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CONTESTS
ARE ON
For Seats In, The UOIied
States Senate
Many Senator's Terms Of
Office Expire
Out Of Thlrty.TwO Nineteen
Are Republicans
And The Other Thirteen Are
Democrats
Some Of The Contests Promise
To Be Exciting

Washington, d. G., July 26--Terms
of one third of the members of the
United States senate will expire next
March. The present senate Is com.
posed OF fifty-two Republicans and
forty.three Democrats, with one va
cancy. Can the Democrats pick up
the Ave men they need to insure them
control? VIII the next election cost
them some of the seats that are now
theirs?
OF .he thirty.two senators whose
terms will expire In March nineteen
are Republicans and thirteen are
Democrats. Contests are already on
for nearly all OF the seats to be made
vacant In some of the States the
contests already have been decided,
while primary elections or elections
OF legislatures within the next few
months will settle the Others Some
of the contests promise to be exciting
and spectacular. A review of the sit.
nations rs existing In the different
States at the present time presents
many features OF interest.
Taking up the list Of States alpha.
Sstically. the. trst, Of. the \. senator's
whose terms are about to expire IL
JEFF Davis OF Arkansas. The result
Of the recent Arkansas primary as.
surcs the reelection OF Senator Davis.
Next comes Colorado, where two
senators are to be elected by the leg.
islature next winter, one to fll the
vacancy caused by the death OF the
late Senator Hughes and the other to
succeed Senator Guggenheim. who
will not be candidate for reelection
The Democrats expect to control the
iestslature and elect two Of their
party TO the senate.
Among tho names mentioned az
probable candidates are Governor
Shsfroth and Representative Rucker.
Democrats. and ex.Representative
Bonynge and J. F. Vale. Republicans.
Delaware will choose successor
70 Senator ". A. Richardson, Repub.
hcap. The Republicans believe they
Will be able to hold the seat. but
many politicians are inclined to place
the state In the doubtful column.
SeaatOr A. G. Bacon OF Georgia will
have opposition. but the Indications
are that he will be- reelected with.
out any great difficulty.
Idaho Republicans believe Senator
Borah will be able to pull through,
bat the Democrats are confident he
Will give way to one OF their political
Yaith.
The fate OF the veteran Shelby NJ.
Cuilom Of Illinois already has been
settled by primary. II the Republi.
Cans control the next Illinois legisla.
tare Senator Cullom's successor will
be Lawrence Y. Sherman. In the
event Of Democratic success the next
ssenstor will be J. Hamilton Lewis.
Senator Kenyon OF Iowa has been
named by the Republicans to succeed
himseif. The Democratic choice for
tia senatorship Is ID. w. Hamilton.
Kansas In to be the scene OF live
" scramble for the seat Of Senator
Charles Curtis, who IL q candidate for
re-electi0n. Curtis IL believed 10 be
handicapped by his vote for Lorimer
7hss opponent on the Republican side
n Governor w. Il. Stubbs, the Roose.
'vrit leader In Kansas. -Four Demo
Gratis are In the race for the Demo
cratic Endorsement. The nominations
viii he settled In the primary next
month.
Congressman Ollie James, who pre-.
sided over the recent national conyen.
tion nj Baltimore. already has been
picked by kentucky Democrats TO
succeed Paynter
Louisiana likewise has disposed of
the senatorship contest by selecting
Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell TO
succeed Senator Murphy Foster.
Next on the list comes Maine,
which Is conceded to be doubtful by
ths leaders OF both parties. Obadiah
0ardner, Democrat, who was appoint