Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-07
Election Due 10 Give
Democrats Margin
OF 100 in House
Porty's Decade Rule
Assured Extension
For Two Years
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Sharply reversing the Republican
trend two years ago, late returns
showed today the Democrats would
control the new House with an
advantage of about 100 seats over
the Republicans.
A tabulation of Tuesdays cleo
ton, which adds two more years to
the party's 10 consecutive years of
House rule, showed this lineup: 264
Democrats, 162 Republicans, 3 Pro-
gressives, l independent Democrat,
l American Labor and one Farmer
Labor; 3 seats in doubt.
The present composition of the
House is: 258 Democrats, 1877 Re-
publicans, Progressives. l Farmer
Labor, ! American Labor, vacan-
cies, Three of the vacancies for
merly were held by Democrats and
three by Republicans.
The Republican side was swelled
to its present figure by a gain of
81 in 1888, the year which marked
reversal of an earlier New Deal
trend toward heavier Democratic
majorities.
Control for IL Years.
Final tabulation of votes in Ken
lucky today assured return to the
House of Chairman May OF the Mill
tary Affairs Committee. The cham
bers lone Farmer Laborite, Repre-
sentative Richard T. Buckler of Min
nesota, also was returned on the
basis of complete returns. The con-
test for both of them was close.
Democrats are ahead in three re-
naming districts undecided.
1t seemed probable, therefore, that
the Democrats would end with up
wards of 100 seats more than the
Republicans.
The election assures the Demo-
Gratis of control of the chamber
for their longest period since the
Civil War-12 years. The Repub-
licans ruled in the next preceding
II years, the Democrats for the
eight years before that.
Along with victory the Democrats
brought back to the House 10 party
members who were ousted two years
ago by Republicans.
They included Alfred F. Better of
New York, until recently Secretary
IckeS' contact man at the Capitol;
Herman P. Kopplemann and Will
hop Eit0narn1l 81 CA,zaNsz..k
Harry L. HaineS of Pennsylvania.
Robert L. Ramsey of West Virginia,
Stephen NJ. Young, William r.
Thorn and Lawrence E. Imhoff of
Ohio, Elmer H. Wene of New Jer-
sey and George D. O'Brien of Michi-
gan
Miss Rankin Returning.
Another former member return
ing was Miss Jeanette Rankin, Re-
publican, of Montana, first woman
ever elected to Congress and one
Of the Representatives who voted
against this country's declaration of
war in 1917.
Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin Pro-
gressive. also comes back again,
having turned the tables on Charles
Hawks, jr., Republican.
Besides all these there will be 63
new faces in the chamber. Two
of them, however, have been pretty
close to Federal lawmaking. Cor
don Garfield. New Jersery Repub-
ican, and Herbert Bonner. North
Carolina Democrat, are former con-
gresSional secretaries.
Soundest Licking in Illinois.
Among the oddities of the election
was defeat of the Democratic can
didates at large-those running from
the entire State-in Illinois despite
the victory of President Roosevelt
there.
In Ohio, one Democrat and one
Republican were elected at large.
The Democrats took their Soundest
licking in Illinois, where in addition
to the two at-large places the party
lost four districts they held in the
present Congress. Among the de-
feated were the veterans James Nc
Andrews and Claude V. Parsons.
Republicans who lost out included
Robert Luce of Massachusetts,, who
has served a total of 10 years dur
ing two periods in the House, and
John c. Schafer of Wisconsin, known
to thousands of gallery visitors for
his booming voice and rapid-fre
oratory.