The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-08
MANY NEW FACES
IN NEXT SENATE
AS RESULT OF THE ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER-SEVERAL SENA.
TORS, ARE NOT IN THE RACE
FOR RE-ELECTION-TWELVE
SEATS ADMITTED DOUBTFUL
BY BOTH PARTIES.

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lot of new faces in the United States
senate as result of the election
November 2, no matter whether Re-
publicans or Democrats win the pres
iGency.
For, Of the thirty-two senators
whose terms expire March 4, next,
seven-four Democrats and three Re-
publicans-either withdrew from the
race for reelection or were defeated
for denomination.
Of the remaining twenty-five, only
thirteen-seven Democrats and six
Republicans-may be set down as de-
fnitely certain of election. The other
twelve, evenly divided between Re-
publicans and Democrats, become the
storm center around which the fight
for control of the next senate is chief
ly waged.
Although the Republican congress
sional campaign committee in its pub
licity handouts predicts an increase of
eight Republican senator's, giving the
G. OIL a majority of seventeen in
the upper house, it is admitted at
headquarters here that prediction is
based upon extreme possibility, not
reasonable probability.
Democrats, on the other hand. J., are
insisting that, irrespective of the vote
for president, the senatorial contest is
bound to be virtually standic, with
a bare chance existing that the pres
ent Republican majority of one may
be changed to Democratic majority
of the same figure.
It is By no means impossible they
maintain, that Harding, if elected,
may be faced in the next senate by
just such Democratic majority as
the Republicans opposed to Wilson in
the present senate.
This they say would be poetic JUS
tice, though certainly not productive
of governmental harmony,
The seven senator's already assured
of retirement arr:
Democrats: Gore, Oklahoma; Ker-
by, Arkansas; Smith of Georgia, and
Thomas, Colorado.
Republicans: Gronna, North Dako-
ia; Harding, Ohio; Sherman, Illinois.
Gore, Kirby Smith and Gronna,
were all defeatedfor denominations;
Thomas and Sherman voluntarily
withdrew, and Harding became his
party's presidential standard-bearer
Members rated as definitely assured
of reelection are:
Democrats: Fletcher, Florida; Gay
Louisiana, Henderson, Nevada; Over
man, North Carolina; Smith, South
Carolina; Underwood, Alabama.
Republicans: Cummins, Iowa, Cur
tbs, Kansas; Dillingham;, Vermont;
Moses, New Hampshire; Penrose
Pennsylvania; Wadsworth, New
York.
The new political lineup, as a re
suit of the changes insured by the
seven assured vacancies, appears like
ly to favor Republicans rather than
Democrats.
The Democrats admit little or no
hope of winning a senate seat either
in North Dakota, Ohio or Illinois.
On the other hand, Republicans are
confident they will elect Samuel Mich
olson to succeed Thomas as senator
from Colorado, and are talking, with
out much hope, however, of beating
Scott Ferris in Oklahoma with Con-
gresham John w. Harreld. At best
then according to the real, not the
openly expressed, opinion on both
sides, the situation narrows down to
the fight for twelve seats admitted to
be doubtful, now evenly divided be-
tween the two parties. These are held
by:
Democrats: Beckham, Kentucky
Chamberlain, Oregon; Johnson, South
Dakota; Nugent, Idaho; Phelan, Cali
fornia; Smith of Maryland.
Republicans: Brandegee, Connect
cut; Jones, Washington; Lenroot, Wis