Evening star., 1932-11-08
EARLY BEER ACTION
AND SENATE CONTROL
IN BALANCE TODAY
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prove right, immediate beer legalization
would depend on the White House.
Control Of the Senate for the re-
mainder of this Congress will be de-
cided today, but by voters in only two
States-New Jersey and Colorado
where special elections are being held
to fill unexpired terms of two deceased
members, both Republicans.
At present the Senate lineup is: Re-
publicans, At; Democrats, AT; Farmer
Labor, l; vacancies, l. The Republicans
will retain control if they win the two
vacant seats in New Jersey and Colo
rado, while the Democrats could wrest
1t from them if they were victorious.
But it is problematical whether the
Democrats could assume control if the
two seats are split, because the Farmer
Laborite, Senator Shipstead of Minne-
sofa, has voted previously with the Re-
puol1cans on organization OF the Senate.
Barbour Seeks Morrow Seat.
Senator w Warren Barbour. Repub-
lican. is seeking election in New Jer-
ser against Representative Percy H.
Stewart. Democrat, for the seat vacated
by the death of Senator Dwight w.
Morrow. TO which he was appointed.
Both are repealists
In Colorado, Walter Walker, Demo-
crat, who has been designated as SEN
ator to fill out the uneXpired term OF
the late Senator Charles w. Waterman,
Republican. Is opposed by Karl c.
Schuyler, Republican, candidate for
both short and long terms. Alva B.
Adams Is the Democratic candidate for
the long term. Both Democrats are for
repeal and Schuyler is for submission.
Altogether. voters in 80 States have "a
Senate seats to fill. Of the major party
candidates 81 are for repeal-29 Demo-
Gratis and 8 Republicans. There are Is
submission candidates. Democrat. IA
Republicans. OF the prohibitionist
candidates 3 are Democrats and are
Republicans. The views of the re-
mainder are still unknown.
Three senatorial candidates, all Demo-
crats-Gov. Richard B. Russell, jr.. OF
Georgia; Senator Fletcher of Florida
and Representative Overton Of Louisi-
ana-are unopposed. The rest get the
verdict today.
With the exception of House seats
in 40 districts, 36 Democratic and Re-
publican, and the seats from Maine
filled in the September II election,
neither party has conceded any of the
remaining 392 districts.
Democratic House leaders claim. how
ever, they will increase their majority
in the seventy-third Congress by rs to
100. The present standing is pit Dem
ocrats, 209 Republicans, Farmer-La-
Dor, and vacancies, 4 Republican and
Democratic.
Four States Watched.
Close national attention was attract
ed today to the senatorial races In In
diana, Utah. New Hampshire and
Washington, where four prominent Re-
publicans have waged vigorous cam
paigns for reelection.
Senator James E. Watson. Republican
Senate leader, engaged Frederick Van
Nuys, Democrat, In Indiana, with both
claiming victory.
Out in Utah, Senator Reed Smoot.
chairman of the Senate Finance Com
mittee, has had hard set-to with DR.,
Ebert D. Thomas, Democrat, a profess
sor Of political science in the State Uni
versity.
Senator George H. Moses, president
pro tempore of the Senate, has encoun-
tered strong opposition in Fred H.
Brown, Democrat, in New Hampshire.
In Washington State, Senator Wesley
Jones, author Of the Jones and 10
prohibition enforcement law. was
fought by Homer T. Bone, Democrat.