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Show BOTH SIDES CLAIM CONTROLCfJNGRESS BELATED RETURNS THROW THE BALANCE FIRST ONE WAY THEN THE OTHER. X Surprise of Election Was Defeat of Speaker Champ Clark, Who Was Supposed to Be Unbeatable In His Homo District Washington. Managers of both parties par-ties are claiming substantial working majorities In both the house and senate. sen-ate. Perhaps the outstanding surprise of the election was the defeat of Speaker C8ark, who was supposed by politicians politi-cians to be unbeatable In-bis .heme district In Pike county, Mo. Senator Weeks, one of the prominent promi-nent Republicans, was beaten heavily in Massachusetts by former Governor Walsh, Democrat At the same time three prominent Democratic senators lost their seats to Republicans. They were Saulsbury, Delaware, beaten by former Senator Bull ; Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip, beaten by Representative Represen-tative Medlll McCormlck, and Thompson Thomp-son of Kansas, beaten by Governor Capper. Democrats defeated in districts now held by Democrats follow : Delaware, Polk; Kansas, Doolittle. Helvering, Connelly and Shouz; Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Sherley; Maryland, Price; Missouri, Mis-souri, Speaker Clark ; . New York, Lunn, Smith; Ohio, Snook, Claypool, White ; Pennsylvania, Broadbeck, Sterling, Beshlln 16. Republicans defeated by Democrats In districts now held by Republicans : New Jersey, Parker and Lehlbach : New York. Swift Haskell, Chandler, Falrchild, Waldo 7. Republican defeated by Socialist In district now held by Republican-Stafford, Republican-Stafford, Wisconsin 1. Socialist defeated by Democrat In district held by Socialist London, New York L . ' 1 The turnovers came in New York. Keutucky Illinois, Pennsylvania, Mary i land and Kansas, but so closely was Democratic defeat In one district neutralized neu-tralized by a Republican defeat in an other that the net results were vir tually close. |