Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Democrats Concede That Re-
: pubIicans Will Make
Gains This Year.
CONFIDENT THEY CAN'T
OVERTURN THE MAJORITY
0ldtimers Trying to Come Back In
clude Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Many Drop Out.

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tiyes will be elected TUESDAY. OF
course very many OF tho presen. mem
oers OF the house are canoiaa.es ior
re-eieceioh' Fropaoay tne chieh inter-
esl IN ehe eiectioh throughout ing
states ehis ran hes In the seiectioh Oh
members OK the mouse II Is IN inc
house that the republicans are count
ing on making their big gains. and II
Is the House that the democrats must
win IL fbev are to nrevent a situation
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Ia W ashiheloh which WAL
tie the hands OF the democratic admin
istration.
The democratic are concedinp that tha
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repuoacahs WIN haAe SANS ~ .ns
House at the election, put they are con-
fident, SO they say. that It will be inn
possible for the republicans to over:
turr tho ,arg. democratic maioritv IN
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the present aouse-i4s.
The republicans. on the other hand
are conndentiy working not only 70
make gains IN the House. but to win
majority OF the membership OF that
body. They insist that had 1t not been
for the fact that the war in Europe
has distracted pubic attention from
politics to q large degree they would
have won the majority In the House
hands down.
house ~aAe-op'
At rr.sent the rnake-un of the uou..
n oes -,
is as ioiio"s. DEMOCRATS ZOO repup-
licans, l22' prosressives. ~: pro-
gressive republicans, 2: independent. /:
vacancies g majority of the House
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Is 1to' ana the repuoilcaHs must sa."
| ninety.si seats II they are to accom-
pltsh the desired end, republican ma
1ority. Should the progressives holo
their own. and combine with the re-
puoncan vote against the democrats IN
| the House, smaller republican gain
would take the control OF the House
from the democrats.
Speaker Clark's reelection is regard
ed as certain in Missouri. and II ne 10
| reelected he Will be chosen again az
Speak er Of the House. Majority Leader
| house NEAL Congress. He is the dem
ocratic nominee for the Senate In Ala
bama, and his nomination rs equivaient
| to an election Minority Leader Mann
will carry his district in Illinois and
be returned to the House. should tine
| republicans by any chance win a ma
jority of the House. Representative
Mann will be elected Speaker undoubt-
! eddy. -
Many prominent members of the
House are this year candidates for the
Senate besides Mr.. Underwood. Repre-
| sentative Richmond p. Hobson of Ala
bama by the way, will not be return
| ed to the next House, because he was
a candidate for the senatorial nomina-
ton against Mr.. Underwood and was de-
feated In California, Representative
| the Senate on the republican ticket.
Representative Hardwick has received
the democratic nomination to the Sem
ate in Georgia, and will come to the
Senate next year.
are strussiiing for the seat which win
W H saT vaSas ny Sema.or r ps'om s
Renresentative Victor Murdoch. the
progressive nominee for the Senate.
the democratic nominee The Louisiana
delegation VIII furnish new member
OF the senate. hepresentative Brous-
sard. who was elected to the senate
In New Hampshire. Representative
Stevens democrat, Is making the race
!or the Senate against senator Gai-
hnger. representative "A. Alitchell RAJ
mer OF fennsyivanla IS the demoerallc
nominee for the Senate against Sena.
TOT Penrose. republican, and Ginord
aincnot' progressive. representative
Cnafles n. burke Is tne republican
nominee Tor the senate In south "a
kota' Aaving oe.eated senator STaW-
Ioro ior the nomination. IN Iowa KEEP
resentative Maurice Connolly Is the
oemocraslc nominee lor tne senate
ag Rn senatGr cumm,hs' repuDl ,,;a
Representative frank b. Willis OF
ONO Is candloate TOT governor In that
state on the republican ticket; Other
mem OF Inc Rouse VINO VIII NOT re-
turn Ior one cause or another are Rep-
resentatives Prouty. Iowa: Charles L.
Bartie.t. Ca; augustus y. stanley.
Ky: Hicnard bartholdt. MO; William
n. C9loer. n. T.: Henry George: 9rp
new fork' ROBERT ). Buckley. Ohio.
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