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ministration, would probably subside.
And, by the same token, if business
conditions improve, the chances for
Democratic victory at the polls in
November will materially decrease.
When the executive committee of the
Republican National Committee meets
here at the call of Mr.. Huston August z
little more than q week AWAIT is
expected to reorganize the national
party organization at least for the term
of the coming campaign. Senator FeSs
of Ohio is to go in as chairman. and
Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky, Internal
Revenue Commission, will be the chair
man of the Executive Committee-the
Jouett Shouse OF the Republican or
ganiZation. A secretary may be picked
also to take the place of Representative
Franklin Fort of New Jersey, who has
resigned. Several men have been sug-
gested for the place, including George
deb. Keim of New Jersey and j. j..
Hopkins of New York, who managed
Albert Ottinger's campaign for gov
ernor in that State q couple Of years
ago.
Mr.. Fess, It has been suggested, is
to go in as national chairman rather
temporarily. He is expected to do. in
a lesser way, for the @. o. p. what
Calvin Coolidge did for it when he
stepped into the place of Warren G..
Harding. 1t has been also suggested
that later David Mulvane, Republican
national committeeman from Kansas
and party wheel horse for years, may
be made chairman of the national or
ganization. Mr.. Tess, If he becomes
chairman, as he Is now slated to do,
Is not likely to remain q mere figure
head. He Is too positive a personality
and strong partisan. It Is quite true
that during q congressional campaign
the national chairman has little to do.
But there are many questions of party
politics cropping UP all the time which
the national chairman Is called upon
to pass on.
Democrats to Fight.
The Democrats are feeling partieu-
larry cocky this year: They feel that
the farm relief act has not worked out
successfully. They hope that the tariff
Is going to be unpopular. And they are
preaching bad conditions in business
Hoover for everything untoward. II the
Republicans were "out," they would be
blaming Democratic President in the
same way, only probably more so. That's
part of the game.
While Congress was in session, which
has been almost from the start CT the
Hoover administration, there haE been
a constant shout of criticism going up
from the chambers of the Senate and
the House, principally the Senate. That
Is past now. In the elections the coun-
try itself will be heard from, which Is q
different affair.
The Republicans have accepted the
tariff as an issue, demanded by the
Democrats. In the .last 40 years the
people have become pretty well accus-
toned to the high protective tariff idea
1t remains now to be seen whether they
will turn on 1t, as the Democrats claim
they will.
The Democrats claim they have an
excellent chance to elect Senators In
8 or 10 States now represented by Re-
publicans in the Upper House. Some
OF these States are Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Illinois and Della
ware. They are talking about winning,
too, In wyoming and Ohio. On the
other hand, they have about given up
hope OF doing anything against Dwight
w. Morrow in the New Jersey senatorial
race, and they have no chance of re-
electing Senator Steck In Iowa.
g. o. p. Claims Extensive.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
90 not cOnceQe the Democrats chance
to win In q number Of the States they,
the Democrats, are claiming and the
Republicans say further that they may
take the measure Of Senator Thomas j.
Walsh Of Montana, with their candi-
date, Judge Qalen.
No more interesting senatorial con-
test than the fight in Nebraska looms
today, where Senator George w. Nor
ris Is seeking reelection. He Is re-
garded as the great progressive of the
Senate today and as one of the bit
terest anti-Hooverites among the Re-
publicans. Mr.. Norris is entered in the
Republican primary. He Is expected to
win. Then he must 60 up against, in
all probability, former Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock. who is expected to win
the Democratic nomination. In order
to beat Norris, Hitchcock would have
to receive q large number of Republi-
can votes. The progressive" Senators
from the West are likely to 60 into Mr.
Norris State in force to help him cam
paign, If 1t Is deemed necessary. Norris
has campaigned actively for them In
their own States In the past.
If Norris Is the Republican nominee,
1t is expected that the Republican or
ganization will go to the front for him,
Notwithstanding the fact that he bolted
the national ticket In 1928.