Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-07-08
THIRTY TWO WILL
ELECT SENATOR'S
SENATORS TO ELECT NEXT YEAR
..MAJORITY NOW DEMOCRATIC
EIGHT STATES DOUBTFUL

Washington, D. c., July 3.-Muclr
more is at stake in the next campaign
than the election of Republican pres
ident, and House of Representatives.
The political complexion of the Unit
ed States Senate must be changed IT
the Republican party is to be placed
in position to enact its policies into
law.
Unless this is done the Underwood
tariff and other injurious legislation
which the Democratic party has in
flicted upon the American people can
not be repealed.
There are thirty-two states in which
senatorial elections are to be held
next year. These thirty-two states
are now represented in the Senate by
II Democrats, IA Republicans and 1
Progressive. The latter, Senator Poin
dexter, of Washington, has announced
his affiliation with the Republican
party 50 that the figures should stand
II to Is. AS the present Democratic
majority in the Senate is 16, Republi-
can successors to nine Democrats must
be elected in order to give the Repub-
licans control. The accomplishment
of this result is now the determined
effort of Republicans.
The seventeen Democratic senator's
come from Arizona, Florida, Indiana,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennes--
| see, Texas, West Virginia and Vir-
ginia. Of all these states only four
Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Vir-
ginia-are assuredly Democratic. In
five other states-Maine, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio and West Virginia
it is practically certain that Republi-
cans will be elected. Maine has swung
back into the Republican column and
in the last election New York and
Ohio returned Republican Senator's,
while New Jersey and West Virginia,
in by-elections, have demonstrated
that they are back again in the Re-
publican fold.
This leaves only eight states-Ari-
zona, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri,
Montana. Nebraska, Nevada and Ten
nessee- in the doubtful column and in
each one Of these states the Republi-
cans have more than q fighting chance
of success. If they carry four of these
eight states they will control the sem
ate.
The outlook is most encouraging:
The election Of Senator Newlands, Of
Nevada, last year was matter Of
figures. The Republicans ought GER
diana. now that the Progressive party
in the Republican column again. while
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affords the Republicans an excellent
opportunity for carrying that state. 1t
was formerly safely Republican. Mis-
souri, and Tennessee offer splendid
fighting ground, while Maryland had
Republican senator until recently:
With the tide running strongly in ia
vor of the Republicans several of these
States ought to elect Republican sena-
tors.
] But victory will not be secured un-
less Republican voters in these states
are thoroughly aroused to the neces=
sity of electing Republican senator's.
The election of Republican presiL
dent and Republican House Of Rep
resentatives would be an empty HON
or. A Democratic senate would sue
cessfully block any effort to repeaH
the Underwood tariff law and thus
compel the country to suffer for two
years more under its iniquitous pro-
visions. The country has had enough
of the disastrous free trade fallacies
of the Democratic party and only with
the repeal Of the present tariff law
will prosperity return. The European
war has served some Of the purposes
of a protective tariff and has reated'
an enormous demand for American
production but no nation can easily
base it's economic policies upon the as
sumption that other nations will con-,
tinue a war indefinitely.
The tremendous Republican gains in
the last election, when the overwhelm-
ing Democratic majority of nearly $50
in the House was almost completely;
wiped out. makes the election of Re-
publican House next year foregone'
conclusion. But the Senate must also
be Republican. This is to be the slo-
gan of the next campaign.
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