Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-03
BOTH PARTIES CLAIM VICTORY NEXT TUESDAY Tess Claims Republicans Will Control Congress
 By Majority f 25. DEMOCRATS CLAIM A
 GAIN .30-40 MEMBERS Latter Party Claiming That Tide Is Running Strong
 In It's Favor.

Washington, Nov. 2.--Victory in Tuesdays congressional elections was claimed tonight in statements isued by Democratic and Republican cam paign leaders.
 Homer s. Cummings, acting chair man of the Democratic National Com- mittee, predicted an increased Demo- critic majority in the senate by the vote in forty senatorial contests and that the Democrats would make gains in the house of from thirty to sixty members.
 Republicans will control the next house by a majority of 25 members. Representatives Fess of Ohio, chaid- man of the National Republican Con- ~ressional Committee declared While no formal statement was issued as to senatodial contests, leading Republi- cans predicted that the next senate would be Republican by margin.
 Claims 12 Solid States.
 In his analysis of the political sit uation, Chairman Fess said 23O con- gressional districts, are safely" Re- publican; 172 are safely" Democratic and B are doubtful. The most notice able gains claimed by the Republican chairman are from Ohio, his own state, the present delegation from which includes twelce Democrats and nine Republicans. with one seat va- cant. Fourteen seats will go Republi- can, five to the Democrats and three are doubtful, Fess said.
 Twelve states with 36 seats are claimed as solidly Republican by Chaidman Fess as follows: Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, New Hamph- shire, New Mexico. -Nodth Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. Seven states, all in teh south, ith an aggregate. of 64 mem- bers of congress. are conceded by Representative Fess to the Demo- crats.
 30 to 60 Democrats.
 Our advices from every state point to a sweeping Democratic victory said the statement issued by Chair man Cummings. "The Democratic majority in the next senate will be in- creased and we will control the house by substantial majority. Reliable es- inmates of net gains by the Democrats range from thirty to sixty. The tide is running strongly in our favor, espec- ially in the middle west and far vo ern states with a pronounced drift to- ward Democratic caniates in every state.
 The Democrats Chairman Cum mings claimed, will control at least two thirds of the states in which sen atarial contests have developed. He predicted that the Democrats would gain in nearly every state in which there are contests fo rthe house. Some districts are admittedly close, he said, but victories are assured in suffi- cient number of districts to insure a Democratic majority. of not less than thirty in the next house.
 Campaign committees in both par ties tonight continued to issue state ments. Secretary Daniels issued a statement saying:
 "The overshadowing issue in the election on November 5 is this:
 Shall the American well-defined position continue to be voiced by one responsible leader in the person of the President, or shall we substitute for unified command discordent and iffering debating society?
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