CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17609, 11 November 1922, Page 12

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

STATE OF PARTIES. SMALL REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES. (3t Cable—Pre?? ttzccittirT.— Copyright.) (Australian azd N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received November 10th, p.m.) NEW YORK, November 10. Corrected fiznrps based on what are virtually the final election returns, assure the Republicans a small majority in both Houses of Congress. The former Senate had 60 Republicans and 36 DemoTiTts. Tve-a were 3tf Senator* chosen at this election, namely, IS Democrats. 15 Republicans and one Farmer Labour. The D-moc-ats gained six seats that had been Republican. The new Senate will have 53 Republicans, 42 Democrats, and one Farmer Labour. The Republicans are thus assured a majority. Their former ma- J jority was 24. i The old House of Representatives | of 435 members had 20G Republicans, j 130 Democrats, one Socialist, and eight vacancies due to deaths and Resignations. There were elected at the present election one Socialist, one Independent, one Farmer Labour, and definitely 222 Republicans. This may be increased to 225 when three districts make their final reports. The Democrats have definitely 207, which may be increased to 210. The Democrats have therefore gained between 77 and 80 seats. The House, however, will show a Republican majority of between nine and fifteen compared with the former majority of 165. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says the Republican majority in Congress can offer no conciliation to the Republicans for such radical Republicans as Senator Iv. M. La Follette (Wisconsin), H. W. «/obnson (California), W. E. Borah (Idaho), G. W. Norris {Nebraska), and E. F. Ladd (North Dakota), who were reelected; and Senators Brookhardt (Iowa), Howoll (Nebraska), Norbeck (South Dakota), Frazer (North Dakota), who are newly elected, can definitely be depended on to vote with the Democrats on many controversial subjects. The previous inability of the Republicans to maintain party discipline in the House with a large majority will be greatly aggravated by reason of the smallnes9 of the present majority. # EFFECT OF THE TARIFF ACT. ONE CAUSE OF REPUBLICAN DEFEAT. (Received November lOthy 10.25 p.m.) /NEW YORK, November lu. The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says:—President Harding feels that the tariff was .one of the causes of the Republican defeat. He will therefore utilise the flexible features of the tariff Ww, and rerise the tariff downward to decrease tho cost of living. The Treasury Department estimates that the sew tariff will bring the revenue to 445,000,000 dollars for the fiscal year, or 100,000,000 dollars more- than ever before. [A provision in the Tariff BUI provides for equalising the differences in industral-conditions-abroad, and in the United States, in order to fix duties. The President may base' his decision on the cost of production instead of the conditions of competition.] THE LIQUOR ISSUE. ANTI-PROHIBITION REPRESBNTATXVSS. (Received November 10th, 10.125 p.m.) > NEW YORK. November 8. ,Tbe.. Californian electors indicated their anti-Prohibition feeling .by defeating the' law for the enforcement of Prohibition. • - An element of confusion now appears to have entered the' estimates of the number- of Congressmen elected on a platform favouring light wines and "beers; 'The Anti-Saloon League offers good evidence refuting the first returns showing that 156 members of the new House of .Representatives are anti-pro-hibitionists. They assert that not more | than 140 favour a modification of the! JTotiteuA Act. ' This, they point out, is only an increase.of seven over the number of anti-prohibitionists in the old .House,of .Representatives. . 1 Extravagant statements by the antiprohibition, organisations claim an increase of eighty but this is not able to be, sustained.