The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
y Can Guess Outcome of Tuesdays Election

reckoned that they stand against the Presoident And what does it matter if the republicans win two or three other seats in the Senate if they lose the Presidents own state !? It Is this phase of this unusual cam paign that is worrying the managers of the G o. P. They know the coun- try, as a whole, is safe for the re- publican congressional tickets, they say. but there are several vital spots like Ohio and New Jersey. and New York as well, that are keeping the nerves on edge and they wish that election day was over.
 Frelinxhuysen Worried
 Tn New Jersey there is another contest in which the President Is in- to throw the weight of his personality into the campaign. MT. Harding is especially fond of Frelinghuysen. He visited the Frelinghuysens a couple of times last summer, and on one oc- caslon, at 8 big dinner or rally of some sort, the President let the warmth of his frlenship lead him Into expressing the wish that the voters of New Jersey would send Senator Frelinhuysen back to Washington. This was even before the primary was held and 1t was the only occa- sion on which the President expressed a personal choice.
 Now Senator Frelingnuysen Is in very tight fix. Most political ob- servers who have been in the Mos quito state say that he is in for a defeat. That was certainly true two weeks ago. A conservative tide Is said now to have set in the Freling- huysen direction. The question is will 1t flow strongly enough election day to offset the earlier gains by the democratic candidate, Governor Ed wards? Here again the republicans are worried. Lf they should by any chance win Ohio and lose New Jersey there would still be troublesome talk from the democrats all through the next session of Congress. On the other hand, if they win New Jersey and lose Ohio, the situation Is still worse.
 In other words. the republicans. confident of the country as whole, are confronted by several ticklish situations. There are some places where they simply have got to win In order to maintain the prestige Of the administration. Spots" are keep ing the G. O. P. big guns awake these last few nights before the election.
 May Lose in Senate
 The democrats, confident of win ming many seats from the republicans In the House of Representatives, are nevertheless faced by the possibility of losing anywhere from three to five of their all too scare seats in the Senate. The loss of these seats would place the minority in an almost de- plorable condition in the real talk ing branch of the national legisla- ture, the branch which focuses the attention of the public and which In these later years has been framing the issues upon which national cam paigns are waged. Senate losses are hard to reeoup and this phase of the election gives democratic headquar- ters no little worry.
 If, however, the democrats should carry Ohio, New Jersey and New York they would be willing to let almost all the other doubtful states go by the board.
 In summing up the situation, 1t can be said again that, in the lan- guage of a once famous statesman, neither political headquarters knows just where 1t Is at. The reports from the field are conflicting. The voters are a quiet lot this year. They are keeping their own counsel. They are not going to the political rallies no matter how grand and imposing they may be--on paper. The voters this year are a greater enigma than they have ever been. No one seems to know just what they are thinking ..,t1 1y rr.fn when
 The ballots fall.
 Life snow flakes on the sod,
 To execute the freeman's will,
 As lightning does the will of God.