in his effort to foist his
E. P. I. c. plan on that State, there
are abundant evidences that radical
sentiment was abroad in the elections
of yesterday. In Washington, Schwel-
lenbach, who claims to have originated
the Sinclair plan, was chosen Senator
The Farmer-Labor candidates in Min
nesota, running on a platform more
radical than that of Sinclair. have
been successful. The La Toilette
brothers and their new Progressive
party we're victorious in Wisconsin.
The late returns indicate the Demo-
Gratis will hold total of 70 seats in
the Senate when the new Congress
Z meets. This is only two short of
/, three-tourths of the entire member
ship.
The Democrats. instead of having
their huge majority in the House re-
duced by their Republican opponents
appear to have made net gains, prob
ably as many as 10, swelling their
total to 327 or more.
Guffey Defeats Reed.
The Republican Old Guard suf-
fered disastrously in the Senate con-
tests. Reed of Pennsylvania, out
standing foe of the New Deal, was de-
feated by Joseph F. Guffey, Demo-
cratic supporter of President Roose-
welt. probably the most surprising
upset of the entire election. Robin
son of Indiana, FeSS of Ohio, the
assistant Republican leader of the
Senate; Kean of New Jersey. Walcott
of Connecticut and Hebert of Rhode
Island, all went out.
Rush D. Holt. 29-year- old Demo-
crat, was victorious in the Senate race
in West Virginia, defeating Senator
Hatfield. Republican. Whether the
Senate will permit Holt to take his
seat when he presents himself next
January remains to be seen. The
Constitution says that 80 is the min
imum age requirement for member
ship in that body.
1t appeared today that one of the
four. Republican progressive Senators
who supported Roosevelt in 1882
Senator Cutting of New Mexico, has
lost, to Representative Chavez, Demo-
crat. -
Senator Frazier. Progressive Re-
publican. Of North Dakota, while run
ming behind his Democratic opponent
IN early returns, has still chance to
win.
Republican losses in the House in
clude such veterans as Fred Britten
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