The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-22
TIE NEXT CAMPAIGN.

campaign than the election of re-
publican president and house of rep
resentatives. The political complexion
Of the United States senate much be
changed if the republican party is to
be placed in position to enact it's
policies into law.
Unless this is done the Underwood
tariff and other injurious legislation
which the Wilson party has inflicted
upon the American people cannot 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repealed.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
seventeen democrats, fourteen rcpub-
licans and one progressive. The lat
ter, Senator Poindexter, of Washing
ton, has announced his utilization with
the republican party SO that the fig
ures should stand II to Is. AS the
present democratic majority in the
senate is sixteen, republican success
sors to nine democrats must be elect
ed in order to give the republicans
control The accomplishment of this
result Is now the determined effort of
republicans.
The seventeen democratic senators
come from Arizona, Florida, Indiana,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, Montana. Nebraska, Neva da,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennes-
see, Texas, West Virginia and Vir-
ginia. OF all these states only four
Florida, Mississippi, Texas and vir-
einia-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 repub.
lican fold
This leaves only eight states-Ari-
IONA, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and Ten
nessee-in the doubtful column and
in each one of thees states the repub-
fcans have more than fighting
chance of success. II they carry four
of these eight states they will control
the senate
The outlook is most encoura sing.
The election of Senator Newlands of
Nevada, last year was matter Of
doubt for some days, so close were
the figures. The republicans ought
certainly to carry Nevada next year.
Indiana, now that the progressive
party has disintegrated. is almost
sure to be in the republican column
again. while the Bryan-Hitchcock feud
in Nebraska affords the republicans
an excellent opportunity for carrying
that state. 1t was formerly safely
republican. Missouri and Tennessee
offer splendid fighting ground, while
Maryland had a republican senator
| until recently. With the tide running
strongly in favor of the republicans,
| several of these states ought to elect
! republican senators.
! But victory will not be secured UNI
| less republican voters in these states
are thoroughly aroused to the neces
sitv of electing republican senators.
The election of republican presi
! dent and a republican house of repre-
sentatives would be an empty honor
| A democratic senate would success
! fully block any effort to repeal the
Underwood tariff law and thus com
pei the country to suffer for two
years more under its iniquitous pro
/ NlSlcDS. lhc tDuhtly ldS Ldu ChObSA
of the disastrous free trade fallac!es
and only with the repeal of the pres
ent tariff law will prosperity return
The European war has served some
of the purposes of a protective tariff
and has created an enormous demand
for American production, but no ma
ton can easily base its economic poll
cies upon the assumption that Other
nations will continue a war indef1
nitely.
The tremendous republican gains II
the last election. when the overwhelm
ing democratic majority of nearly 15t
in the house was almost completed!
wiped out, makes the election of g
republican house next year fore
gone conclusion. But the senate mus
also be republican. This is to be the
slogan of the next campaign.