New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Fess Predicts
Big Republican
Congress Gains
Campaign Chairman Sees
Majority of at Least g.
in House and IL in Sen
ate After L. s. Canvass
Al Districts Are Doubtful
Expects His Party to Have
26l Members in Lower
Branch and 90 in Upper

COLUMRJS, Ohio. Oct 30 When
the next Congress convenes tha Re
publican maJorirlee in both houses
will show large increases, according
to prediction statement issued here
tonight by Representative Simeon D.
Fess, OF Ohio, chairman of the Nation
AL Republican Congressional Commit
tee
His forecast, based on an analysis
OF reports from all Congress sionAl dis
tricts, is that the Republican margin
in the House viii be increased from
forty-fTve to at least eighty seven, and
that Of the Senate from two to mini
mum Of eleven, and possibly seventeen,
giving that body safe working joT-
ity.
According TO Mr Fess's estimate. the
next House viii have IN its member
ship not fewer than 26l Republicans
and not more than ia Democrats, and
the Senate Will be composed Of from
sixty to sixty six Republicans and
from twenty -four TO thirty Democrats
Twenty-seven Republican States
In making this forecast Congress
man Fess declared that, so far IS the
House is concerned, twenty-seven
states are included IN the sure Repub-
lican column. He estimated these
state. will return 929 Republican Con
gressmen gain OF twenty from those
states
In doubtful states with Republican
leaninss, among which he included
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky.
Missouri and Colorado. Mr.. Fess pre-
dicted that twenty-three Republican
Congressman viii be elected; three in
doubtful states with Democratic lean
ings Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma,
Montana and New Mexico, and five
members from certain Democratic
states. including Virginia, North Caro-
lima. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida.
Alabama. Tennessee, Trxss, Missis
slppi, Louisiana and Arkansas
Mr Fes> said that the Republican
gam Of twenty in the certain Repub-
iicsn states viii result frcm gains Of
one member each IN Maine. Massa
chusetts. Connecticut. Michigan. M
nols and Nebraska, two members each
IN California, Kansas and Ohio. and
three members each IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Ne" Jersey and New otk. He assert
I'd that three additional Republicans
will be elected from Missouri and one
each from Tennessee and North Caro-
lima.
South Has Eishty-nine Seats
The eleven Southern states, classed
as certainly Democratic. are figured
IN Chairman Fess's estimate AS
serdlng eighty-nine Democratic mem
rers to the House Seven other Dem
ocva1c congressman. Mr. Fess said.
vii he elected from doubtful states
WIN b"mocrAtic leanines, and fourteen
Uemocrats Will be elected from doubt
ful states with Republican leanincs.
ADDED to these. Mr.. Fess said, viii
ne twenty three Democratic Congress-
men from strong Republican states.
making conceded total Democratic
membership of l33.
Fortyone Congressional districts
are placed in the doubtful column bv
Mr. feSS "Concedlng the entire list
OF forty-one doubtful districts to the
Democrats thus would give them ia
members in the House of R4uresrnta
tives." Mr. Fess said.
Listed in Chairman Fess's doubtful
group of districts are:
Lat of Doubtful States
Republican states One Msssschu-
setts district, four in New York one in
fennsyiyaaia, five IN Ohio, one in In
diana, two In Illinois, one in Wiscon
sin Victor Berger), three in Mime
sofa, one in South D4kots, one in
Washington and one in California.
Democratic states Two in virginia
-FOUR in North Carolina. one in Ala
bama. one in Tennessee and two in
Texas. "
Doubtful states-one in MARYLAND
two in Kentucky, three in Missouri
one in Colorado, one in New Mexico
and two in Oklahoma.
Certain Republican Senatorial gains
are predicted by Mr. F-ss to re-
suit in the Maryland, Kentucky Sontb
Dakota, Idaho and California slections
Senate races in Arizona and Color
sdo, ne SAID, present better than an
even chance for Republican succ.ss
while in Nevada and Oregon chsno.
from Democratic to Republican Sans
tors is considered by Inn IN even
chance He also declared there is
posS'DIllty of the election of Repubn
can Senators IN Oklahoma and No,.,h
Dakota. " -N'''"