Milford chronicle., 1934-11-09
DEMOCRATS WIN
9SENATE SEATS
And 21STATES
rCOntinsea from First Pag<1

lC0HfiHHed from First Pdge1
Of President Roosevelt, by the DEM
ocratic Dennis Chavez. Despite his
advocacy of Mr.. Roosevelt in 1882,
the Republican Independent lacked
administration endorsement.
The defeat of Frederic c. Walcott,
close friend of former President
Hoover, in his race for reelection
to the Senate from Connecticut.
Elimination from the Senate ros-
ter of local and virile Robinson of
Indiana, a critic of the New Deal.
The election of James NJ Curley,
thrice Mayor of Boston, as Demo-
cratic Governor of Massachusetts,.
Missouri turned out Republican
Senator Patterson and chose Harry
S. Truman.
| Democratic Governor A. Harry
Moore moved from the New Jersey
State House to the Senate to replace
the wealthy Hamilton F. Kean, G. o.
P. Old Guarder.
For the first time in a generation,
the Democrats captured the Cover
nOrship of Pennsylvania to go with
the election of their first Senator
since the Civil War.
Peter G. Gerry. a wealthy Demo-
cratic publisher, was elected to sue
ceed Felix Hebert, a Republican, in
the Senate from Rhode Island.
The brand new Progressive party
of the LaFollettes put Brothers
Philip and Robert in the Governor
ship and Senate, respectively. In
Wisconsin.
Hold G7 Senate Seats
AS the debris began to clear after
the savage Democratic onslaught,
it became certain that 25 Democrats
had been elected in the 35 Senate
contests that were decided by this
years elections, giving them possess
sion of top heavy. more than two
thirds majority with 81 seats there. |
Nine of these 25 elections ousted /
Republican to give their desks to !
Democrats. These upsets we're in !
Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, /
Missouri. New Jersey. Ohio. Penn /
sylvania. Rhode Island and West .
Virginia.
In addition, there was fast step
ping for the seat Of Republican In
dependent Cutting in New Mexico.
as we'll as for the short term cleo
tion there. A sudden squirt of Re-
publican votes late in the day swept
Cutting ahead after he had trailed
Chavez throughout the count.
Republicans held their seats in
Delaware, Michigan, Vermont,
Maine and California. In the latter
State, however, four-ticket Hiram
johnson held the Democratic as
we'll as the Republican nomination.
A twisting in and out OF Repub-
lican and Democratic territory, with
each party making inroads on the
House delegations of the other. left
the Democrats holding their ground.
The progressive drive in Wiscon-
sin gave to the party of the LaFOl-
lettes three House seats along with
the Senatorial and GubernatOrial
chairs.
One of the Republicans who was
flattended by the electoral wind
was Fred Britten, of Illinois. the
dean of his party in the House. He
was one of the handful of either par i
ty who was a member of the House
on the fateful April day in 1917 when
II passed on the resolution which
sent the United States into the
World War. Britten voted nay.
Oscar DePriest, the Chicago Re- /
publican negro, who is the sole rep
of his race in Congress, =
lost by some 5000 votes to Arthur
W. Mitchell, negro, Democrat.
All of the outstanding leaders OF
he House, Democratic and Repub-
ican, were returned to. the next
Congress.
In the 2S States that elected Gov n
srpors, the Democrats put their n
nominees in sixteen and held leads a
n two others, Wyoming and Ne il
ada. They captured from the Re-
,ublicans the Governorship in North o
Dakota, Oregon and Pennsylvania. ft
| victory in Nevada would give C
hem another overturn. ii
The Republicans elected Cover H
ors in seven States-Maryland, h
lansas, Vermont, Michigan. New b,
hampshire. California and New Jer- pl
ey. They turned out Democrats in ii
iichigan. Maryland and New Jer- C;
ey.
Progressive Phil La Toilette in NJ
Wisconsin, took over the Democrat fo
: seat held by Governor Schmed- 6S
eman. Farmer-Labor Olson was re-
lected to the Gubernatorial chair n
! Minnesota. Ia
The 21 States in which. barring al
harp reversals Of present trends 60
le Democrats will have complete W
ontrol of Governorships, Senate I'd
nd House delegations, were: "
Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, ~
lorida, Georgia, Louisiana. Missis- 81 81
ppi. Nevada, North Carolina, Okla u
oma, South Carolina, Texas. Utah, a; a.,
irginia, Washington. West Virgin u"
/, Colorado. Indiana, Kentucky. N
issouri, Montana. ~
They held complete control over
,yenteen States after the 1882
oosevelt landslide. Tuesdays bal
ting showed an indicated gain Of W
evada, New Mexico. West Virgin
, Indiana and Missouri.