Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Republicans See Fighting
Chance of Wioing Out
Democratic Majority.
SPECIAL ORGANIZATION
TO PUSH THE CAMPAIGN
Confident of Carrying House by
Landslide Anticipated to Give G.
o. P. Administration Full Sway.

Second only in importance to the
presidential campaign,will be the effort
to elect a republican majority in the
United States Senate, in the opinion of
republican leaders and political man
ayers. Careful survey of the field has
convinced them that there is fighting
chance of overturning the present dem
ocratic majority of sixteen in that
body and replacing it with at least a
bare republican majority.
To that end. an organization is now
in course of being perfected. within the
regular machinery of the party for the
conduct of the presidential campaign.
to be devoted primarily and specially to
the conduct of the senatorial campaigns
in the states, where the possibility of
republican gains is discerned. The
work will be in charge of incumbent
republican senators from other states
and of political leaders high in the
councils of the party, who are not in
the Senate.
Confident of Carrying House.
The republicans express confidence
of carrying the House by a Landslide
and assurance of the presidency and
in order to make a thorough cleanup
of the democrats and give the antici-
pated republican administration the full
support of Congress, necessary to the
enforcement of republican policies,
they will make tremendous efforts to
control the Senate.
The Senate is now composed of fifty
six democrats and forty republican,.
democratic majority of sixteen. The
change of nine votes would shift con-
troll to the republicans. The possible
ity of effecting that change has founda-
ton. in their opinion, and they hope
to change more than nine votes.
Thirteen senators are to be chosen
this fall in eleven states, now repre-
scented by democrats in the Senate. II
the republicans can elect nine they will
dominate the Senate. and in point OF
fact they entertain reasonable hope of
electing more than nine.
States to Elect Senators.
These are the states now represented
in the Senate by democrats whose terms
expire March 3, 1917: West Virginia.
Nebraska, Indiana (two). New Jersey.
Montana. New York, Nevada, Ohio,
Maine a vacancy, occasioned by the
death of Senator Burleigh. republican.
is to be filed and successor to john
son. democrat, chosen.
Inc nope OF tHc loE VIZ
tory in the eleven close states is based
upon two considerations:
First, expected reunion of the bull
moosers and republicans, which, upon
the basis of the returns Of 1912, would
show a preponderating republican vote
T. in those states.
Second. the expectation of a country
wide republican victory in the presi-
I Dental election, on the general republic
= can policies and campaign.
Going over the figures of 1912 and
considering subsequent elections, the
general trend of conditions and the
hoped-for developments of the coming
campaign. the republican managers find
sustenance for their expectations.
Indiana the Most Important.
Indiana is at this time regarded as
the closest and most important of the
states to be contested. That state has
the vice presidential candidates of the
two parties. while four Of the most in
huential, popular and experienced
democrats and republicans in the state
are entered in the senatorial fight The
total regular and progressive republi-
can vote in 1912 was 313.214 against
2S1,s9o democrats. The republicans, if
they fuse. would seem to have the lead,
but il is said that personal and fac
tional elements will enter into the con-
1 /. test TO extent which will make the
Indiana campaign the fiercest waged in
any state in many years.
+ In Maine the progressive and repub-
lican vote in 1912 was 1908. demo-
cratic. 5l.1l3. The liquor question and
factional squabbles will contribute
issues in the senatorial election, affect
ing both parties.
Maryland will admittedly be very
close state. The total republican and
progressive vote was 112.T42 in 1912,
and the democratic 1858. Personal
popularity of candidates and the trend
Of the bull moose toward reunion Will
figure in the outcome in Maryland.
Close Contest in Missouri
Missouri is another close state. The
figures in 1912 showed a combined re-
publican and bull moose vote of 33I-
1872 against 33O.s46 democratic Mon
tana. If the republicans had been united
in 1912, would have shown 40,96S re-
publicans and 2T.94i democrats.
Nebraska polled in 1912 bull moosers
and republicans to the number of 123.-
3o5 and 1o9. OOS democrats. The liquor
question and democratic factionalism
will weigh in the campaign in this