The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-13
Now Counting Chickens
BeforeThey QreHatched
Is the Chairman Of the West
ern Headquarters Of tho
Democratic Campaign.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12-In a state
ment issued from Gile western head
quarters of the Democratic national
committee today, Senator Willard
Salisbury, OF delaware, chairman OF
the committee which will direct the
contest 70 rthe various senatorial
elections in the different states, ex-
presses the opinion that the Demo-
Gratis will not only retain their pres
ent majority in the Senate but may
gain at least four seats In the upper
house of Congress.
This year-thirty-four United States
senators will be elected, two each
In Maine and Indiana and one each in
Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, West
Virginia. Minnesota, Wyoming, Texas
Delaware, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ten
nessee, Maryland, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts,, North Dakota, Con-
necticut, New fork, New Jersey,
Montana, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
Nevada. Washington, Ohio, Missouri,
Utah, Michigan, Mississippi and Call
fornla.
FROM CInCHgp'
The Democratic senatorial CAM
paIgns In the various states will be
directed from Chicago by q commit
tee composed OF Senator Willard
saulsburg, OF Delaware, chairman;
Senator Thomas j. Walsh, of Mon
tana, manager Of the western Demo
cratic headquarters, and Senator
william j. Stone, of Missouri
The nglN to control the next Con-
gress promises to arouse public In
teregl second 10 that Of the campaign
for senators, Senator salisbury IN
analyzlng tho senatorial situation IN
the different states said'
wThc D0mOcrats have majority
Of sixteen in the Senate and the Re"
nubIIcans nine &Sts, although the
Republlcans reduced the democratic
mQjorlty in the House, the Democrats
Gained three additional seats in the
Senate and increased their majority
from ten to sixteen at the last cleo
ton,
"Thlrty-fou United States sena-
tors are to be elected, Eighteen va
cancies occur in Democratic seats
and sixteen in Republican seats, No
intelligent observer would claim that
a Republican landslide would cause
the Democrats to lose more than ten
of the senatorial elections in the
states now represented by Democrats,
Should they lose ten there are just
about ten Republican seats out Of
sixteen which tho Democrats have
reasonable hope of winning: NY
belief is that the Democrats In the
next Senate Will number from sixty
to sixty-four, that is, our majority
will be increased from four to eight,
Fair Estimate.
"An analysis is of the conditions
of the state where senator's are To
be elected excluding such states as
are certainly Democratic or Repubit-
can will convince anyone with the
knowledge Of political history and
facts taken in connection with pres
emit conditions that this estimate is
as fair as could be made
"The election is nearly TIRES
months away. congress IS ABOUT 70
adjourn. Conditions may shift in
some way to affect particular states,
They are rs likely to shift one way
as another. II we have the same re-
suits as the last election we un-
doubtedE will gain one or NO SEN
ators. II conditions in 1916 approx
innate those Of normal political
wear, we will gain not less than four
seats in the Senate. Under these cir
cumstances the unqualified state
ments of the Republican candidate,
Mr., Justice Hughes, as TO what he
will do If elected, are merely idle
talk.
"The Democrats will control the
upper branch of Congress for at leagt
two years longer and no sane Re-