Evening star., 1934-11-08
DEMOCRATS WIN
so HOUSE SEATS
'1O2 G. O.P., 3 Farm-Labo
ties, 7 ProgreSSiveS
EIeCted-2 in Doubt.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
With two districts still in doubt,
the score in the House now stands,
800 Democrats, 103 Republicans, 3
Farmer-Laborites and Progress
sives. This is an actual gain OF ii
seats by the Democrats, loss of 10
seats by the Republicans, while the
Farm-Laborites lost 2 places and
a new group of ProgreSsives captured
z seats.
The two contests still in doubt are
in the twelfth California and the
thirty-third New York district. In
the California district the fight Is for
the seat held by Representative John
H. Hoppel, World War veteran, who
attracted much attention in the Sew
enty-third Congress.
In the thirty-third New York dis
trict F. M. Davenport, a former men,
ber. is opposing Fred j. Sisson, who
seeks reelection.
Late returns this afternoon make
Representative Harold Knutson, Re-
publican and former party whip" a
winner over Magnus johnson, Farm
Laborite and forme United States
oCAiuOO1 al IAlC OlhOll V1lllllCoOld
trict.
Representative David j. Lewis, a
former coal mine worker, House
member and member of the United
States Tariff Commission, has been
reelected in the sixth Maryland dis
trict, after close contest with Fred
erick, N. Zihlman, who started life
as a glass blower, was later labor
organizer and former chairman of the
House District Committee. This makes
the Maryland delegation solidly DEM
ocratic.
Old Ones Return.
While late returns show some of
the outstanding men of the House
mostly Republicans-defeated, they
also bring back to the legislative
chamber some dozen of former men,
bers. some of whom have distin-
guished records Among those who
suffered defeat are:
Representative Luce of MaSSachu-
sets, former chairman of the House
Library Committee and ranking mi
nority member on the Banking and
Currency Committee. Mr.. Luce won
worldwide recognition as an au-
thority on legislative procedure and
has written several standard works on
the subject. He was defeated by
Richard M. Russell, former mayor of
Cambridge, who had the support of
James Roosevelt, son of the President.
Representative Clyde Kelly of
Pennsylvania, who served 20 years in
Congress with Nation wide record
as champion of the postal employees.
He was defeated by James L. Quinn,
Democrat.
Representative Fred A. Britten of
Illinois, after % years of consecutive
service, part of that time as chair
man of the Naval Affairs Committee,
suffered defeat at the hands of a
former member, James McAndrews,
who during his former service was
known as the handsomest man in
Congress"
Representative Oscar De Priest.
representing the first Illinois district,
and the only colored man in Congress,
was defeated by another colored man,
Arthur w. Mitchell, who was formerly
office boy for the late Booker T.
Washington.
Representative Frank FoSs of Fitch
burg, Mass, chairman of an impor-
tant subcommittee on post Offices and
post roads, was defeated by a mere
STRIPPING in politics, Joseph E. Casey.
This makes gain of two seats for
the Democrats from Massachusetts.
Edgar Howard Loses.
Representative Edgar Howard. one
OF the most picturesque figures in the
last Congress, with long flowing hair
after the style of the late William
Jennings Bryan, was defeated after
IL years OF consecutive service, by
Karl Stefan. An interesting coinci-
dence is that at the close of the last
Congress a sort of swan-song was
sung for Mr.. Howard when Repre-
sentative Paul J. Kvale, leader of the
Farm-Labor bloc, paid him an affec-
tionate appreciation
Among the interesting come backs
among the so who tried to make the
grade is Earl c. Michener, Republi-
can, who eight years ago led an at
tempt to lmpeach Federal Judge
George w. English who resigned and
the impeachment case was dropped.
Frederick Lands, who made an "up.
set for the Republicans in the Sec
ond Indiana district, is coming back
10 the House after 27 years absence.
He served in the fty-eighth and Fifty
ninth Congresses. He was Cne of the
organizers of the Progressive party
and delegate to its convention
in 1912.
Melvin J. Mas, World War flyer
and known as "the flying Congress-
man" during his former service in the
House, has recaptured a Minneapolis
district. He is best remembered for
the quiet way in which he disarmed
a man who stood up in a House gall
lery brandishing a revolver, threaten
ing members of the House. While his
colleagues Scurried to cover, Mas
calmly walked over and cajoled the
lunatic into tossing the revolver down
to him.
Dewey Short, who once was the