SEVERE SETBACK

Southland Times, Issue 22473, 8 November 1934, Page 7

SEVERE SETBACK

REPUBLICAN PARTY UNITED STATES BEHIND MR ROOSEVELT ASTOUNDING ELECTION (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.20 p.m.) New York, Nov. 7. The United States to-day was in the hands of Mr Roosevelt and his “newdeal” supporters and the Democratic Party. As a result of yesterday’s Congressional elections the Republicans retained less than one-third of the Senate seats and a similar fraction of the House of Representatives, and the party was of less account than at any time since its founding. It was the most astounding off-year election in the country’s history. The Democrats won enough contests to be assured of 66 seats, or more than the desired two-thirds majority, in the Senate with seven still doubtful, but some are likely to go Democratic. In the House the Administration has definitely won 234 seats, 25 more than a clear majority. The Republicans are assured of only 96, the Democrats claiming enough of the remaining 103 doubtful seats to give them a twothirds majority in that branch of Congress as well.