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Show RESULT OFELECIII REPUBLICANS REMAIN IN CON-TROL CON-TROL OF SENATE, BUT DEMOCRATS DEMO-CRATS CAPTURE THE LOWER HOUSE. Cannon Re-elected to Congress, But Will Brobably be Succeeded as Speaker by Champ Clark of Missouri, Who is a Candidate. As a result of the decision of the voters at the polls on November 8, the Democrats will have a majority in the next house of representatives being assured of a working majority of 30. The senate, however, will remain in control of the Republicans. In the senate the Republicans will have seventeen sev-enteen new members, with thirty-four holdovers, giving them a total of fifty-one. fifty-one. The Democrats will have fifteen new senators, which with twenty-five holdovers, makes a total of forty. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon was & elected to congress from Illinois, while Champ Clark, the Democratic leader, will again represent a Missouri district. dis-trict. Clark has announced his can didacy for the speakership, and wili probably be Speaker Cannon's successor. suc-cessor. Democratic governors were electee in New York, New Jersey, Connecti cut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado North Dakota, Alabama, South Caro Una, and Texas. Republican governors were elected In Pennsylvania, New Hampshire Rhode Island, Iowa, Kansas, Michi gan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Da kota, Wisconsin, California and Neva da, while a fusion candidate was vie torious in Tennessee. The next New York legislature will be Democratic, and will select a Dem ocratic senator to succeed Senator De pew. The next Iowa legislature will be Republican, and the progressive Re publicans claim they will be in con trl-and will select a successor to the late Senator Dolliver. In Utah the Republicans were vie torious, Congressman Howell being reelected, re-elected, while D. N. Straup was re elected to the supreme bench. The next legislature will contain 15 Republican Re-publican senator and 38 Republican representatives, while there will be two Democrats in the senate and seven sev-en in the house. Only one county in the state failed to endorse Congressman Congress-man Howell. In Salt Lake City, the American party was victorious, but the Republicans carried the county. The Democratic candidate for Governor Gov-ernor of Idaho was victorious by a narrow margin, but the' remainder of the Republican ticket was elected. Both branches of the legislature are Republican. In Indiana the Democrats will have a majority on the legislature, on joint ballot, of 32. This means that Senator Sena-tor Beveridge will not be returned to thp pnato hn tt T-orn probably prob-ably be elected senator. ' iweive iv,moiiuo congressmen and eight Republicans have been elected in Illinios, Cannon being one of the congressmen returned, although al-though a bitter fight was made against him. Illinois' present representation consists of six Democrats and 19 Republicans. Re-publicans. The Democrats elected all their candidates in Cook county. The proposed prohibition constitutional constitu-tional amendment was defeated in Florida. Missouri has emphatically declared against state-wide prohibition. The Democrats will have a majority of 50 In the legislature on joint ballot. The state ticket is being claimed by both parties. In Nebraska the next legislature will be: House, Republicans, 44; Democrats,' 56. Senate, Republicans, 12; Democrats, 21. The Republicans have elected a governor and state officials of-ficials and three congressmen, and the Democrats have elected three congressmen. con-gressmen. In Kansas the Republican state ticket was victorious, eight Republican Republi-can candidates for congress winning. The Republicans will have three of the ten New Jersey congressmen, an exact reversal of the present representation. repre-sentation. Sereno Payne, author of the Payne tariff bill, had a close call for re-election, but will again represent his district dis-trict The Republicans of North Dakota carried every office except that of governor. The legislature is overwhelmingly over-whelmingly Republican. I California remains in the Republican Repub-lican column. Hiram W. Johnson has I been swept into the office of governor I by a plurality of 25,000, and has carried car-ried the entire Republican ticket to victory. |