The Washington times., 1922-07-21


tells me that Mr.. ATT3
Hitchcock is a - ~
man to be highly W ~
esteemed-a man VM
who, In his news
papers In Omaha, WILLIAM HARD.
has given invalu.
able support to Mr.. Howells munich
pal ownership ideas and endeavors.
Mr.. Hitchcock tells me that Mr..
Howell is a strong, fine mana man
whose services to Omaha have been
most admirable.
This contest ought to be settled by
thirty-six savagely contested holes on
the nearest links.
Nebraska Is one of eight States,
however, in which the Republican
watchers at Washington hope to see
a sitting Democratic Senator expelled
from his seat this fall by a new ris.
ing Republican Senator. There are
Senatorial contests this fall In thirty.
three States. In fourteen OF them
there Is virtually no expectation of
any change from Democratic to Re
publican or from Republican 10
Democratic. This leaves nineteen TO
be watched.
In those nineteen the party situs.
ton Is as follows:
In eight cases the sitting Senator
Is a Democrat and in eleven cases he
Is Republican.
In other words, the Republicans
are hoping to oust eight Democrats,
and the Democrats are hoping 20
oust eleven Republicans.
II the Democrats accomplished all
their hopes, they would still TALL one
vote short of getting an equality
with the Republicans in the Senate.
The States in which the Repub.
licans are hoping to get rid OF
Democrats are mostly toward the
west OF the country. These States
are New Mexico. Wyoming. Utah,
Montana, Nebraska, Missouri. Ohio,
Rhode Island.
The States in which the Demo
Gratis are hoping to get rid of
Republicans are mostly toward the
east of the country. These States
are:
Maine, Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, New York. New jersey. Della.
ware, Maryland, West Virginia.
Indiana. Minnesota. North Dakota.
II judged by hopes. the Republican
party Is a notwithstanding and the
Democratic party an eastward-mov.
ing party.
The theory is advanced that the
Republican tariff will be much more
popular in certain parts Of the West
VI In ~ ~ n
II Is surmised that numerous West.
ern farmers may be delighted by fhe
taste of the new high duties on
agricultural products. 1t is equally
surmised that numerous Eastern
manufacturers may take less delight
In high duties when they find that
now the farmers are going to have
them too. The Republican party
has tried to be fair to both sections
in this tariff. The Democrats hope
that this fairness will be unpopular
in the East.
II is also surmised-and, in fact.
aScertained-that the Presidents
popularity is holding up better
among plain middle-class people"
than among the great magnhtcs Of
mates, many of them, are sppar.
emily bitten by the idea that II the
President would only firmly stamp
his foot the miners and the railroad
shopmen would at once 60 Sinking
back to work. The plain middle
class people" not being so accus-
toned to shaking the world by
stamping their feet, have more
sympathy for the President.
In any case 1t is held to be clear
that whatever wave Of nti-Repub-
lican sentiment may now be rising
is centered much closer to New York
than to Iowa. 1t is assumed that
the hopes Of both sides in the elec.
tions OF this year are. Of course, ex-
aggerated and that neither the Re-
publicans nor the Democrats can
make the sectional gains which
their watchers would like to see. II
Is believed, nevertheless, that in the
hopes this year expressed there may
be revealed in the geographical
alignments OF the Presidential strug.
gle of 1924.