The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

publicans and one for the progress sives.
 Senatorial elections will be held in Alabama Arizona. Arkansas, Cali fornia. Colorado. Connecticut, Florida. Georgia, Idaho. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa. Kentucky Kansas, Louisiana, Mary land. Missouri, Nevada, New Bamp- shire, New York. North Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio. Oklahoma, oregon. Penn sylvania. South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah. Vermont. Washington and Wis consin. Eliminating the solid south" there are only seven, states in which inroads can possibly be made in the democratic majority. so that unless that party should lose in all but one of these states it will retain control of the Senate. The states are Colorado. Indiana oklahoma, Maryland, Missouri. Nevada and Oregon.
 Governors will be elected in Alabama. Arizona, California. Colorado. connec- ticut, Georgia, Idaho. Iowa. Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. New York. North Dakota, Ohio okla homa Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island South Carolina, South Dakq eta, Tennessee, Texas. Vermont and Wis consin. Democratic governors were elected in Arkansas and Maine in Sep- tember. ff F
 The campaign has been fhe quietest of years. No important new issues have been presented. The tariff was once more the chief point of debate, but even this time honored campaign favorite failed to take hold deeply on public interest. This was perhaps due to the fact that the European war brought about such abnormal financial and economic conditions that 1t has been regarded generally as difficult to measure the effect of the Under- wood law
 The quietude of the campaign is att tributed largely to the European war, which has usurped in popular discuss sion and the newspapers the, place usually given to politics. Changing po- litical methods also have come into play Party managers In many in- stances discarded methods of promis- cuous publicity in favor of selective advertising and house. toulouse can vassing
 Notwithstanding the increased ef- senator's according to available figures expenditures probably have been less than those in any similar campaign in many years.
 Senators Renominated
 In most cases the senators whose terms expire next March have been re- nominated There is, however. a con- spicuous exception. Elihu Root of New York. one of the commanding figures of the upper house. declined to run. notwithstanding the appeals of his party. Theodore F. Burton of Ohio, Jo- seph L. Bristow of Kansas. C. O. Craw- ford of South Dakota. Isaac Stevenson of Wisconsin. George C. Perkins of California. and F. $. White of Ala bama for whose seat Majority Leader Underwood of the House is the dem ocratic candidate, are the others who have not been renominated.
 Senators seeking reelection are Smith of Arizona, Clarke of Arkansas. necticut, Fletcher of Florida. smith of Georgia Brady of Idaho. sherman of Illinois. Shively of Indiana. Cummins of Iowa, Camden of Kentucky for the remainder of the present terms; Smith of Maryland. Stone of Missouri. New lands of Nevada, Gallinger of New Hampshire Overman of North Caro- lima. Gronna of North Oak ota, Gore of Oklahoma, Chamberlain of oregon, Penrose of Pennsylvania. Smith of South Carolina, Smoot of Utah, Dilling- ham of Vermont and Jones of Wash ington.
 State campaigns in several instances have been waged so keenly as to sub ordinate interest in the contests foi Glynn's fight for reelection is be ng opposed by District Attorney Charles s. Whitman of New York city. the re- publican candidate: former State Sem ator Frederick M. Davenport, who heads the progressive ticket, and for mer Gov. William Sulzer. nominee of the prohibition and American parties Former President Roosevelt has con- cvm rated his -FfTerg1ess- GIT 'S'ss- York and Pennsylvania, making few distant campaign trips