Washington, Nov. 3.
Democratic gains were the features of to-day's__ elections throughout the United States.
As the result of the balloting in five Congressional contests the De-/moerats won three scats as against two seats' for the Republicans.
As a further result of the voting the partisan strength of the 72nd Congress, which will December for the first time, is as follows as far as the House of Representatives is concerned:
Total Seats is ina New Jersey ngressional District. Tt. will be filled in by a by-flection on December 1, just one week in advance of the first session of the new Congress. The Democrats believe. that' they will either organise the next Congress or they will be able to force deadlock which would have solved through a. Republican-Democratic compromise.
The balance in the Senate will be about even in the, next. Congress but with the possibility that Pres dent Hoover as the Chief of a Repeblian Administration wil a imselt" with" a Democratic Congress on his hands only afew nth in advance ofthe Presiden united Pres sac lection campaign of next year,
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