Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

cumbent is a Democrat That is Iowa, where
Representative Dickinson, Republican, Is slated
to defeat Senator Steck, Democrat
The present makeup of the Senate is 56 Re-
publicans 80 Democrats and l Farmer-Labor.
To obtain control of the Senate the Democrats
must have at least 40 Senators. In other words,
they must win 10 seats held by the Republicans
and keep all their own. According to the re-
ports 1t is not possible for the Democrats to hold
the Steck seat in Iowa. and they might possibly
lose the Montana seat, occupied by Senator
Thomas j. Walsh, though this Is not probable.
It Is clear therefore, that the Democrats would
be compelled to win IL Republican seats at the
least to obtain the right to organize and control
the Senate. The reports Of The Stars special
correspondents show such gains to be practically
impossible.
Need Twelve States.
They would have to carry IL of the IA States
in which real senatorial battles are listed. 1t
would mean retaining the seat held by
Walsh of Montana and winning every other con-
test in that group of States except those in
Nebraska, where Senator George w. Norris, Re-
publican, is opposed by former Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock, Democrat, and in Wyoming.
Norris is given the edge in his fight for re-
election, and so is former Gov Robert D. Carey,
Republican, in Wyoming.
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will continue to show Republican majority in
the next Congress, though this majority may be
considerably reduced compared to the Re
publican lead in the present Senate.
The wet-and-dry issue is cutting squarey
across Republican party lines in several Of the
States particularly in Ohio, Illinois, Delaware
and Massachusetts, the reports show. The same
issue is making the reelection OF Senator
Thomas J. Walsh, Democrat, more difficult In
Montana Walsh is running q dry against
Judge Albert j. Galen, a Republican wet. Pro-
hibition is also playing an important part in
considerable number of congressional districts In
this election In both Senate and House the
vets are due to make gains.
From every State comes reports that business
depression and unemployment are making 1t
more difficut for the Republicans to hold their
lines. In strong Republican States the indica-
tons are that the @. O. P. candidates will win
only with much reduced majorities. In States
where the parties are more evenly divided the
Democrats are given the advantage because OF
hard times.
Difficult to Measure.
The correspondents frankly admit that they
are unable to gauge the extent of the protest
vote which will be cast against the Republican
candidates because of economic conditions. 1t is
frequently admitted that discomfort might bring
on a Democratic victory Of landslide proportions
The tariff, water power, farm relief are other
issues in the campaign, but they are playing
minor roles compared to prohibition and de-
preston. ~
For the first time woman is making serious
bid for election to the United States Senate, Mrs
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, Republican nominee in
Illinois She Is opposed by former Senator j.
Hamilton Lewis Democrat, and by another Re-
publican woman, running as an independent and
a dry, Mrs Lotte Holman O'Neill. Mrs. Nc
Cormick, the indications are will be defeated
although she is making q strenuous and capable
fight for election.
The solidly Democratic South, which was shat
tered politically in the 1928 presidential election