Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-29
REPUBLICAN CONTROL
OF HOUSE INDICATED
New York Herald Says That tho
Race Will Re Close and the Out
come Extremely Doubtful.

NEW YORK. oct. 27.--The New
York Heraid's canvass OF the cur
try TO catch n advance tho drirt ut
the campaign for the congressional
elections to be held on Tuesday. No
Nember s, Indicates that the senate
Will remain democratic. ll'ku",,h
there will he republican gains and
that the democrats will lose the
house or representatives by a mar
row margin.
This is preliminary forecast
based upon the most authentic re-
ports obtainable from absolute un-
! biased sources in every state in the
union.
Here Is tho present outlook for the
new congress: senate democrats
46, republicans a, doubtful 6.
liouse--demoCrats 1856, republicans
21S. doubtful 80.
The present congress stands. SEN
ate-dcmocrats SO. republicans ~.
HOuse-democrats PA, republicans
207. Independent 7. vhcant 7.
II will thus he seen that the re-
publicans, II the Herald has been
correctly informed, are sure Of con
troll Of the house unless some unfor-
seen change takes place.
As for the senate there IL n pos
sibility of republican success In
enough states to gain control, but the
Herald reports indicate that the re-
publican gains will not go far
enough for that
Election Contest Unique.
The forthcoming election is to he
unique in the history of the United
states, Both parties have aband-
oned discussion Of purely party is
sues, and the war alone furnishes
each side with the issues, except as
in some cases. prohibition and wom-
an suffrage have become factors.
The dominence OF the war over
the political campaign has obllterat-
ed all factional lines In both parties
The few members OF the house who
have called themselves progress
sives, independents, -partisans.
etc, practically all are running on
the democratic or republican ticket,
so that the next house will be di-
vided almost entirely between dem
ocrats, republicans and possibly So
Cialist members.
New York with her forty-three
members. Pennsylvania with thirty
six and Ohio with twenty-five, are
the only states with large represen
tations where the political outcomes
seem IN he In much doubt. In Ohio
and Pennsylvania the liquor ques-
tion has confused the campaign. "
Is in smaller western states. widely
scattered. why're the majority OF the
changes are likely to take place.
In New York the indications are
for twenty-six republicans and thir-
teen democrats In the house, with
four seats in the doubtful column:
in Ohio, six congressional districts
are clearly recognized as doubtful
because Of the loyalty and liquor is-
sues presented. and some estimates
place nine districts in the doubtful
column. The districts that all place
in the sure republican column are
the first, second, sixth. seventh.
tenth. eighteenth. nineteenth and
twenty-second. Districts regarded as
surely democratic are the third,
thirteerth. seventeenth. twentieth
and twenty-first.
Changes In Kansas.
In Kansas. dramatic changes in
congress may be expected, with
notable republican gains. The de-
feat of Senator William r. Thomp-
son, democrat, by Arthur Capper, re-
publican, is looked for. Senator
Knute Nelson, republican. will win
in Minnesota. President Wilson has
indorsed him, and while some DEM
ocrats are largely supporting the in
dependent candidate, William G..
Calderwood, he can hardly pull
through.
In Missouri, four democratic dis
tricts, the seventh, eighth, thirteenth
and fifteenth are in doubt. In the las,
three the present incumbents voted
against war.
There are only two states, Indiana
and Wisconsin. in which the demo
Gratis seem likely to gain in tho
house. A democrat probably will be
elected to replace Representative
Henry A. Cooper, republican, in the
first district of Wisconsin. He voted
against war, was beaten for renomi-
nation and Is now running independ-
emily, thus dividing the republican
strength. In the fifth. now represent
ed by Representative w. II. Staf-
ford. republican, chance favors the
election Of ]. p. Carney, democrat.
Doubtful districts in other states
include the eighth in California, now
by n republican; one at
large In Delaware. now democratic:
the first in Rhode Island. now demo-
cratic; the fifth in Washington, now
and the first in West
Virginia, now democratic.