New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
SEES REPUBLICAN
VICTORY In HOUSE
Experts Figures 2l7-2l5
Democrats to Keep
Senate
From The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington, Nov. 5.-The rock bot
tom number of Republicans in the next
House will be PIT. compared with a
possible 215 Democrats, two Progress
sives and a Socialist, according TO care
fully revised figures in the hands of
The Tribune correspondent. This list
comedies to the Democrats virtually
every district about which, so far as
reliable information can be obtained,
there is any reasonable doubt. 1t
claims for the Republicans only those
districts which in many instances the
Democrats themselves concede or about
which they are admittedly very doubt
full.
This is not the claim of the .Repub-
lcans. Frank P. Woods. chairman Of
the Republican Congressional Commit
tee, confidently predicts majority OF
at least 81. Working on the same kind
Of reports two years ago, Mr.. Woods
publicly predicted within one of the
Democratic majority of the present
House.
Mr.. Woods considers that the Repub-
licans have an even chance or better
to obtain control of the Senate. The
best information The Tribune can OBJ
tain is that the Republicans will cut
down the Democratic majority in the
Senate to at most s. and probably
less. but that there is practically no
chance of the Republicans capturing
the Senate.
Must Gain 7 In Senate
The present Democratic majority in
the Senate is 16 Figuring that the Re-
publicans hold the one seat from Maine
Of the late Mr.. Burleigh). The Maine
election reduced this majority TO IA
so that the Republicans would have to
gain seven more seats to equal the
! Democratic strength in the upper
house. This result. should they also
elect Hughes and Fairbanks. would give
them control Of the Senate through the
deciding vote of the Vice-President.
Conceding the Republicans a gain of
one Senator each in New York. New
Jersey. West Virginia. Ohio, Indiana
and the loss of one Senator each IN
Delaware and Wyoming. there would
he net gain of three. which would
cut the Democratic majority to 8. This
/ is based on the Republicans reelecting
/ Senators in the following doubtful
/ from a Senatorial standpoinO states
I North Dakota, Washington, New Mex
I leo. Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin and
/ Connecticut.
II comedies that the Democrats re-
/ elect Senator'S in the following doubt
full states: Indiana (Taggart seat)
/ Montana, Maryland. Arizona. Nebraska.
/ Nevada. Missouri and Tennessee.
Republicans Seem Safer
Reports indicate that the doubtful
Republican Senators are much surer
| than the doubtful" Democratic Sena'
tors. The Republicans are only slight
ly perturbed about one Of their doubt
/ full" list-Washington-and from Seat
tie come advices that the factional hght
has been smoothed out.
| The Democrats are very much ais
turbed about Maryland. Nebraska. Ne
yada and Missouri. In Maryland the
conservative elements are bitterly op-
nosed 10 David J. Lewis. who is almost
n Socialist. Also. John J. Mason. heac
~ the Baltimore Democratic machine
is frankly against Lewis. while friends
of United States Senator Blair Lee
who was defeated in the DenJocratiC
urinary by Lewis. are believed TO be
sharpening their knives.
In Nebraska the prohibition issue
seems likely 10 drag Senator Hitchcock
down, although the state is likely &c
10 nsmocratic gains in the House are
aJod In three s.ates-New York
Sn~ Jersey and Pennsylvania-tw'
seats n eat stare , =.
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