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Show REPUBLICANS GAIN POWER : IN CONGRESS - i La Folletle Loses Balance of : Power in Congress, Returns Re-turns Show. REPUBLICANS TAKE SATS FROM DEMOS ! . i ! New Regime at Washington j Is Expected as Result of i Election. NEW YOltK, Nov. G. The crushing crush-ing blow dealt the La Folletle groups j throughout the nation in the elec- tion will bring inlo power an en- j tirely new regime in Washington. j. New legislative leaders, possibly i new cabinet members and new dmn- ' . inating influences are to be set up to take the place of the old. Put instead of carrying the self- ( designated "progressive movement" i ( of LaFollettee it will only serve to draw its lines more clearly and his groups will endeavor to set themselves them-selves up as the opposition "party" to the ad minis! ration in the hopb that four years from now they will solidify most of the opposition to j . the liopublieans. A new movement that polls five million must be reckoned with, political leaders feel. The majority of President Coolidge Cool-idge in congress, however, cannot be seriously challenged, re-tabula t ion of the outcome shows today. Ua-Follette Ua-Follette even lost his balance of power and bis si rengl li was ; diminished. Ills right band man, 1 Senator Iirookhart of Iowa appeared t to have been defeated by his Demo- 1 cratic opponent, Daniel F. Siech. ' In massachiiseKs Senator Davis 1. Walsh, Democrat, who is most often i listed as a Progressive went down ; to defeat before Frederick II. Cillcit. ' Then in Minnesota, Senator Magnus Mag-nus Johnson, another LaFulleUe ad- brent, although a farmer-laborite, j went down to defeat by a liepubli- 1 1, can. With the returns practically all in, it seems evident (hat the new J i senale line-up will srand: liopublieans 51; Democrats 41, : Farmer-Labor 1. I Necessary for a majority, -JD. |