Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
ELECTIONS IN FALL
BID FOR SPOTLIGHT
important Bearing Seen on
1882 in Campaigns Now
Under Way.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Democrats and Republicans, now that
Congress has adjourned, the naval
treaty has been ratified and Claudius H.
Huston has agreed to resign the ma
tional G. o. p Craftsmanship, have
nothing to occupy their attention ex-
cept the congressional campaign and
the elections in November. Both sides
are getting ready.
The real campaign, however, will not
get under way for the better part Of
two months. Notwithstanding the fact
that August is almost here. the greater
part of the party primaries, to nonni-
nate candidates, is still to be held.
The coming campaign and the cleo
lions may have an important bearing
on the remainder of the Hoover term
I'of administration, upon the chances
OF the Democrats in 1882 and upon the
wet-and-dry issue. In fact, there is
tremendous amount of interest in the
elections this Fall-for the politicians
If not for the rank and file of the voters
It is almost an invariable rule that
the congressional elections coming in
the middle OF presidential term show
4 recession Of strength by the party
which won the National election two
years earlier In the first place the
party in power is never able to make
good on all its campaign pledges All
parties promise more than they can
reasonably perform. In the second
place, every political victory usually
brings as an aftermath swingback Of
the pendulum.
It would be a political miracle, there
fore, If the Democrats did not make
gains in both the House and Senate.
The Republicans won with bang In
1928. The Democrats are sure to re-
gain some of the ground they lost then.
Democrats and Hoover.
But should the Democrats win con-
troll of the House or Senate or both, 1t
would be body blow for the Hoover
administration. It would be inter-
preted as measure of distinct unpopu-
larity for the administration. And
timorouS Republicans would immedi-
ately begin looking for a new candidate
for President in 1882
Even If the Democrats make very de-
cided gains in House and Senate, with
out gaining actual control OF either
branch, opponents of the administra-
ton will insist that the country has
spoken in opposition to Mr.. Hoover.
On the other hand, If the Repub-
iicans pretty well hold on to what they
have, with the loss of only or Sem
ate seats and 20 or 80 seats in the
House, the c.. o. p. will figure that
its hold on the country is still pretty Sc
cure. ,
So there Is a great deal at stake in
the coming congressional elections.
In recent weeks things have been
looking UP a bit for President Hoover.
When Congress adjourned, it was found
that the President had succeeded in
getting a lot done In the way he wanted
it done, despite the irritable Senate. He
had his way in regard to the tariff,
World War veterans pensions, the con-
tinuance of the Crime Commission and
number of other important matters
More recently, the Senate, in special
session. ratified the London naval
treaty by an overwhelming vote. In this
matter the President had the earnest
and loyal support for his treaty of the
great majority of the Democrats, who
cast politics aside and spoke and voted
for the treaty. The opposition to the
treaty, however, was largely engineered
by one of the Presidents most earnest
foes in the Senate, Hiram johnson. And
1t now appears the Huston incident has
been settled. The determination of Mr..
Huston to hold onto the national chair
manship, after many of the Repub-
lican leaders opposed him, was causing
great deal of embarrassment and
threatening party harmony.
Much Rests on Providence.
If by any chance, there should be a
perceptible lettering of business condi-
tons in the country and somewhat bet
ter prices for the products of the farm
the inclination tc blame everything, in
| Guiding the weather, on the Hoover adj
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