Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-05
83U.S. SENATORS
!. ARE TO Be ELECTED
h
Minimum Gain of Seven Seats
- Necessary to Republican
=, :, Control.
FAVORABLE TO DEMOCRATS

will be held in thirty-two states next
Tuesday. In one state. Indiana, TWO
senators are to be elected In Maine
the elections for senator's were held
In September, and resulted in the choice
Of two republicans one of whom Will
take his seat in December and the
other at the opening of the next
or Sixty-fifth Congress. Thirty-three
senators, therefore. will be chosen
Tuesday and upon the results of the
elections will depend the control OF
the Senate when the next Congress
opens.
of ffty-six democrats. thirty-nlne ie-
publicans, with one vacancy, Maine
seat. The vacancy will be filled by
republican, however. when the Senate
meets in December.
Must Gain Seven Seats.
49, The republicans. therefore, must re-
tain all the seats they now have. and,
in addition to the two already chosen
from Maine. take seven more from the
democrats, If they are to control the
Senate in the next Congress, provided
a republican Vice President is elected.
The Vice President, in case of tie
vote in the Senate. can cast the decid-
ing vote. If a democratic Vice Presi-
dent is elected, the republicans must
take eight seats from the democrats
. to obtain the control of the Senate.
Both parties are making desperate
efforts to win the Senate. The odds
seem to be in favor of the democrats
retaining the control of that body,
licans have a chance to overcome the
lead of their opponents.
The candidates, democratic, repub-
hcan and progressive. who will be
republican senators-elect from Maine,
are as follows:
ARIZONA.
:. Henry F. Ashurst, dem.'
]. H. Kibbey. rep.
ARKANSAS.
W. F. Kirby. dem.
: H L. Kennel, rep.
CALIFORNIA.
G. S. Patton. dem.
H. w. Johnson, rep.
h w. johnson. prog.
CONNECTICUT.
G. P. Mclean, rep
- H. S. Cummings, dem.
DELAWARE.
J. o. wolcott. dem.
: H. A. du Pont, rep"
FLORIDA.
: p N. Trammel. dem.
: W. r. O'Neal. rep.
= INDIANA.
= John W. Kern, dem.s, long term.
H S. New, rep, long term.
J. N. Dyer. prog, long term.
Thomas Taggart. dem.', short term.
= J. E. Watson. rep, short term.
: J. F. Clifford. prog. short term.
MAINE detected In september).
Frederick Hale. rep, full term.
:, B. NJ Fernald. rep, short term.
: MARYLAND.
: D. J. Lewis. DEM
]. L France. rep.
MASSACHUSETTS.
J: F. Fitzgerald. dem.
Henry c. Lodge, rep.s
MICHIGAN.
Lawrence Price. dem.
= c. E. Townsend, rep.s
Henry Ford. prog.
MINNESOTA.
d. W. Lawler. dem.
+. b. Kellogg, rep.
w. q. Claderwood, prog.
MISSISSIPPI.
John Sharp Williams. dem.s
MISSOURI
James A. Reed. DEM
w. s. Dickey. rep.
MONTANA.
Henry L. Myers. dem"
c. N. Pray. rep.
NEBRASKA.
G. NJ. Hitchcock. dem.s
J. l. Kennedy. rep.
NEVADA.
Key Pitman. DEM"
Samuel Platt. rep.
NEW JERSEY.
J. E. MARITIME. DEM .
J. s. Frelinshuysen. rep.
NEW MEXICO.
F. A. Hubbell. rep. &.
NEW YORK.
W. F. McCombs, dem.
w. NJ Calder, rep.
i. Colby. prog.
NORTH DAKOTA.
James Burke. dem.
p. J. McCumber, rep.s
OHIO.
Atlee Pomerene, dem.s
Myron T. Herrick. rep.
PENNSYLVANIA.
L. Orvis. dem.
+. {. Knox. rep.
RHODE ISLAND.
p. G. Gerry. dem.
Henry +. Lippitt, rep
TENNESSEE.
K. D. Mcclellan. dem.
3. w. Hooper. rep.
TEXAS.
CIV. Culberson. dem.
DR.. A. W. Atkinson. rep.
UTAH.
W. II. King, dem.
George Sutherland, rep.s'
w. II. King. prog.
VERMONT.
o. c. Miller. dem.
c. S. Page. rep
VIRGINIA.
c. A Swanson. DEM
WASHINGTON.
George Turner dem.
Miles Poindexter. rep
W. J. Thompson, prog.
WEST VIRGINIA.
w. Z. Chiffon dem.s
II. Sutherland. rep.
WISCONSIN.
W. F. Wolfe. dem.
Il. II. La Toilette. rep