Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-05
BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS 4
ARE CLAIMED BY EACH PARTY,
Each Chamber by Safe Margin
Belief of Representative
Doremus. !
SEES A LARGER MAJORITY

woodrow Wilson. q democratic San.
elected Tuesday. according to the un.
qualified statement OF Representative
Frank E. Doremus of Michigan. chair
man of the democratic national con-
gressional committee. Representative
Doremus has been In charge Of the
strenuous fight to elect democratic
senators and members Of the House.
After having canvassed the country.
especially in the doubtful states. he
predicts success for his party and
claims that the democratic majority
in both houses in the sixty-dfth Con-
gress will be larger than in tho pres
emit one. He does not, however. give
the figures on which he makes this
forecast. The present democratic ma
jority in the House is twenty-one over
the combined opposition. with thirty
one more democrats than republicans.
There are ten scattering members OF
political affiliations OF their own mako.
Statement by MI. Doremus.
Representative Doremus believes that
the political party which carries the
presidential election will carry both
houses of Congress. His statement
follows:
las far back as the memory Of man
runs, the election Of a President has been
coincident with the election Of a House Of
Representatives Of the same political
faith and purposes. The only apparent
exception to this rule was in 1876. In
that year Samuel ]. Tilden was elected
President, but his opponent was after
ward seated by an electoral commission
Tilden had clear majority in the cleo
tora1 college, a popular majority OF ESQ.,
900, and democratic House Of Repre-
sentatives was chosen at the same time
President who has been inaugurated In
the past half century has had a majority
of his own party behind him in the House.
In fact. our whole history makes 1t
lieve in electing a President Of one po-
litical faith and Congress OF an opposite
political faith. During the past two
weeks have attempted to obtain an un-
biased opinion Of public sentiment IN the
congressional districts which it Is neces-
sary for the democratic party to carry in
order to control the next House. My In
quiry has extended into the states OF
Wisconsin. Kansas. Nebraska, COLORADO
New York. New Jersey. West Virginia.
Ohio, indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado and sew
eral other western states The re-
ports received are very gratifying. and
upon them 1 feel warranted in predicting
the election Of a democratic House by q
largely increased majority. These re-
ports show a tremendous sentiment for
the reelection Of President Wilson.
Effect Of Tariff Revision.
I'm 1914 the congressional elections
gave the democrats a majority OF
thirty-one over the republicans and
majority over the combined opposition
of twenty-one. This result. following
closely upon a general revision OF the
tariff, was very unusual in our political
1 history. But once before-in q great
many years at least-has an adminis-
! tration been Endorsed at the congress
sional elections following a revision OF
| the tariff.
| THE constructive Legislation of the
| past three years has placed American
| prosperity upon a permanent basis
! President Wilson has correctly inter-
preted the sentiment of our people in
preserving his country in peace with
! the world. There is no precedent In
| American political history for repudi-
ating an administration in times like
! these. I believe 1t is the best judy
ment of the country that Mr.. Hughes
has failed to make out a case and that
| the jury will SO find on Tuesday. They
will re-elect President Wilson by an
| ovrwhelming majority and a Congress
democratic in both branches"