Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
COP. CONFIDENT
OF WINNING SENATE:
Republicans Expect Novem-
Der Elections to Reverse Ma,
iority in Upper House.
HOT FIGHTS IN STATES

7Ut FllhIS IN ) lAtES
:wo weeks away the republicans are be-
coming more and more confident that
hey will gain a majority in the Senate
md control that body in the next Con-
,ress.. They are not going about shout
ng the prediction to the skies, however,
he states where the democrats may
,ave believed they were practically sure
If victory.
The present political makeup of the
Senate is fifty-two democrats and
'orty-four republicans. To upset the
leans must hold their own and take
i've seats from the democrats. That
would make the Senate composed Of
'ortynine republicans and forty-seven
democrats. If the republicans hold their
own and win four seats from the demo-
Gratis the parties would be tie in the
Senate, with forty-eight senators each,
and the democratic Vice President would
~ Stiiicu upOil " CSiSl tlls uecluIJlS Nole
IN any party measure that might arise.
Where Republicans Hope to Gain.
The republicans are saying today
they are sure Of winning senatorial
seats from the democrats in Illinois.
and New Hampshire. They
are counting upon these victories. In
Illinois. which is rated a normally re-
publican state by many thousand
Eotes. Representative Medill McCor-
nick is the republican candidate
against Senator James Hamilton
Lewis. In Kansas. Gov. Arthur Capper
IS the republican candidate against
Senator Thompson. Gov. Capper, on
the republican ticket for governor.
carried the state by 10000 two years
ago, when Kansas went 60, 900 for
Wilson, the democratic candidate for
President
In New Hampshire two senators are
% be elected one to succeed Senator
Hollis, democrat, who is not a can
1idate. and the other to fill the I'M
term of the late Senator CAL
niger, republican, whose seat today is
illed by Senator Drew. republican
appointee of the governor. Gov. H.
w. Reyes. republican, is the candidate
,or the Hollis seat and Eugene Reed,
he democratic candidate. The repub-.
lean candidate for the short term is
George w. Moses, formerly in the dip
omatic service, and the democrat is
John B. Jameson.
Fighting Chances Claimed.
After conceding themselves vic
tories in these three states the repub-
leans are claiming that they have
more than fighting chance to pick
up additional senators in seven other
states, and they expect to win in at
least three, perhaps four, of them.
These states are Delaware, Idaho
Nevada, Missouri, Colorado, Montana
and kentucky -:
Missouri and Kentucky at the first
glance would look to be preposterous
claims on the part of the republicans
But nevertheless the republicans. are
ready to put up a fight for these
states. In Missouri the democratic
nominee is Joseph W. Folk and his
promises to give Mr.. Folk the race of
his life. if conditions in the state are
exported truly. :.
Down in Kentucky Gov. A. o. Stan
ey is the democratic nominee, and he
las against him an aggressive OPP
,onent, Ben l.. Drummer. Gov. Stanley
lid not aid his cause by vetoing, as
lure to stop the teaching of German
in the public schools.
Woman Burning in Nevada.
Out in Nevada the republicans are
counting on Representative E. E. Rob-
ertS, who has always been successful
in that state. to defeat Senator Hen
ierson, the democratic incumbent ap-
pointed to fill. the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Senator New
lands until an election is held. Miss
Anne Martin is also running for the
Senate in Nevada, on the woman's
ticket 1t may very well be that the
rasce Miss Martin is making will de-
Or democrat, depending ON the num-
Der of votes she draws from each of
the old parties. :. ~, 49,
Another woman candidate, the pres
mt Representative Jeanette Rankin,
may cause AL, upset in the Montana
election. She is running on an indie
pendent ticket, too, for the Senate
democratic incumbent, and o. NJ. Lam
'trum. the republican nominee. The
however, say they believe
Miss Rankin will take fewer votes
rom them than from the democrats.
Senator Salisbury of Delaware, the
PRESIDENT pro tempOre OF the Senate,
S engaged in a close fight with l..
deisler Ball, a former republican sem
ltor, for his place in the Senate. In
Colorado Senator Shafroth. the demo-
.ratic nominee. is opposed by L. c.
ohipps, and the republicans insist the
of victory are rosy. And in
Idaho the republicans are counting
IN the popularity and strength of
Senator Borah to carry both himself
Ind the republican candidate for the
seat Of the late Senator Brady to VIC
DRY Senator Brady'S place is now
by Senator Nugent, a demo-
:rat appointed by the governor to
serve until election is over.
Democrats Express Confidence.
The democrats do not by any means
their defeat in the struggle
for supremacy in the Senate. They
<now they have a fight on their hands.
but they believe they will win. The
war is an asset. they know, and they
are demanding that the country up
hold the hands OF the President by
,lecting a democratic Senate to sup
port him. They, too, are making
claims of taking away seats from
the republicans, now held by the lat
ter. In South Dakota the democrats,
insist teir candidate, o. V. Rinesart,
will defeat Senator Sterling, the re-
publican, who is seeking to succeed
himself.
In Rhode Island the democrats also
see a victory, where they believe that
George F. O'Shau-
messy. for many years a member of
the House. will win over Senator Colt,
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