Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-08
REPUBLICANS ARE
UP AGAINST IT

The amazing spectacle of a political
party gaining strength in one house
OF congress, while losing sharply in
h other, is still causing comment in
Washington among politicians. In the
last election the democrats made de-
cided gains in the senate, but their
majority in the house was reduced
by more than 100. In short the demo
Gratis lost more than fifty seats in the
house, which were filled by republi-
cans, while in the senate not a single
democrat who was up for reelection
was defeated, while several republi-
cans were replaced by democrats, lot
ably in California, where Phelan sur
prised the country by winning, and in
Wisconsin where the old-time group
of the republican party, after defeat
Ing La Follette's friends in a straight
forward primary fight, was unable to
hold the democrats.
In Illinois where the victory of
Roger G. Sullivan had been looked
for, the democrats did not lose a seat,
though they lost a splendid chance to
gain one. The same circumstances
prevailed in Ohio, where Burton, re-
publican, will be succeeded by Hard
Ing, republican; in New York, where
Root, republican, will be succeeded
by Wadsworth, republican; in Kan
sas, where Bristow, republican, will
be succeeded by Curtis, republican,
and in Connecticut, where Brandegee
was reelected.
All this brings up the question of
whether the republicans can gain
control of the senate in the presiden-
tial election two years hence. eau
tious prognosticators do not believe
1t possible, even in the event Of a
republican landslide. Should a re-
publican house and president be
swept into office, ven on a perfect
tidal wave of republicanism, it is
believed 1t would almost be out of the
question to hope for a republican
senate until the incoming republican
administration was two years old.
"A 6lohSC oFcI Tic IbL VI S6ndIOIb
whose terms expire two years hence
will show the convincing reasons be.
hind this line or argument. The dem
ocrats, as a result of the election just
over, will have ffty-six senator's, the
republicans t%hirty-nine and the pro-
gressives one. The terms Of thirty
two of these will expire in 1917, their
~ccessor being elected in the fall of
1916 at the presidential election. OF
these thirty-two, seventeen are demo
Gratis, fourteen republicans, and one
progressive.
The democrats are: Ashurst OF Arr.
zona, Bryan Of Florida, Chiffon OF
West Virginia, Culberson OF Texas,
Hitchcock of Nebraska, johnson of
Maine, Kern OF Indiana, Lea OF Ten.
nessee, Lee OF Maryland, MARITIME OF
New Jersey, Myers OF Montana, o'Gor-
man OF New York, Pittman of Ne
vada, Pomerene OF Ohio, Reed of Mis-
souri,, Swanson of Virginia and Will
Jams Of Mississippi.
The fourteen republicans are:
Catron of New Mexico, Clypp of Min
nesota, Clark of wyor1iny, Dupont
of Delaware, JaFollette OF Wisconsin,
Lippitt OF Rhode Island, Lodge of
Massachusetts, McCumber of North
Dakota, Mclean of Connecticut oil.
g of Pennsylvania, Page of Vermont,
Sutherland of Utah, Townsend of
Michigan and Works Of California.
The progressive 10 Poiudexter OF
Washington.
To get control of the senate at the
election two years hence, 1t would be
necessary for the republicans to re-
elect all the republican senators in
The list Just given, counting In Poin-