The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-01
Congressional Elections Will
Soon Take Place in
Many States
LINES OF BATTLE
WELL DEFINED
Primaries Already Held Have Resulted
i'll Defeat of Many Present Members
of Senate Seats at Stake.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The great
biennial drive" in American politics
the congressional elections-is now i'm
pending
September marks the conclusion of
state primary elections and nominating
conventions, leaving their train of lame
ducks" and other political cripples.
Leaders of all parties, now are marshall
ing their forces for the campaign which
preeedes election day in November,
The lines of battle. already are fairly
wen defined. Upon the results of the
balloting depends political control of the
Sixty siXth congress, which convenes in
December. 1919, unless sooner summoned
/ by President Wilson. Dependent upon
the returns are the fates of aspirants for
4 nearly two score seats in the Senate and
49, in the House.
Like the presidential election of 1916,
when California : votes, after a week :
wait. finally determined the nations
president, the congressional result, ae-
cording to private statements of promi-
nent Republicans and Democrats in
Washington. is expected to be close. The
Democrats now have - senators against
a. Republicans. while in the house the
respective strength is 2l6 and 200. Seats
Of all of the latter are involved in the
present campaign, while twenty ON,
Democratic and fifteen Republican senat,
seats are at stake
For all practical purposes, the election
is over in a number of states,-in tht
"solid south" where nomination on tn,
. Democratic ticket is equivalent to elec
tion. Primaries and conventions in thest
states, however, although changing pres
ent personnel in senate and house from
, several states have not affected the iina
I result. For some Republicans, withou
opposition, the primaries also have mean
certain election i'll November; these ais
do not change present line ups in con
gress incumbents being named for re
: election.
e Already, however, the primaries hay
. resulted in defeat of many present mem
: bers of congress. Among them are Sen
; ators Vardaman of Mississippi an
: Hardwick of Georgia, Democrats VIII
were opposed by President Wilson. an
;, the following Representatives: MeLC
!. more. Slayden and Garrett of Texas
3 Shackleford and Borland of Missouri
il Woods Of Iowa and others.
II Missing from their present places ais
;, will be found others who are not seel
: ing reelection, or house members VIII
E have foregone denomination to seek ele'
: ton TO the senate. Among them al
., Senators Smith of Michigan, Republican
i Hollis of New Hampshire. Democrat
III and representatives Mccormick and Fo'
r of Illinois, Republicans; Howard of Geo
y gia, Democrat; Church of Californi
IS Democrat, and Caleb Powers of l\el
It lucky Republican.
e On the other hand most of the repr
g scntatives from the southern Democrat
,e states have been assured of re-electiC
ar to the Sixty-siXth congress by virtue
is their primary nomination.
= In this election for the first tim
women are seeking seats in the senat
Representative Jeanette Rankin
- Montana is seeking election from h
IN state while Anne Martin of the Woman
q party is a senatorial candidate in \