The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-02
COMING ELECTION IS
BELIEVED IN DOUBT
BY MANY LEADERS

WASHING; rDN. uci. I--rhr great BIZ
| "nninl drive al American l'"!iiIcS--thH
! congressman rl"ct!"nS--ls m"w lmpcnd-
! ing.
! September marks the conclusion Of
. state primary elections and nominating
! "nn"rnli"nS. leaving their train oi lame
! ducks :,nd other Political crlprlcS. The
LEADERS Of ;tll HHrt"S now arr marshall
= linz tn'br forces for th" campaign which
pr,n'-G'& election day III November.
. The inns uf battle ALREADY ;trc Fairly
: well defined. l'i'nn the results or the
; l;,llutinE G"prndS political control Of
. the siNlY-SIAth congress. which C"llN"htS
! III December i!l9 unless S""nrr sum
| non"L ly PrC$!d"nt' Wilson. dependant
. UPON the returns, are til" iht"S Ul LSpir-
; ants for. nearly tWu score seats IN the
: S,,l:.lr and 49, III tl.r House.
Like the presidential election OF J.! 10
, when Caifurni:S votes. after week =
wait. finally determined the nltion'S
! president. the congressional result ac-
rordlng 10 private statements 81 prom
; nrnI rrlu bliranS and democrats IN
| Washington is expected To b" close. The
| dcinrrr.lts now have D. senators against
! ii republicans. while IN the house me
! respective strength is "lG and 2t9. The
seats Of all the latter are involved IN
tn. present campaign while twcntE-one
: democratic and fifteen republican, states
! are 1t stake.
i For all practical purposes the election
is over IN i number "f stat"S--ln me
democratic ticket is equivalent tn cleo
iIun. PRIMARIES aud conventions III
! thcsn states however. although changing
present personnel in senate ana house
, from several states have not affected
the final result For some republicans.
without opposition. the primaries ais"
! have lnr;.mt rrrtlin election III Nov"Hl-
! Der: these also do hot change present
lIlG-uI'S III congress. lhCuilp'ilS '''HE
named Tor reelection.
Already. hrwrSrr, Tho primaries rave
resulted III Crlc;,l of many members VI
1 CONGRESS- Among them are senators
! Nurdum"n Of Mississippi anu tiarawlck;
of tirur;:Ia democrats who were opposed
; by President Wilson and III" following
! representatives: MCLrmorc Slayden ana
! Garrett OF Texas; ShaCkl"lord and BOZ,
! land VI Missouri Woods oi Iowa anu
/ others.
! Missing from their present places also
! will b.. found others who alc not seeking
: rC-"irClIuu ar hntlSr members VINO haEc
! iurcgunr rCnOIn!uatlOn u seek election
10 the senate. Among them arc Senators
: Smith of Michigan. r"puhlIrLh' il"i'IS OIL
o., New hampshire. democrat and Repre-
SrntalivcS Mccormick and Fuss OF In
! nrIS. republicans: Howard of Georgia
democrat; Church Of Cliilnrn!a' Demo
/ CraI and Caleb lO~tFS' VI Nch|u|Ns'
| republican,.
| On me other hand. most of tho repre-
. scntHtiveS from the southern democratic
! states have hc"u assured or rt-ciccllon
= Ia the SiNty-SiNlh congress by virtue VI
=. their urinary nomination..
; In this election for tho ilrst tInH'
; women are seeking SEATS III thc senate:
Representatives J";lu"ltc Rankin III Mon
tana. is seeking clcciI"n from her stare
. while Anne Martin Of tho Woman's Far
t. is Il senatorial candidate III Nevada
D New York also has a woman cahdluule
.nr cnmEr' SIS.
Socialist, prohibition and other parties
also hay,. 1hrir cnndldat-S in the present
/ campaign. Coalition of democratic ana
! republican forces against the SOCIALISTS
; Lns orrnrrrd in some localities. but the
= ranlDaigu nsv - being conducted largely
: between tn" two leading parties III an
effort To secure unuU"Stlnncd control OIL
: Tho Senate and House without intcrfcn
: ton Of any "hllanc" OF power from
! the minor organization.