Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-06
INDIFFERENCE Of
VOTERS GENERALLY
SURPRISES LEADERS
Continued from pnge 8.

LIT, topcAnO, MIS- DemoCiatit or
ponent. Supporters of the latter who
predict n landslide" for all Demo.
cratic candidates are claiming that h.
will be elected.
The Democrats will gain NJ least G.
seats in the lower House OF Congress.
They have ten in the present Congress.
The present chances seem 10 favor
the Democratic candidates in the
third. fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
fifteenth. nineteenth, twenty-frst.
twenty third and twenty fourth dis
tricts. The next delegation will prob
ably be "a Republicans and 10 Demo
Gratis All OF the Democratic cand-
dates are pledged TO work for the
modification of the Volstead Act. The
Republicans have good chance OF
winning the seat now which embraces
Albany. The Socialists expect 10 re-
elect Meyer London and one other cam
didats.
North Carolina.
No Senatorial election. Nine and
probably ten Democrats will he cleot-
ed to Congress
North Dakota.
The Senatorial contest between
! Lynn j. Frazier. the radical Nom Par
tisAn League Republican candidate
| who beat Senator MoCumber, and r.
J. A. O'Conner, Democratic nominee.
will be close. The election OF OCon-
ner over Frazier is being urged Ivy
| Governor Nertos. Republican. who
was elected 10 succeed Frazier when
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referendum. Many thousands OF Re-
| puhlicans will vote for the Democratic
candidate who il a Liberal -Ccnserva
tive. The Republicans viii hold on 20
their three seats in Congress.
Oklahoma.
No Senatorial contest The Demo-
Gratis will gain at least three seats IN
the House. They may defeat Alice
Robertson the only woman in the
present Congress. BY a strange com
bination ot circumstances Miss
Robertson is the victim OF her own
sex. Many women in her district are
fighting her because she always OPP
posed suffrage and voted against the
Maternity Bill She is opposed by
w. W. Hastings (Democrat). The
next delegation to the House is TO he
composed Of Democrats and Re-
publicans.
Senator Atlee Pomerene Democrat
looks like the winner over Representa-.
! tive Simeon d. Fess (Repuhlican) bu
the contest will be close. Senator
Pomerene Is being supported by tn,
wet element as a protest against tn,
dry policy OF the Republican organ
!zation Of the State. ParadoxiCally tn,
State ticket headed by Carmi Thomp
son appears To have a shade the bes
over the Democratic nominee heade,
by Victor Donehey. or the % seats il
the House now held by the Republi
: cans. the Democrats are expected Il
, win eight with the possibility of pick
b ing up two or three more. Some o
/ these districts are normally Demo
| cratic and were overturned in tn,
/ Republican landslide two years ago
/ The personal popularity of Repre-
sentative Theodore Burton (Repubi
\ cam and Gen. /. r. Sherwin Demo
craD VIII probably pull them through
III
h on the referendum in favor of alcohol
\ beverages not exceeding pa per cen;
the support of which many of the can
H didates for Congress have pledge,
Il themselves.
II Oregon.
Il No Senatorial contest. The Repub
/ licans are expected TO re-elect thei
II three candidates for the House al
II though Macarthur. because OF his in
Il dependent proclivities. will be cut b
II many Republican voters
III Pennsylvania.
III The most interesting contest
II Pennsylvania will be over the Sta-
HI ticket. Clifford Pinchot. the old-tin
= Bull Mooser. won the Republica
= nomination over what was left Of Il
- old Penrose machine on which he d.
If clared war Many thousands of r.
HI publicans refused 10 register after h
HI victory in the primary and n gre
II many more will probably cut him
HI the contest on Tuesday. Some of the
III will vote for John, A. McSparran. Il
HI Democratic candidate, who has be,
HI conducting a lively campaign wi
considerable effect. The chances a
III that. responding 20 habit, Pennsy
vania Republicans will give Pinch
enough Of a majority to win safe
Both Senators Pepper and Reed "
III be reelected by large majority. #
Democrats are conducting hard driy
Ill in the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, tn
Ill teenth. fourteenth, seventeenth, TIVE
III tieth twenty second twenty -eigh
III thirtieth, and thirty first Congressioi
III Districts. Republican managers d
Ill vately eoncede a Democratic gain
III six congressman.
iii Rhode Island.
iii The fight for the Senate betwe