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Show REPUBLICANS IN FULLGOHTRDL Both Senate and House Lost to Democrats for Two Years. Ford Behind in Michigan Race, With No Prospect of Winning. WASHINGTON", Nov. 7 At least half the senato and a decisive majority In the house was assured to the Republicans on the basis of available but still incomplete returns from Tuesday's elections. With two house districts still in doubt, shifts today in results previously reported, report-ed, leave the house as follows: Republicans, 238; Democrats. 195 Including In-cluding one Independent, Socialist one, missing one. Homer S. Curaminss. acting chairman of the Democratic national committee, said in a statement tonight that the official .returns must bo awaited to determine "the relative strength of the two parties in the house." Ho added that there was little reason to doubt that the Democratic control of the senate will remain unchanged." un-changed." "We shall be obliged," said the statement, state-ment, "to await the official returns to determine the relative" strength of the two parties in the house. The result in the senate seems to depend upon final returns re-turns from Michigan and New Mexico. There is little reason to doubt that the Democratic control of the senate will remain re-main unchanged. The result throughout the country is so close that It may fajrly be said that the elections constitute a drawn battle between the two political parties." ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 7. Returns, mostly complete, from every Minnesota county indicated tonight that Governor J. A. A. Burnqulst, Republican, was reelected re-elected by a plurality of about 60,000. Increased In-creased returns practically wiped out all hopes of prohibitionists that the dry amendment had been adopted. The vote on the amendment needed a majority of the entire state vote cast to become a law. |