Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
Politics at Large
By C.. Gould Lincoln.

dency in November and at the same
time elect Democratic House OF rep
resentatives and turn the control OF
the Senate over to the opposition, II
is not at all probable. In national cleo
ton years the control OF Congress fol-
lows as a rule the choice for President.
1t is In the so-called of years" pollti-
cally, when congressional elections are
held but no presidential choice is mace,
that one House of Congress or even
both are sometimes swung from the
control of the party whose titular head
occupies the White House to that OF
the opposition party.
If Hoover Is elected President, 1t Is
almost foregone conclusion that both
the House and Senate will be under
Republican control in the next Con-
gress. If Smith should be the choice
of the country, 1t would be the result
of political upheaval in this country
which would sweep many Democrats
into Congress At present 1t looks very
much as though this upheaval Will not
take place and that both Republican
President and a Republican Congress
are in prospect.
The Republicans have working ma
jority in the present House OF Repre-
sentatives. In the Senate their control
hangs by slender thread, and rests
largely upon the fact that Senator
Shipstead of Minnesota, the sole
Farmer Labor Senator, votes with the
c. o. P. and against the Democrats
on organization matters. The Demo-
Gratis this year have 20 Senate seats
in jeopardy. Some of the Democratic
Senators whose terms of Office are to
expire in March, 1929, are from States
which not linfrequently go Republican.
The Republicans. on the other hand,
enter the senatorial campaign with only
10 seats to defend, and they are all In
States which are usually Republican
and strongly Republican. The bulge,
therefore. is with the Republicans at
the start Of the campaign for Senate
control.
The 90 Democratic Senators whose
terms OF Office are to expire with
the present Congress are: AshurSt, Arl-
IONA; Bayard, Delaware; Bruce, Mary
land: Copeland, New York; Dill. Wash
ington; Edwards, New Jersey; Gerry
Rhode Island; Kendrick, Wyoming
King. Utah; Locher, Ohio; Mcclellan,
tennessee: Mayfield, Texas Nicely,
| West Virginia: Pittman, Nevada; Reed.
Missouri: Stephens, Mississippi; Swan
| son. Virginia; Trammell, Florida;
| Walsh, Massachusetts,. and Wheeler,
| Montana.
Senator Reed of Missouri Is the only
| one of the group who is not a can
didate to succeed himself. He took him.
! self clear out of the senatorial race IN
his effort TO land the Democratic NOM
nation for President. burning all his
| bridges behind him. But. while he TOOK
himself out of the Senate race, he mas
not eliminated himself as factor IN
that struggle, for he is violently opposed
| to the election of Charles M. Hay.
| dry Democrat and old political oppo-
nent. who is seeking the Democratic
nomination for the Senate.
+ II ~
The Republicans who come up for
reelection this Fall are: Cutting New
Mexico: Fess. Ohio; Frazier, North Da-
| kota; Greene, Vermont, Hale, Maine;
Howell, Nebraska Johnson, California,
La Toilette. Wisconsin: Mclean. Con-
necticut: Reed. Pennsylvania; Robin
son. Indiana; Thomas, Idaho, and VAN
| denberg. Michigan.
The Democrats who come up for re-
election to the Senate must go into the
| fight under the wet banner OF Gov.
| Smith of New York This may be q
| help to those who come from so-called
wet states, but it will decidedly not aid
those who hail from dry territory FL
example. there Is Walsh OF Massachu-
sets, wet from State reputed TO DC
wet. although in the past 1t has Voteu
dry. There is Edwards OF New Jersey,
whose boast when he was elected gov.
| ernor of his State was that ne WoUIti
make Jersey las wet as the Atlantic,
and Bruce of Maryland, one OF the mil
| liant vets of the Senate. not to men
| ton Copeland of New York, Gerry oil
Rhode Island and Bayard of Delaware
all of whom would choose To night I'M
| der a wet banner in any event.
| On the other hand. there are Ashurst
| of Arizona, who has been fighting
dry: Dill of Washington, Mcclellan OF
! tennessee. Nicely of West Virginia,
| Mayfield of Texas, Stephens OF MiSsis-
| sippi. Swanson of Virginia ana Tram
| NELL of Florida, all of whom may be
| embarrassed by wet head of the DEM
ocratic ticket in their dry States.
| OF the Republicans who come up 1ol
! re-eIection to the Senate, only two are
1
and La Toilette of wisconsin. Reed Is
hy no means one OF the active vets oil
J the Senate and Is not unacceptable 70
| the drys. La Toilette says little ABOUT
| the prohibition issue in his campaign
sneeches Both of these Republicans
| seem sure of reelection. Reed already
has been nominated and La Toilette Is
nrettv sure to win the nomination In the
wisconsin primary September 4. There
viii he the usual effort of the stand
| nat Republicans of Wisconsin TO defeat
| Ia toilette, but II they do 1t will be
/ a decided surprise. During the last two
| or three years, since he entered the
Senate as his fathers successor. the
| Youthful La Toilette has made good Ill
| a measure which has surprised even
HE friends. Veteran Republican Sena-
| TORS uredict that he will go far In the
political life OF his State and Of the
| country.
The rest of the Republicans are drys
| In dry States. though some of the States
: have their wet streak, In the mann.
| The Senate fight this year emphasizes
/ the wet and dry ISSUE, with the Demo-
Gratis taking the wet side and the Re
publicnns the dry.
n X y y
From both wet and dry quarters come
today grand. eloquent claims of deSer-
tons from the Republican and Demo-
cratic ranks by vets on the one hand
and drys on the other. The wet chiefs
see Republicans deserving Hoover and
going to Smith, while the drys picture
thousands of dry Democrats who VIII
support the Republican nominee rather
than the wet Democrat. Probably there
is a lot of bunk" in the claims of both
AT all events, the losses 10 the Re-
publican party by the detection OF wet
Republicans are likely to be offset by
the defections of dry Democrats who
will not vote for Smith but will vote
for Hoover A few millionaire Repub-
licans who may vote for Smith, as
claimed by the wet leaders. are not go
ing to set the world atire.
Both Republicans and Democrats are
as busy organizing" for the big fight
next Fall as the bees laying up honey