Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-24
Of POWER
N NEXT CONGRESS
LIKELY TO CAP.
rURE HOUSE IN COMING
FALL ELECTIONS.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
NOW FEAR REvERSALS
Division Of Strength Between Political
Parties Likely to Bring Legislation
on Big Political Questions to Stand
stiI-SmaI Hope of Republicans to
Regain Senate Soon.
Especial correspondence

Washington. July 24.-Congress is
likely to get into that sort of division
of strength AIS between the political
parties where it will be practically at
Standstill so far as the enactment OF
legislation of big political Importance
gress which will be the Sixtyfourth.
promises to have a republican house
and a democratic senate.
The republicans, it rs true, have
long way to travel before they capture
the house but the trend of things re-
Gently has been SO much in their favor
that they may accomplish it. Ii is GER
tain that many of the democratic lead
ers fear il and many of the republican
leaders expect il.
II the republicans should capture the
house this fall, then there will be pre-
scented in the next congress the spec
tacle of a house initiating legislation OF
the republican sort, of senate Initial
ing legislation of a democratic sort,
and each body tending to check the
work of the other. That is the situa-
ton which was presented in the sixty
second congress, which was elected in
1910 only in that instance the demo-
Gratis controlled the house and the re-
publicans the senate
Political Legislation Impossible.
Some important laws were passed in
the Sixty second congress but when 1t
came to tariff or anything having
political benz the attempted legislation
either came To an impasse or ii was
passed by congress with the knowledge
that veto awaited il at the White
House
This is ar, ideal situation for those
interests and clements that want
minimum of legislation. However, the
insurgency in each of the parties in
recent years makes it possible even in
such situation 10 do more than would
be the case If the old hard and fast
rule of party lines were more complete
~ binding than it is.
The republicans this fail even though
they win d sweeping victory so far as
the house is concerned. cannot hope
| to regain control of the senate. That
| body Is apparently democratic for some
| years to come Il is doubtful If re-
publican victory in 1916, unless it was
| a veritable landslide, could enable the
! republicans to recapture the senate.
! That body, with one-third only of its
J members elected every two years,
! changes much more gradually than the
/ house II is bound to be so because
| two thirds Of the senators are always
/ hold overs
senate Changes Will Be Slow.
The only states where the democrats
| by any reasonable possibility can lose
a senator this fall are Oregon. where
| Senator Chamberlain is a candidate fol
re- election: Nevada. where Senator
Newlands IS a candidate for another
term: Indiana. where Senator Shivel,
Is running to succeed himself: Mary
land. where Senator John Walter Smith
seeks reelection: Arizona, where Sen
ator Marcus A Smith is running again;
and Missouri, where Senator Stone !:
a candidate. The democrats now have
SO senator's. To lose control OF the
Senate. the vice president being dem
ocrat they would have to be reduced
to forty seven. or less than half thu
total senate. The republicans this fall
in order to capture the senate, woult
have to hold all their present senat
strength and gain six senators add
tional. It Is entirely unlikely they can
accomplish this. II the republican
trend Is as strong as represented II
, many quarters. the democratic, margin
may be lowered and this especially
the bull moose proves, to be weak.
Looking ahead to 1915, moreover. tn
list of senators to be elected then doe
not give promise of much. If any, re
publican gain. Rather. it looks as
tho senatorial elections in tat yea
We're likely to prove about a stand-ol
SO far as the two old parties are con
cerned.