The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-04
CAMPAIGN GUESS
SHOWS RESULTS
ARE VERY CLOSE
Kansas in Doubtful List on
House Seats.
IL States Will Swing Control
in the Senate.
BIG VOTE IS seen NOW
State Contests Swing Interest
in Some Places.
There Are Many Outer Guber.
Material Contests.
State Contests Swing Interes
in Some Places.

Washington, Nov. A careful
analysis of the political situation to-
day. based on the latest reliable re-
the control of congress will be decided
in the following states.
The senate: Michigan. West Vir-
ginia, Nebraska, Rhode Island. 1lli-
nois, South Dakota, Idaho, Colorado,
Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming.
Kansas Is Doubtful.
The house: New York, Ohio, In
diana. Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas. Cali
fornia, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Mis-
souri,, and New jersey
These are states where close con-
tests, the presidents appeal. or COM
plications due to state issues, have
made the decision in doubt.
The senate is composed of fifty-two
Democrats and forty-four Republi-
cans. With four unexpired terms to
be filled, thirty-six senators are to be
elected.
Get Out the Vote.
Washington. Nov. 4.-"Get out the
vote" was the order flashed today to
political workers everywhere on the
eve of the most important war time
congressional election ever held in the
United States.
Both Democratic and Republican
leaders expect ehe result to be close.
For that reason they will make un-
usual efforts to receive the views OF
every voter it is possible to reach.
Both parties are putting in their
strongest eleventh. hour efforts in
Rhode Island. West Virginia. Ne
braska and South Dakota. These four
states are all doubtful even the most
optimistic party prophets admit.
Tho some observers professed to
gauge the effect of President Wilson's
those hest Onali-
fled to judge declared, today, 1t is the
real. doubtful factor in the election.
Its effect has not become clearly ap-
parent and will not, say these men,
until the vote is cast Tuesday.
New York; Nov. 4.-The closing OF
the campaign in the middle Atlantic
and New England states today was
marked by a, general quickening of In
terest in contrast to the apathy which
characterized the early days OF the
contest. AS a result of the president S
appeal for support. greater interest
was apparent in many statess altho
gubernatorial and local issues over
shadowed all Others.
Governor Hot Contest.
In New York the contests for forty
three seats in congress attracted but
little interest as compared with the
bitter campaign between Governor
Charles 5. W hltTndn, SepuDllCan, anu
Alfred E. Smith, Democrat, for the
sovernorship.
Pennsylvania voters are chiefly in
ter=sted in the liquor questions. the
Republican nominee for governor,
VIM. c. Sproule. running on a dry"
platform, against Eugene c. Bonnf-
we'll, Democrat, who has been charged
with being supported by the liquor
dealers.
Senatorial elections held the center
of the stage in many of the New Eng
land states. former Governor David I.
Walsh. Democrat. is opposing Senator
Weeks. Republican, in Massachusetts,.
Representatives Geo. F. O'Shaugh-
messy, Democrat, is fighting for Le-
baron B. Colts seat in Rhode Island.
New Hampshire has two contests.
between John B. Jameson, Democrat,
and George H. Moses, Republican. and
Eugene r. Reed, Democrat. and Gov
ernor H. w. keyes. Republican.
The New Jersey campaign for sena-
tor has been enlivened by attacks of
suffra gists on David Baird, Republi-
can candidate for reelection. West
Virginia's principal fight of the con-
test is between Clarence Watson, DEM
ocrat, and David Elkins, Republican,
while in Delaware Louis Hall is seek
ing Senator SaliSbury'S seat