The Washington herald., 1918-10-31
Democrats are really very


pressed for the control Of the next
Senate.
A very careful scrutiny of the
situation shows that So members are
to be elected at this years elections
to take seats either after election or
on March 4.
And Of the thirty-six the Republi-
cans are sure to get fourteen. in our
Judgment. and the Democrats are
sure to get fifteen. while in the re-
naming seven states the chances
favor the election of four and per-
haps hve Republicans.
\ The states where the crisis will
be determined are, Delaware, Ken
lucky. Michigan. Nebraska, Nevada,
Rhode Island and West Virginia.
Present dope favors the Republi-
can candidates in Michigan. Nevada,
Rhode Island and West Virginia,
while the Democrats are favored in
Nebraska, Kentucky and Delaware.
But winning the ffteen states we
have set out, plus the three states
we have mentioned, gives the Demo-
Gratis only forty-eight votes in the
Senate which Ia one short of con-
trolling.
With full attendances on both
sides of the House. therefore, the
Vice-President would be me one 10
settle most mattsrs and tho work of
the session would permit OF the alb
sence of no members unless pairs
whenever members wanted to leave
town.
-he interest of the President in
making a statement OF a political
nature Is shown in the senatorial
diagnosis. For the result of the elec-
tion will probably show stanIey's
victory in Kentucky. Morehead's in
Nebraska, Walsh's in Montana and
Saulsbury's in Delaware--all of
which some of the shrewd ones be-
lieve could not have been achieved
without direct word from the Presi-
dent.
As to the gain of one more mem
ber-enough to make the majority
for the Democrats-it is very diff-
cult indeed to see where il will be
brought about. One can see where
the Democrats might lose instead.
very easily. which would make their
chances of control go glimmering
Indeed.
The political managers of the
Democratic party have hopes of
landing their candidates in Idaho,
one member, in Michigan, one in
New Hampshire. and in Wyoming
but We cannot see that their hopes
in this respect are very strongly
fortified.
| Moreover. the insIstence of some
OF their leaders that in both I'LL
nois and Kansas the Presidents
statement has worked wonders for
Democratic candidates seems not to
be borne out by the reports COM
ing from those states.
| Republican hopes of winning in
Montana, Colorado and Missouri-alI
of which States we have given to
the Democrats in our reckonings-
are not based on very sound
grounds in our judgment and we
believe election day will prove our
contentious rather than theirs.
The States where the elections
are to be held of the members who
wnl figure in the activities of the
| next two years, likely to be the
banner years in our national exist
ence, are shown in the following
table together with the names of
the Republican and the Democratic
candidates, the present holding
members being designated with a
star:
The following shows the State,
Republican and Democratic repre-
sentative. respectively:
Arkansas-No Republican. 'Jos. T.
Robinson.
Alabama-F. w. Aldrich. .John
Bankhead.
Colorado-Lawrence Phipps. 'John
shafroth.
Delaware-Heisler Ball. .willard
salisbury.
Georgia-No Republican. w. j.
Harris.
Idaho-(short) F. p. Cooding,
'John Nugent.
Idaho-Uong) 'wm. Borah. F. L.
Moore.
nlinois-MedIll Mccormick. y.
Ham Lewis.
Iowa-'w. S. Kenyon. Charles
Keyes.
Kentucky-Ben Bruner, A. o. STAN
ley. -r..
Louisiana-(Long) No Republican,
81. S. Ransdell.'
Louisiana-(Short) No Republican.
.
Massachusetts, w. Weeks,
David Walsh.
Michigan - Truman Newberry.
Henry Ford. :
Minnesota. 'Knute Nelson. No
Democrat.
Mississippi-No Republican. Pat
Harrison.
Missouri-S. S. Spencer, Joe Folk.
| Montana-O N I,anstrtIm sThona q
Walsh.
Nebraska-'George Norris. John
H. Morehead.
Nevada-B. e. Roberts, sCharles
Henderson.
New Jersey 'DsVid Baird,
Charles Hennessey.
New Hampshire (Long)Henry
Keyes, e. z. Reed.
New Hampshire-(Short) George
Moses. ]. B. Jameson.
New Mexico-'A B. Fall. w. B.
Walton.
North Carolina-John NJ. More
head. 'F. NJ. Simmons.
oregon-'Charles McNary, Oswald
West
oklahoma-W. p. johnson. .Rob-
ert Owen.
Rhode Island-'L b. Colt, Geo.
O'Shaughnessy
| South Dakota-'Thomas Ster-
ling. o. v. Rinehara-
Tennessee-H. C. Evans, 'John
Shields.
Texas-J. W. Flanagan. .Morris
Shepherd.
South Carolina-No Republican, N.
B. Dial.
virginia-No Republican, sThomas