Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
A Republican Moses.

The Republicans are taking time by
the forelock. The personnel of the Re-
publican senatorial campaign committee
was announced yesterday, although the
campaign for Senate seats Is a year in
the future. Senator George H. Moses
Of New Hampshire has been selected to
head the committee and his associates
in the conduct of the campaign will be
Senators Patterson. Missouri; Vanden-
berg. Michigan; Hebert, Rhode Island;
Norbeck, South Dakota; Steiwer, Ore
Ron. and Hatfield. West Virginia.
Under the provisions Of the Constitu-
ton, one-third Of the membership Of
the Senate comes up for election every
two years. One-third Of the Senate
membership is thirty-two. But as q
rule the number is increased because Of
the necessity of flling vacancies created
by death or resignation. For example
thirty-three Senators will be elected
next year, as the count now stands:
Kansas will be called upon to choose
two Senator's. Senator Capper's term
expires and he will stand for re-elec-
ton. Senator Allen is serving under
appointment to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation OF Vice President
Curtis from the Senate last Spring.
Senator Allen, too. will seek reelection.
OF the thirty-three seats to be con-
tested for next year, twenty are now
occupied by Republicans and thirteen
+ by Democrats. The Republicans have
such a margin of control in the Senate
today that 1t is virtually impossible for
the Democrats to overcome 1t In the
elections next year, however. The pres
ent political complexion Of the Senate is
fifty-six Republicans Including Sena-
tor-elect William s. Ware Of Pennsyl-
vania), thirty-nine Democrats and one
Farmer-Lab Senator. The Democrats
must capture nine seats now held by
Republicans and also must retain all
that are occupied by Democrats In order
to have a ma jority Of the Senate. Any
such result from the elections next year
is entirely improbable. Whether the
Republicans will emerge from the cam
paign next year with the same margin
of control in the Upper House, however,
is a different matter. There Will be q
number Of contested senatorial elections
in all probability. among them the cleo
tons in Massachusetts,, Rhode Island,
Kentucky and Oklahoma, where the sit
ting Senator's are Republicans. The
Democrats are almost sure to lose the
seat now held by Senator Steck of
iowa a strongly Republican State, and
will have to fight to retain the seat
held by Senator Walsh of Montana.
Senator Moses is q veteran political
atrategist. He has headed the Republic
can senatorial campaign committee in
the past. Last year he was prominently
identified with Republican high COM
mand in the national campaign, and
had charge. in q measure, of the cam
paign in the East. Although two New
England States were lost to the Re-
publicans in that election, Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island, both of which
have gone Republican regularly in the
past, there were influences at work out
side Of the usual political issues which
contributed largely to this change. 1t
Is likely the Democrats will make a
strong bid for the Senate seats now
held by Gillett of Massachusetts, and
Metcalf of Rhode Island, but the Re-
publicans have more than an equal
chance, judging from present condi-
tons, of holding on to them.