Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-25

SEE DANGER IN
SENATE RACES
Admit an Overturn of the Ma
jority of Two Is Not
improbable.
DEMOCRATS ADVANTAGE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-RepubIican
| politicians are beginning to admit that
their party is in danger of losing con-
troll of the United States senate in the
! November elections.
They concede that the party will have
to make strenuous efforts in order to re-
tain its majority of two.
A survey of the senatorial campaign
indicate that the republican danger ex-
lists, irrespective of whether the party
elects its candidate for president.
In the contests there are many complex
angles that put them apart from the
presidential battle.
Local conditions that viii hurt or help
this or that candidate for the senate do
not apply to the candidates of Gov. Cox
and Senator Harding.
1t is an open secret that republican
leaders are worried.
Many of them openly say that some
OF the senatorial candidates whose sue
cess is essential TO continued republican
control of the senate will have an up
hill fight.
According to reports reaching poll
ticians here the presidential campaign
has not aroused a great deal o; interest
in most states.
The contrary is true of a considerable
number of the senatorial campaigns.
Primary contests are being waged
with vigOr, and there is promise Of
equally spirited conflicts when the sena-
torial candidates of the two major
parties begin the fight.
THIRTY-TWO STATES
TO ELECT SENATOR'S.
Thirty-two states will elect thirty three
senators this year TO I'LL terms that will
expire on March 4, 1921, the day the new
in - r7,vryr- f.ad
Eighteen of the seats to be filed are
held by democrats and fifteen by re-
publicans, but most of the republican
seats are from states where the result
OF the senatorial contests is doubtful.
while the democrats are assured of elect
ing democrats to succeed members OF
that party in eight at least Of the pros
pective vacancies.
The states where democrats are regarded
as certain to be chosen to succeed, the
present democratic senators are Florida,
Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
(twol.
The democrats are reasonably sure of
carrying some other states in the sena-
torial contests. but uncertain elements
have been injected into the situation in
these and the republicans intend to do
. their utmost to make gains in them.
REPUBLICANS HAVE
NO ASSURANCE.
Republicans have no assurance of vic
tories in as many states now represented
by republican senator's whose terms will
expire in March as have the democrats.
There viii he several changes. however,
in the democratic personnel of the senate
due to the fact that sitting senator's of
that party have declined to be candidates
for reelection or have ueen defeated In
the primaries.
1t is pointed to as significant that sew
eral democratic senators who have been
conspicuous in their opposition to Presi-
dent Wilson have failed of denomination
Among these are Thomas z. Gore Of
Oklahoma, the blind senator, who was
defeated in the democratic primaries by
Representative Scott Ferris and william
Z. Kirby of Arkansas, who went down
before Representative Thomas H. Cara
way.
Judge Priest. candidate Of Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, the most
bitter democratic critic of the president
in the senate, was defeated for the nomI-
nation in Missouri by Breckenridge Long
strong administration supporter, the
league Of nations having been a leading
Issue in the Missouri primaries.
DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT
FOR NEW YORK SEATS.
Democrats intend to force the fighting
against the return of republican senator's
from New York, New Hampshire and
Connecticut
If Senator James w. Wadsworth, Jr.,
republican, is renominated in the New