The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-22
EASTERN EXPERTS EXPECT DEMO-
 CRAFTS TO WIN.

One would judge from expert comment that Jouett Shouse Chairman of the Democratic Ma tonal Executive Committee, is very conservative Tn his claims for the size of the majority that the Democrats will" have in the next National House of Representatives He fixes the minimum gain at sixty members. That would give the Democrats a clear majority of twelve. But he thinks they will gain seventy seats. That would place the majority at thirty-two.
 Other authorities who have canvassed the situa- ton district by district place the majority at higher figures aThe Gentleman at the Keyhole," in Col Hers says it is not only generally admitted that the next House will be Democratic, but many observers of politics expect the Democrats to gain nearly one hundred seats and have a big major ity.' He proceeds:
 There are also special indications of
 Democratic victory-the carrying of a Re
 publican Congressional District by Demo-
 crat in Massachusetts in a recent election,
 the election recently of Democratic Judge
 in a Republican District in Illinois, the
 election of Democratic City ticket by
 large majority in Kansas City. Moreover, reports reaching Washington all indicate the Democratic trend.
 Leading Republicans from Indiana say
 that the House delegation from that State,
 now standing ten Republicans to three
 Democrats will stand after the election
 nine Democrats to four Republicans, News s paper correspondents familiar with Missouri
 say that that State, which now has ten
 Republican to six Democratic Congress
 men, will only elect two or three Republi-
 can Congressmen in November.
 Ohio which went Republican by 100000
 in 1928 is now said to be likely to go
 Democratic At any rate the Democrats
 will pick up several Congressmen in that
 State some Democrats estimate many
 as nine They now have only three. Ken
 lucky will probably send five more Demo-
 crats to the House than it now has in It.
 The situation in these States merely serves
 to indicate that the tendency which might
 be expected after depression is in full
 force.
 In the Senate the Democrats expect to gain seats in Massachusetts Rhode Island Delaware, Ohio West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Oklahoma, Colorado and possibly other States. The more con- servative of them expect a Republican to succeed Senator Steck in Iowa. These claims may prove extravagant.
 The Cincinnati Enquirer which has supported the Republican National Administrations for ten years and is urging the reelection of Gov Cooper in Ohio says Robert J. Bulkley, the wet Demo- cratic nominee will defeat Senator McCulloeh, Re- publican dry, for Senator overwhelmingly. Every newspaper in Cleveland is for Bulkley, and Repub- lican and independent daily papers of Toledo in cludng the usually stanch Republican Blade, Akron, Canton and Youngstown have bolted McCulloch to support Buikley The Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton Republican papers openly ridicue McCul- lochs dry campaign. The circumstance that the ant-Saloon League has imported, at large cost, Billy Sunday to make a sensational campaign for McCulloch is helping to drive conservative Repub- licans to the Democrats in the Buckeye State