The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-06
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is PREDICT II
Party Leaders Make 7.
Predictions On Eve
TOmOnOW'S Election
BY GEoRGER. HOLMES

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TINES BUREAU AT STATE cAsfrAI
NEW YORK. Nov. e.-The j
try stood on the brink Of a ma
election today with every su i
indication pointing to contii
control Of congress by the Rep|
cans for another two years
though by greatly reduced rna|
ties.
Nothing short Of a political
acle can take control Of the 81
away from the Republicans. /
the Democra s admit this. aithj
they hope TO reduce sIgihtlyl
present Republican majority u
There is. in the opinion of.
unbiased political observers. a
sibllity that the house of repr@
tatives Will be taken away
the Republicans tomorrow but
a possibility Of so pale a hue
even the Democrats refrain
predicting 1t.
Cordell Hull. chairman of
Democratic national commi
contented himself today wid
final prediction that the DemocI
victory viii be greater and 4
widespread" than previ 0 ID
thought. but he judiciously refi
ed from claiming control of ei
house.
John T. Adams, chairman ID
Republican national comma
predicted a Republican majorid
from "a to % in the senate. a
normal Republican majority
around 40 seats in the house.
Whatever be the result, it vii
accepted by both Democrats
Republicans as constituting a
tory. The Republicans will col
er their continued control of
gress as an endorsement or
party's two-year record; the DI
Gratis will consider it q sizeableI
tory to recover most of the grj
lost in the sreat Republican
wave OF 1920.
1t IS in the great states like
York, Ohio, Indiana and New I'D
that the Democrats figure to Il
their chief gains. In all d
5 ates the outlook "A hours in|
advance or the opening Of the 4
is that many congressional dist
Will be won back by the Democl
Ohio for instance has a solid
publican delegation of % inl
present house. The Demod
claim Is OF these tomorrow and
publican leaders are inclined
agree that they will pick up nd
that many. Indians has g
delegation Of ID and the Demod
claim a majority Of these. NIis9
has IA Republicans and ? Dl
scrats in the present house a1I
would not pc surprising to see
political lincup completely revel
The situa ton. as II anects|
house. has defied accurate anal
by leaders CT both parties. W
outwardly predicting the usual
tories. privately they confess
can only guess at tomorrow
ures. The usual tables and cd
which have served in the pas
indicate the way the political \
Is blowing lave been proven
most useless this year.
Party leaders ascribe this to|
lack of a single outstanding 4
such as divided the two major
ties in 1920. Instead Of dea
with a single issue. such as
League of Nations. Republican
Democratic speakers have
called upon this year to face a
liable potpourri OF issues. ran
all the way from taxation and 4
to prohibition and "Newberryis4 a
seldom in two adjacent dist
have the issues been precisely
same and the result has bed
patchwork Of confusion for ad
ate political analysis
Roughly taxation, tariff and
hibition are expected TO be the|
governing issues in the Atld
seaboard area. In the great q
belt that stretches from Ohio "a
Rockies. 1t viii be the same
the admitted discomfort in the T
communities. probably outstrip|
any Of the others.