New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
CAMPAIGN ENDED,
 RIVALS CONFIDENT
Both Parties Expect to Win in Tuesdays Election


 Washington. Oct, 90 Ps-High hopes and conflicting claims attend the close today of the biennial cam baign of republicans and democrats for control of congress and the ma chinery of government in many states.
 The issues have been drawn over weeks of campaigning and on Tues day the voters will decide whether in the closing two years of his present administration President Coolidge is to have a senate and house domin- ated by his party or a militant demo- cracy in control in one or both.
 Admittedly the outcome of this election may have far-reaching ef- feet on the presidential contest in 1928, for out of this campaign may come the figure who eventually will be selected to carry the banner of democracy at that time. Several can- 6tdates iR important contests already have been widely discussed in this connection.
 These include former Senator At lee Pomerene of Ohio, who again is seeking the senate, and Governors Ritchie, of Maryland and Donahey, of Ohio, who are standing for re- election. Alfred E. Smith, of New York, Is making his fifth campaign
 Ia o+, gln,,1i he win again undoubtedly would be- come a central figure once more in the democratic presidential group. William G. McAdoo, whose deadlock with Smith two years ago Is cele- brated, now seeks no elective office, but did step in to retain the control of the democratic machinery in California.
 So far as the senatorial and con- gressional contests have been con- cerned, the campaign now closing has lacked a clear-cut issue with most leaders of both parties main- taining rigid silence on two questions which have been paramount in many races-prohibition and the world court.
 Co7cadedly these two subjects were loaded with political dynamite so far as the duly constituted campaign or ganization of the two major parties were concerned, but individual can didates from one end of the country to the other seized upon them with avidity.
 Prohibition was the chief issue, particularly in the senatorial con- tests, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and other states, while prohibition referendums were ordered n New York, Missouri Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Hi nois, Navada and California
 Coolidge and prosperity formed the rallying cry of the republican political organizations, with the cam paign committees firing occasional broadsides at the opposition on what was characterized as democratic eX- travagance during and immediately after the war.
 While President Coolidge himself took no active part in the campaign, every member of his cabinet went into the field in the fight the repub- licans have made to retain their working majorities in both the house and senate.
 Big guns of the democratic party also were unlimbered to support the work of their campaign committees, which furnished an almost daily grist of statements characterizing Coolidge prosperity as Q myth and republican economy as day dream.
 With loud voice the' democrats de- manded tax reduction at this session of congress, charging openly that it was the deliberate purpose of the president and the leaders of his party to defer tax reduction for poli tical effect in the 1928 presidential campaign despite a large surplus now in the treasury.
 Tariff revision downward was an- other demand and this at one time led to a personal verbal tilt between Chairman Butler, of the republican national committee, who is seeking reelection to the senate from Massa- chusetts, and Chairman Oldfield, of the demorcattic congressional cam paign committee,
 Stress also was laid by the demo- crats on the failure Of the republican congress to enact farm relief legisla- tion, while the Coolidge administra- ton became a target on the ground that 1t had fostered monopolies.
 Revelations before the senate cam paign funds committee of huge ex- penditures on republican primaries this year in Pennsylvania and Illinois also were seized upon by the demo- crats. They denounced what was de- nominated as "Vareism" and accused the opposition party with counte- nancing the debauchery of the cleo torate.