The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-07
C. G.O..P.LEADERS
CONFIDENT OF
VOTE RESULTS
Sure to Keep Control
of Congress
BY MARK SULLIVAN

result as a whole, tempered with
serious apprehension about at least
one phase of it and tempered even
more seriously by the conviction that
even though they win the election, !
their real troubles will be ahead of
them. They think that even though
they keep control of the lower house, |
it will not be due to any wild enthus-
iasm for the Republican party, but
rather to other causes.
1t may be taken for granted that II
the Republicans should lose Ohio they
will be seriously dismayed. They are
more or less reconciled to the thought
of losing New York, but the loss of
Ohio would be interpreted by the coun-
try, and by the Republicans them
selves, as an evidence of serious loss
of prestige. 1t can be said that the Re-
publicans do not expect to lose Ohio
Foresee Victory.
They have confidence that the ener-
getic. work done by the friends and as
sociaAes of President Harding during
the last week or 10 days, in the shape
of speech-making, personal appeals,
and the injection of energy into the
organization, will result in victory
both for Fess, the Republican senator
ial candidate, and Thompson, the Re
publican gubernatorial candidate.
The chief hope that the Republicans
rely on in Ohio is that the voting on
wet amendment to the constitution
will bring out the rural dry" vote in
such numbers as to help the Republi-
can candidates who are more or less
identified with the dry" side. Incl
dentally, some of the Democrats say
that the injection of this "wet" amend
ment into the Ohio election was
brought about by the Republicans fo-
this very purpose. 1t has been assum
ed that the "wets" were responsible
for it. But some of the Democrats
claim it was really the Republicans
who manoeuvered it, and did so for
The effect it might have on the sena-
torial and gubernatorial elections. The
suspicion may or may not be well
founded. In Ohio politics almost any
kind of recondite device is possible.
Republican Expectations
AS to the senate, the Republicans
expect, and are justified in expecting
to add one or two or possibly even
more senators to the number they now
have. But the Republicans know
that this is due more to geographical
considerations than to any universal
approval of the party.
AS to the lower house, the figure
that is expected in the innermost cir
cles of the party management is a
majority of 40. This figure also
agrees with the best judgment of dis
interested observers. A majority of
40 in the new house is the same as
saying that the Republicans will lose
So members in the present election.
Sixty-five sounds like very large
number At the same time. major
ity of 40 is not far from the average
of past Republican congresses. In the
elections of 1918 the Republicans were
regarded as having won sweeping
victory, and their majority at that
time was So In the election of 1910,
the Democrats were regarded as hav-
ing won a sweeping victory, and their
majority at that time was 65.
Mood Not Victorious
While the Republican leaders fully
expect a victory in some such terms
as this, their mood is decidedly not
that of victors. They regard them
selves as being the beneficiaries part
ly of apathy, partly of lack of organ
ization and leadership among the
Democrats, and partly of the fact that
in many sections of the country purely
local issues rather than national issues
are determining the outcome. When
the Republican leaders try to put THEN
case in the most hopeful way they GO
no further than to say that the coun
try was not presented with any ap
pealing contrast by the Democrats
and that the voters in a rather indif
ferent way have decided that, lacking
any clearly definite promise of bette
things from the Democrats, they arr
disposed to give the Republicans two
years more to see what they can do
There is not Republican leader In
Washington but has sombre under
standing that il will be necessary fol
the party to be very energetic and tC
make the most of the two years of ex
ira probation which they hope to get
At this moment the thoughts of the Re
publican leaders are busy with discus
sions among themselves as the urgen
necessity of pulling the party togeth
er making certain changes in leader
ship. and making themselves more
capable of meeting the demands which
they know the country is making.
An Alarm From Iowa.
Among the last minute development
of the campaign as reflected in Wash
ington is a scare from Iowa. The eX
pectations of three or four weeks agt
that Brookhart would have an over
whelming victory has been replaced IL
Washington. and apparently also il
Iowa, by a fear that he will have
close shave as against the Democrat
Herring.
Another last minute development i
the rising of hope on the part of Re
publicans and especially on the par
of the Republican 'irreconcilables
that Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
will be defeated by the Republican
Howell. If Hitchcock is defeated, tn
Republican 'irreconcilables" will sa,
that this is another victory for tn
policy of isolation. because HitcheocI
was the official leader of the Demo
Gratis in the senate in the fight on be
half of the League of Nations.
Still other last minute development
are decided scare about the fate O
n the Republican Senator DUPONT i
Delaware and and increase of conf
dence that in New Jersey Frelinghuy
sen, will beat the wet Edwards.
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