Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-30
REPUBLICANS SEE
GAIN IN CONGRESS
Net Gain of Eight in Senate
and Seventy-One Majority
Claimed in House.

CHICAGO, September 80 -(by the AS
ISOLATED Press) .-Republica national
committee headquarters last night is
sued statement prepared by John T
Adams. vice chairman of the commit
tee; Senator Harry S. New and Con-
gresham Martin B. Madden, claiming
that of the thirty-four senators to be
elected the republicans are sure of fif-
teen. reasonably sure of eight others
and have fighting chance for still an
other two. Present indications, they
SAID, were that the republicans woalld
eject tWenty-three, a net gain of eight
The present Senate stands 40 repub-
licans and A democrats. A net gain OF
would make the republican strength
81 and the democrats SO, or a republican
majority of II, the statement showed.
or the 435 congressman to be elected
the republicans expected to make net
gain of 25, the statement said. The
present republican majority in the
house is As. The republican majority
in the next congress would not be less
than Il, they estimated.
The fifteen republican senatorial
candidates rated as certain of election
are in California. Connecticut, Idaho
Indiana, Illinois. Iowa. Kansas New
Hampshire, New York, North Dakota
Ohio. Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Yer
mont and Washington.
Excerpt From Statement.
The statement adds: "Of these
states California, Idaho and South
Dakota are expected to elect repub-
lican successors to democratic SEN
ators, gain of three. In the fol-
lowing states the republicans have
better than an even chance:
Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland
q n
and Oregon. OF these Colorado, Ken
lucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Ore
gon are said to be set to return re-
publican candidates as successors to
democrats, making a net gain of five
or a total net gain of eight in the two
publican strength to fffty-seven
leaving. the democrats thirty-nine.
'In two states the situation is in
doubt. They are Arizona and Nevada
where successors to democrats are to
be elected. If both these states
which is not conceded, it would not
affect the estimated republican gain
of eight.
Conceded to Democrats.
Democratic candidates conceded
the election are:
Alabama (two), Arkansas, Florida
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina
South Carolina and Virginia.
East of the Mississippi river re.
ports at headquarters indicate thai
there is not section where the re.
publicans will lose congressman. but
they stand a good chance of increas.
ing the republican lead. In the New
England states the democrats are ex-
pected to make no gains, but will lose
at least one district in Connecticut.
I'm the old middle states the re.
publicans look for a gain of three
from Pennsylvania, two from New
Jersey and one in Maryland. In the
old middle west group they expect to
gain three in Ohio and one in Illinois
Invading the southern states, they
count on a gain of two in Tennessee
two in North Carolina. and one in
Oklahoma and two in Kentucky.
From the Mississippi river to the
mountains they expect to add four re-
publicans from Missouri, one from
Kansas and one from Colorado. On
the other side of the mountains they
count on a gain of two in California
and one in Nevada.
These estimates do not take into
account possible landslide vote for
the republican ticket"