The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-25
A YEAR OF POLITICS.

The statement coming from Washington that the proposed soldier bonus legislation will figure largely in the Fall elections calls to mind the fact that 1922 is Congressional election year. An entire House of Representatives and 32 members the Senate to be elected In addition to these offices, 34 out of the 48 states elect Governors this year. If bonus legislation is passed it will be expected to count for the Administration in the results, if it fails of sage, it's progress is slower than expected and if it l5 not acted by election tme Administration forces expect to suffer consequently
 The Senate membership for practical purposes, is composed of 60 Republicans 36 Democrats. In the lower House there 301 Republicans 132 Demo- crats, one Socialist and vacancy Of the 32 Sena- tors to be elected this Fall, r Republican and 15 Democratic Those whose terms expire are Lodge Massachusetts Johnson California who Is of hcally listed as Republican and Progressive Kellogg. Minnesota, LaFollete, Wisconsin, New Indiana, Calder, New York Hale, Maine, McCumber, North Da- kota, Crow Pennsylvania, du Pont Delaware, France, Maryland Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Mclean Con- necticut, Page, Vermont Pondexter, Washington Suth- erland, West Virginia Townsend Michigan Repub- lcans Hitchcock Nebraska Pomerene, Ohio, Reed, Missouri, Williams Mississippi Ashurst, Arizona, Gull person, Texas Gerry, Rhode Island, Jones' New Mex leo, kendrck Wyoming, King Utah, McKellar, Ten nessee, Myers, Montana, Pittman, Nevada, Swanson, Virginia, Trammell, Florida, Democrats.
 Congressional campaign committees of both big parties are actively undertaking their preliminary "orK The Republicans expect to lose number of seats in the lower House as their majority there is not representative of the political division the country. If the House returns a normal basis, II means that the Democrats will register big gain in membership. In Ohio for instance every district Is represented by Republican. Managers of that party are willing to concede that at least six of the 22 Ohio districts safely Democratic normally, while the Democrats claim from eight to 12.
 In the Senatorial elections however the situation IS more complicated and the campaigns in these Will be aggressive. The present Republican majority in the Senate is 24 If the Democrats should gain control of that body it that they would have to hold all their present membership and cap ture Is cut of the IT seats held by Republicans and involved in this years elections. While the election is many months away, and despite the old saying that anything may happen in politics it seems apparent that there is possibility of the Demo- crats capturing the Senate Five of the states, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee Virginia and Texas can be said to be dependably Democratic, although Tennessee is being and coming to be re- garded as one of the doubtful border states. The other ten seats held by Democrats in states which cannot be regarded always safely Democratic and there is more than a possibility that at least some of them will return Republicans next Fall Six of the Republican seats be contested regarded as safely Republican. States like Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin cannot normally be considered other than Republican. In the other eleven, in degree another there is possibility of Democratic victory In six of them, New York. Maryland. New Jersey. Delaware, Con- nectcut and West Virginia, it is chance which of the two parties victorious. On the whole too many Democrats fighting for reelection in doubt ful states and too many Republicans will be fighting for return in states safely Republican to offer much chance for a change in the present majority power.
 The House situation is somewhat different. When