The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-29
SIX STATES PROBABLY
 TO LEAVE G. 0. P. RANKS
Majority Will Be Only Ten In Coming Session Of Congress And Many Republicans Are Not Supporters Of Adminls- tration's Political Policies
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Washington. D. C., May 2S J

Irrespective of the result of the presidential election, democrats will come into possession of the Senate next year, according to claims today by the democratic national commit tee as well as Individual members of Congress.
 Republicans, themselves, admit the possibility of democrats winning the Senate unless a momentous change should take place in the in clination of the people to turn against the existing order of things. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire. chairman of the repub- lican senatorical committee. consult ed with the President today, told him of the danger" of democratic Sem ate and urged him to preach party patriotism during his speaking jun ket throughout the est, Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi is presently in the west on lecture. He will visit the states which he believes will turn out republican senators. Word reaching Washington Is to the effect that the Mississippian is doing great work for the democratic rarty.
 Sure Of Nine Seats.
 Thirty-two senators will be elected next year. Eighteen republicans and fourteen democrats will have to go before the people Of the fourteen democrats, nine have residence In the solid south and there will be no danger of a republican creeping in. Of the remaining five. three will run no great risk in Tennessee. Okla horlh, and Kentucky
 The others, Senator Walsh cf Montana and Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, may encounter trou- ble Montana, however, is normally democratic state, and democrats contend that only Walsh of Mas sachusetts, of all democrats who actually to fight for his political life. In spite of recent democratic gains of noteworthy character in Massachusetts, democrats do nor deny that in the Bay State a great many republicans live.
 The situation is not near so favor able from a republican standpoint. Democrats will have little chance. it is admitted, to win in Maine. Michigan, Illinois. Iowa. Minnesota. South Dakota. Idaho Wyoming and oregon. Recent victories Tn New Hampshire and Kansas. however, give them hope of defeating sitting republicans in those states. In Ne braska. furthermore, democrats hope to win with Senator Hitchcock who. although defeated last fall. is re- gared as stronger than his party.
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 Lean Toward Democracy
 Democrats are counting confi- dently on winning seats in the fol- lowing six states: Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delafare. West Virginia, Colorado. and New Mexico.
 There is no question but that at present the entire six lean towards democracy Republicans do not deny that in those states they will have to fight for their lives.
 If democrats win in these six states. they will control the Senate. In the next Congress, republicans will have a nominal ma jority of ten provided every senator who is not a democrat votes with the republicans, which is likely, on organization.
 As a matter of fact. however, in the next Congress. the independents or radicals, headed by LaFollette will Wisconsin will probably control Whether the rule. of Lafollette will i.dound to the political advantage of "old guard" republicans or demo- crats is admittedly the moot point.