The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-06
SENATE CONTROL
VERY IMPORTANT
Struggle for Congress Interesting as
for President. Chances Even for
Senate Control.

for President. Chances Even for
Senate Control.
Washington, Nov. 5.-Whf1e the
eyes of nearly everybody are glued
to the outcome of the presidential con-
test today, the struggle over the con-
trol OF congress is nearly as import
ant, and in some respects is quite as
interesting
On the outcome of the battle for
the control of congress, in even lar
ger measure than on the presidency.
depends the shaping OF legislation
after next March 4.
The foremost question with refer
ence to congress is: VIII the demo-
Gratis capture control of the senate?
Another'important problem is: VIII
the democrats increase their margin
of control in the house, or Will there
be a slump?
1t looks like about an even chancc
whether the democrats control the
senate. They are sure of forty-three
votes in that body next congress, al
lowing for the defeat OF Senator
Gardner, in Main, and giving them
senator to replace Senator Sanders
OF tennessee, who is a republican.
Forty nine seats are necessary to
control. If the democrats can cap
ture six seats in the voting TODAY
above those counted surely demo-
cratic, they will win.
The states whose returns tonight
will be important from 1. senate
standpoint are Colorado, Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa Kansas, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Okla
homa, Oregon, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and
wyoming. AS to some of these
there, is practically no question, but
in most of them there are stiff fights
Two senator's each are to be elected
in Colorado, Idaho and Illinois. The
states which are the centers of the
hardest senatorial contests are the
three just named and Iowa Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska.
South Dakota, West Virginia, and
Wyoming
An important phase of the situa-
tion is that if the democrats elect the
president and vice-president and the
senate is tie, As to as. the demo-
Gratis will be in control, because the
vice president has the deciding vote
when there is a tie.
House Safely Democratic.
The house in the next congress
the sixty third, will have 435 mem
bers. OF these, 429 are to be elected
today, six having been chosen all
ready, four from Maine and two
from Vermont. The present house
membership is $40. The new house
will be under the new apportionment.
and will have forty-one members more
than the present house. The present
democratic membership of the house
is 230, or twelve more than the num-
Der necessary to control the next
house. In the next house, 21S will
be majority. The democrats in
the present house have 80 more than
a majority at present If they are as
strong relatively in the next. they
will have to have $50 members.
In view of the mixed condition of
politics in many of the congressional
districts, condition favoring no
question that they will keep control
OF the house, and they believe they
are actually going to increase their
relative strength. that Is, are going
TO have a larger margin of control in
the enlarged house than in the pres
ent house.