DEMOCRATS STILL IN CONTROL

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 36, 6 November 1942, Page 5

DEMOCRATS STILL IN CONTROL

American Elections REPUBLICAN GAIN OF 43 SEATS (By Telegraph.—Presti ASsni—Copyright.) LONDON, November 5. The Democrate retiilh control of both Houses of the American Congress, though their majority has been reduced. With only three reiqrns to come the positioii is its follows: — House of Representatives, Democrats, 220 as agaiiist 257; Bepubiicaiis 208, dg figaliist 165—a gaiti pf 43. ,Senate (Only one-ihjrfl of Whiell are elected this year), Democrats, 57} Bepublicaiis, 38.

In the election for Stlitfe governors, IS Democrats and 17 Republicans were elected. . The Democratic Governors have been oijsted in New York, California. Maryland, Michigan and Connecticut, while Dejnpetiltic Senators are removed , tr.iffi lowa, New Jersey, Delaware. South I.JUkota anil Oklahoma. In Oklahoma a violent muU-NtiW Dealer, the .RePabliean Moore, defeated one. of Mr. Rooosevelt s firmest supporters, the Democrat Josh Lee. ■. Gain Considered Normal. The New York fourth Republican gain is Coußiqeted to be ti ndriniii dlie for' the Opposition party in ail "oft” year election (that is. a year in’ which thef-e is no Presidential election).. The Dempcjrats expert to maintain their present majority. No issue pf foreign policy Wiis.mised. and both parties, whatever thejr' local fliuehericeji, are united in one programme—victory. over the Axis as soon as possible. The "New York Tiiriep'' says that evefi where the Republicans have failed to wifi decisive victories the voting htis been sufficiently close to ehcoqrage more ;wl4pehpefit thinking in CoiigteS)? find esriiblish the two-party system niore strongly than in .recent years. The Washington “Evening Star” comments that Iho Vote is a Vigorous protest' against pome aspects of the manner, in whiclf the wgr has been, conducted.. “It is a fair assumption. that the people are weary of the political effort to use the War da a vehicle for the promotion of social gfiinS. The fumbling in Wdslilnglon which threatens to bog tJoWn the whole war effort in a mass of red tape, rind bureaucratic confusion must be ended.” The lyhnsnn City “fifor’’ says: "This pWeeping vote is in nd sense to he interpreted as ah dirti-war vote. It reilects the PUPulur eagerness to get on with the war nt a swifter rate.” The New. York "Post”' "We ore not shedding tears dyer any alleged national Republican sweep. This is a mid-term ejection, whjcli is almost alyayf} good for the outs and was helped this time by the lack of war successes.”

The Philadelphia "Evening Bulletin”: ‘(The vote io not an endorsement of the Republican Party.' It is a call for a firmer hand and a broader appeal at Washington.’! , The St. Louis “Post-Dispatch”; “The protest vote was aimed at the mistakes and delays characterizing the war effort. The people want to get on With the war." Mr. Frank Gannett, assistant.chairman of the Republican National Committee, commenting on the elections, said: ‘‘Tfie Hepilblicijn Party's great gains will have a wliotepom? effect ifi cliecltiiig ilia Administration's high-hajidcq methods in driving through its .pet legisliiiion. These big gaiijs mark a definite change in the trend of public opinion arid give, its em douriigeiuent thht wheii the next elediiiti comes.we will complete the job of ehillilg the New Deal follies and fallacies.” Mr. Gannett attributed the Republican sijftpees pripeinally to dissatisfaction with New Dcttlisni-