The Washington times., 1922-11-05
C.O.P.LEADERS
PREDICT HOUSE
LEAD Of FORTY
Admit Their Present Large Ma
iority Will Be Trimmed
Next Tuesday.
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and replace them with Democrats
leaving only two Republican mem
bers from that State.
Senator Walsh Of Massachusetts,,
chairman of the Democratic Sena
torial Committee, has prcdlCted thal
twothirds of the ohio deltEauon
which consists Of twenty-five mem
bcrs. will be Democrats in the nrx'
House The delegation is now solldlN
Rcpublican. iiut the intensive cam
naipn which has been conducted fol
the Scnntorship, the governorsnil
and rhr rest of the ticket IN likely TO
have its effect upon the Congres
gional nominees and bring defeat to
some members Of the solid Repub'
lcan del, cation.
california. it is believed. will add
ON. more to the Democratic member
shiu lac clccting Charles IL. Randal!
in ularc Of Walter Linebergcr, Re-
uull:can incumbent. This VIII give
'h,. II, morrats thro" members IN the
California delegation.
Rrpprts from oklahoma are eN'
tr,mrlv disCOuraglng TO the anlpi
lions of Miss Alice Robertson the
Ion. woman member OF the iiouse'
"a succeed herself. 1t Is believed she
will h. defeated by W. W. Hastings
Democrat. who was defeated by hel
,,,.n Gears ago after having served
,,,,.,,,.l ,,rrns in the House. IL II
unlikely that any OF the other eisi'
,',, ~. t,vru,v women who are seek
inc seats in The lower House VIII p'
lcCtod. oir,v nv
wet interests throughout the couh
Iry. have been made TO Drlns ue
r.,. IN Andrew J. NOlstead, father
Of the rigid prohibition law IN .n'
seventh Minnesota district. !"
Association Opposed 10 Prohtnltlon
and other "wct" organizations nave
endorsed o. j. kvale, VINO Is runnihs
as an independent against MIN
The Anli-Saloon League on tnt
other hand, has sent larSe lunae
into Minnesota to the turn the tloe
against kvale and line up the Not'
for NolStcad.
OF course. il is generally reailIeo
that the turning down OF \olsteau
would give great boost 10 Ih'
efforts now being made 10 secure
modification of the law whlch pears
his name. Even If majority oi
the others elected were publicly anc
privately dry" such thing as the
defeat Of Nolstead would bring iol
of impetus 20 the moist movement
For this reason the dry 'organzia-
lions have cXerted themselves 10
he utmost. and despite the hard
fight made against him it is general
lv believed that Nolstead viii come
"smilin' through" as usual.
Democratic gains in Missouri are
Looked for. because the fight in that
State has been the most intensive
IN wears. 1t is believed, because OF
the great interest Missouri voters
have taken in the Senatorial contest
that the vote polled will set new
record. and a heavy vote Will mean
success for the Democratic nominees
in many of the Congressional
districts.
Although the Republican leaders
have convinced themselves that the
party's majority in the next House
will he greatly reduced, none OF
them appear to he AT all ulsneart'
encd over the prospect. AS mat,
ter of fact. the party leaders VIII
not hc al al, sorry to see the pres
eut ma iority of l67 cut down, De-
cause il is so large that II is un-
yyieldlv: a smaller majority. these
wis. men argue, would make FOR
better speed in legislation and would
make the House easier to handle.
So if the American voters give the
Repuhlicans a ma jority Of. say So
or 40 they will be satisfied. the
marty leaders, solemnly asseverate.