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VOTELEsS WASHINGTON AWAIT
ING RESULTS.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence.)
Washington, D. c., Nov. 5.---vote-
less Washington is awaiting with
more or less trepidation the OUT.
come of Tuesdays elections. The
outcome will be regarded as the
shadow which the Presidential cleo
ton Of two years hence casts before.
While Washington does not vote
with the exception OF the small per-
centage of the population that is
availing itself Of absent voter"
laws-it earnestly keeps its eye on
the political weather vanes. The
army Of Federal employees brought
in by the Harding Administration
will rest easier after Tuesday IL the
forebodings OF political scouts OF
the Administration are not support
ed by election results.
In the campaign now closing
there has been no broad or uniform
issue to mark any real difference be-
tween the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. The attitude of
voters has completely justified the
conclusion of political students that
citizens throughout the country are
dissatisfied with the record of the
Republican Administration and com.
pletely disappointed over the failure
Of the Democrats to propose pro-
gram calculated to remove the
fundamental causes for popular
complaint.
The non-existence of any inde-
pendent agency through which
populaN protests may be made
against both parties is unquestion-
ably responsible for the failure OF
100000 or 100000 voters
throughout the country to qualify
for participation in the pending com
tests. Political leaders naturally
attach much Importance and serious
concern over the depreciation over
the registration in some Of the most
important States which In Pennsyl-
vania amounted to 100000, in New
York $4,000, in Ohio $50, 900, in
Missouri 100000, in Michigan 1907
600, with proportionate falling
off elsewhere.
The leaders of both political par
ties are not only prepared for, but
expect many surprises in the contest
for State Offices in some of the most
important States, as also in the
struggle for the control of Congress.
Despite their grossly extravagant
claims of the moment, private adj
mission Of leaders everywhere re-
fleet an unprecedented degree of UNI
certainty over results both national
and State. Those leaders admit tbs
probability of very large protest
vote" mainly directed against the
Republican party.
They are hoping that out OF the
wreck they may save enough of their
House members to continue control
of that body, and in view of the
overwhelming majority of 1877,
which they now have in the House,
it will not be surprising IL Repub-
lican control is retained, but by q
greatly reduced margin. From the
Republican standpoint it is import
ant that the margin be sufficiently
large to permit them to not only or
ganize the new House, but to have
enough votes to Offset. Republican
disaffection in House delegations
from Wisconsin, Minnesota and pos
sibly one or two other States.
In the present Senate there are so
Republicans and SO Democrats. or
the So Senators to be elected the
Republicans appear to be certain OF
enough to MAINTAIN a decided adj
vantage.