Evening star., 1942-11-05
57-8 Senate Lineup
Likely as Murray
Leads in Montana
Conservative Democrats
Will Hold Bolonsen
Power On Mujor Issues
,ByI. 4. .OIEkRY,

chung 10 O. Snaul 4a94 A#It1e only.
undecided Senate conf which will
determine. whetlt(f 1 aa1publican
gain In the ilpp6 Anch OF Con-
gress will be 10 seats. !.
with 81 prec3ufs StiH out, Sena-
tor Murray HI - k3e2s votes to sl,-
4o2 Tor Wgiling Is. Rankin, Re-
publican, afld. neither was making
any claims of9 victory.
+ If Senator Murray wins. the new
Senate will consist of 81 Demo-
Gratis, 81 Republicans and l Pro-
gressive. The present standing Is
65 Democrats, 20 Republicans,
Progressive and l Independent.
While the Democrats will have
considerably more than the nu-
merical majority Of 40, the prac-
tical effect Of Tuesdays elections Is
to place the balance Of power on
major issues in the hands Of the
groups Of old-line Democrats, who
do not see eye to eye with the New
Deal on domestic problems.
Some to Be Seated at Once.
The big turnover in Senate ranks
will not take place until January
3, but a few changes occur i'm
mediately. in cases wnere Senators
were elected for the balance of un-
expired terms.
An unusual situation arises in the
case Of Senator Ball, Republican, of
Minnesota. He has been serving on
Governors appointment in place
of the late Senator Lundeen. He
has been elected for the new SIX
year term, starting January, but
did not run for the remainder OF the
Lundeen term. This means that
Senator Ball will step out OF office
for about six weeks.
Arthur E.. Nelson, Republican, a
Minnesota lawyer, won the right to
be Senator for that brief period
and will be eligible in approximately
10 days, after the canvassing board
has certified the vote.
West Virginia Case Similar.
A somewhat similar case exists in
West Virginia. There, Hugh Ike
Shott, sr., former Republican mem
ber of the House, was elected to
serve until January 3, when Chap
man Revercomb, also Republican,
will take over for full term. Mr..
Revercomb halted. Democratic Gov.
M. M. Neely's attempt to stage q
senatorial comeback.
Mr., Shott will. succeed Senator
Roster, Democrat, who has been
holding by appointment the seat
Gov. Nicely vacated in January, l941,
to become head Of his State
| A third case Is In Nevada, where
Representative Scrugham, Demo-
crat, was elected to finish the term
Of the late Senator Key Pittman,
expiring in 1947. This makes him
eligible to take over the seat now
held on appointment by Senator
Bunker, as soon as the Tuesday bal
lots are qualified by. the Nevada
Supreme Court, in Approximately
% days 1t was pointed out today
that Mr.. Scrughami probably will
| move over from the House to the
Senate before January q. fsiace by
doing so he would gain seniority on
committees over members sworn in
at the opening Of the new Congress.
New Senators Total IL.
In Arkansas, John L. Mcclellan,
Democrat, was elected to the seat
| now held on appointment by Sena-
tor Spencer, but it was reported at
the Capitol today that Mr.. McClel-
Ian probably will not take over until
January 3.
Altogether, IL new faces will be
seen in the Senate in January, nine
of whom will be Republicans. The
Democrats will be James 0. Eastland
of Mississippi, Mr.. Scrugham and
Mr.. Mcclellan.
Judge Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Republican who defeated Senator
Brown, came into the national lime
light like Thomas E. Dewey of New
York-as a racket-buster. His sue
cess in Detroit during the last three
years earned him the title of "one-
man-grand jury" In his early sos,
with crop of white hair. Senator
elect Ferguson does not look the
part of a relentless prosecutor, but
has won such reputation.
Two Were Governors.
Kenneth Wherry, former Repub-
lican State chairman in Nebraska,
who defeated the veteran Independ-
ent, Senator Norris, is lawyer who
! also has tried his hand at farming
and business.
Two Of the new Republican Sena-
tors are leaving the governorship
of their States to enter the ma
tional political arena. They are
Gov. George A. Wilson of Iowa, who
defeated Senator Herring, and Gov.
Harlan j. Bushfield of South Da-
kota, who will succeed Senator
Bulow.
Albert w. Hawkes., the Republican
who unseated Senator Smathers in
New Jersey, is a millionaire indus
trialist. A year ago he was presi-
dent Of the United States Chamber
of Commerce and also has been q
director of the National Association
Of Manufacturers.
/ Delaware is sending as its new Re-
| publican Senator, former Cover
/ nor, Clayton Douglass Buck an
engineer who played a large part
in developing his States good high
way system. More recently he has
been banker. Mr.. Buck married
a daughter Of the late T. Coleman
du Pont, who was once q Delaware
Senator.
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