The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-20
Democrats Likely to Lose
West Virginia and Nine
Other States.

struggle fOl the control OF the UNlJeu
States Senate. The Democrats, real
izing the Importance of retaining their
hold on the upper body have appoint
ed committee to look after the cam
paign of their party brethren Messrs.
Stone, Walsh and Salisbury
Along with the election OF president,
vice-president and 435 members Of the
House Of Representatives, thirty-four
senators are to be elected, larger
number than were ever chosen in one
year. Thirty-two are of the class
whose terms expire March a. 1917,
with two Of other classes, terms
broken by death; one that Of the late
Benjamin F. Shively, Democrat, OF In
diana, whose term expires March A.,
1921, the unexpired term now being
filled by Thomas Taggart. and the
other that Of the late Edwin c. Bur
leigh, Republican. of Maine term OK
plring March 4, 1919, vacancy to be
filled at next months election
Senator's in 1917 Glass.
OF the 1917 class, seventeen are
Democrats and fifteen Republicans.
The state eecting senators OF this
class, with the names of the incum-
bents, are:
Democrats Harry F. Ash
urst; Florida, Nathan P. Bryan; In
diana, John W. Kern; Maine, Charles
F. johnson; Maryland, Blair Lee; Mis-
sissippi, John Sharp Williams; Mis-
souri,, James A. Reed Montana. Hen
ry L. Myers; Nebraska, Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock; Nevada, Key PItman; New
Jersey, James f. MARITIME; New York,
James A. O'Gorman; Ohio Atlee Pom
creme; Tennessee, Luke Lea; Texas,
Charles A. Culberson Virginia, Claude
A. Swanson; West Virginia William Z,
Chiffon.
Observation-Disclosures John D.
Works; Connecticut, George p. Nc
Lean; Delaware, Henry A. du Pont;
Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge;
Michigan, Charles Il. Townsend; Min
nesota, Moses Z. Clapp; New Mexico
Thomas B. Catron; North Dakota. Por-
ter ]. McCumber; Pennsylvania. G. T.
oliver; Rhode Island, Henry f. Lip
pttt: Utah, George Sutherland; Yer
mont, Carroll S. Page; Washington,
Miles Poindeyter; Wisconsin, Robert
NJ. La Toilette; Wyoming Clarence
D. Clark.
OF the thirty-two of the 1915 class,
twenty-one are serving their first
terms. The others in the order of
their length of service are Lodge,
fourth term and twenty-fourth year;
Clark, third term and fraction,
twenty-second year; Culberson and
McCumber, third term eighteenth
year; Clapp. second term and a frac-
ton, sixteenth year; La Toilette and
Sutherland, second term twelfth year;
du Pont. first term and fraction, elev-
enth year; Page, first term and
fratcion, eight year; oliver, first term
and fraction, eighth year; Swanson.
first term and fraction. seventh year.
Republican Gains Probable.
The situation in the two-thirds OF
the states that are to elect the one
third OF the membership Of the Sen
ate, with two more in two OF the
states OF this class, may be said fair
", on the ground Of the face OF the
last election returns and the existing
complexion Of the state governments
10 lodge the argument rather strong
" with the Republicans On the same
basis the Democrats can hardly hope
10 increase their strength in the Sen
ate. On the other hand, the Republic
cans stand well to make important
gains.
On local conditions and recent
votes, they should take senator's from
the Democrats in New York, New Jer-
sey. West Virginia and Ohio, and have
we'll poised chances to win In Maine,
Maryland, Indiana. Missouri Montana
and Nebraska now represented by
Democratic senator's. In only four
states have the Democrats equally
good chances to gain senators from
the Republicans. There are Delaware,
California. Maine and New Mexico.
Status of Contests.
Below is a summary OF the status
Of the senatorial contests TO date, with
nnen+e IagtsIonres nresent reprosen-
tation in Congress and the vote for
president in 1912. Assuming that the
Progressives are substantially united
in this election with the Republicans,
the combined vote for Taft and Roose-
welt is given as approximately repre-
senting the Republican strength as
against the Democratic strength polled
for Wilson.
u &c mot wi,bort sipniecance that.
t.t;ng the combined vote FOR Tar, and
Pnaseyslt &c sgafrs, hat FIR Wilson,