POLITICS IN AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1922, Page 5

POLITICS IN AMERICA.

MORE ELECTION RETURNS. VICTORIES BY DEMOCRATS. 1 A STRIKING CHANGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Received Nov. 9, 5.5 p.m. New York, Nov. 8. While the exact election returns will not be known for several days, the following situation, late on Wednesday, seems established. Twenty Democrats and 15 Republicans have been elected for the Senate, in which the standings are now: Republicans, 54; Democrats, 42, giving the former only 12 majority, or half that of the past Congress. Delayed returns make the standings in the House of Representatives unestimable, but indications are that the Democrats have wiped out the entire Republican majority of 168. The Democrats also gained eight, and probably nine, governorships. Of 12 women candidates for Congress only one was elected—Mrs. Winifred Huck, a Republican, for Illinois, who succeeds her deceased father. Wisconsin returned Mr. Victor Berger, a Socialist, who was ousted from the last Congress. THE LIQUOR ISSUE. “WET” MEMBERS RETURNED. Received November 9, 9.10 p.m. New York, Nov. 9. With the exception of Ohio, where late returns from the rural district Reversed the earlier figures, and flow give a Prohibition victory in the light wine and beer referendum by probably a hundred thousand majority, the “wets” appear to be increasing their victory. It now seems assured that 155 newly « elected members of the House of Representatives are anti-Prohibitionists, running “wet” platforms and calling for modification of the Volstead law permitting light wine and beers. In justice to Mr. Volstead, who has been beaten, it must be recorded that his successful opponent, the Rev Kvale, declared himself even “drier” than Mr. Volstead. Republican newspapers throughout the country, commenting on the Republican defeat, now declare the people rebuked normality, which President Harding declared to be his policy with regard to the high tariff and various evidences of reaction.