The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-15
Republicans Likely to Win Con-
troll of the House in 1918
Elections, Democratic
Leaders Admit.
FIVE CHANGES REQUIRED
Four Democratic Senators Ad-
mitted in Grave Danger and
Fights on Others Cause
Early Activity.

Washington, p. c., Nov. 1s.-Republi-
can leaders a they expect to control
the Sixty-sixth congress in both
branches. They make confident predic-
tions that they will capture both House
and Senate from the democrats.
In other words, il their predictions
come true, President Wilson will have
to get along in the last two years OF
House.
Loss Of House Conceded.
So far as the loss Of the next House
by the democrats is concerned, this
has been pretty generally looked for. A
good many democrats admit they hard
" expect to keep h House. The demo-
Gratis all but lost the House in the last
election, retaining 1t by only a slender
margin and just managing to organize
h body and elect the speaker and 9TH
er officers.
But loss by the democrats of the SEN
ate ha not been reckoned on, except
by those politicians who have been in
intimate touch with conditions. A sur
yey of h situation, however, shows
that the republicans at least have an
excellent show Of winning the Senate
in the elections next fall.
When the session opened Just prior
to declaring war last April the demo-
Gratis had Sd Of the So members of the
Senate. The opposition had AZ. Since
then Senator Lane, of Oregon, and Sen
ator Husting, Of Wisconsin, have died.
Lhis has cut the democrats down to
81. Senator McNary, republican, has
been appointed in Oregon. The Wiscon-
sin acanc has not been filled. The
situation today is that the democrats
have 81 and their opponents 40. A loss
OF four seats by the democrats would
tie them with the republicans on the
basis of a full Senate and a loss Of five
not including Wisconsin,. would putSthe
republicans in control.
Four Seats in Danger.
Thirty-two senators are to be elected
the coming year While the south has a
large number Of these, it is still possible
Tor the republicans to win five new
seats while holding those they now
occupy. 1t is expected Wisconsin will
send a republican. The democrats who
are looked on here as in danger Of de-
feat are Senators Hollis, of New Hamp-
shlre: Hughes, of New Jersey; Lewis,
Of lllinois; salisbury, Of Delaware, and
Thompson, Of Kansas. Senator Walsh,
of Montana, is likely to have a hard
race, especially if Miss jeanette Rankin
is the republican candidate.
or course the democrats are not
without hope of making gains which
will prevent their losing the Senate.
Rhode Island is one Of the states where
they will makes hard fight. Congress-
man O'Shaunessy aspires to the Senate
II may win. They will work
hard against Norris, Of Nebraska. He
will be assailed because he has opposed
some of the war policies of the ad-
ministration. Nevertheless Norris a
always been a strong vote getter and
will not be an easy man to defeat.
Democratic gains in one of both Of
these states probably would enable the
democrats to hold the Senate by an ex-
tremely narrow margin.
Democrats Are Busy.
The situation is sufficiently danger
Gus for the democratic loss of control
in congress to make the democratic
national committee work overtime at
headquarters here. 1t has already begun
active work looking to the prevention
of defeat nex year.