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opposing Senator Shipstead, Farmer
Labor, and N. J. Holmberg, Repub-
ncan.
Senator Lewis also declares that
the Democratic candidate in Con-
necticut, Francis T Maloney, has the
inside track against Senator Walcott,
Republican. He claims that the
Democratic candidates for the Senate
in Michigan, Delaware and PennSyl-
vania have good chances to win.
Reports Cast Doubt.
The Illinois Senator in his esti-
mates has given the Democrats the
benefit of all the breaks" Reports
from Indiana, Wisconsin. New Mex
ico, West. Virginia and Ohio, for ex-
ample, leave the issue still very much
in doubt, among the States which
Senator Lewis puts in the sure"
Democratic column.
Robinson in Indiana Is rough
campaigner and his Democratic op-
ponent is not widely known. In addi-
ton the Democrats have had Bit
ter row there and there is much dis
satisfaction with the Democratic State
administration. There is trouble
among the Democrats in West Vir-
ginia, too, where the youthful Rush
D. Holt-only 20 years old-won the
Senate nomination.
The Democrats are likely to have a
tough time winning, too, in Wisconsin
against La Toilette. Callahan, their
candidate, has been no particular
friend of the New Deal. In Minnesota
Shipstead has always been big vote
getter He has been at outs with some
of the radicals in his party, however,
and the Republicans say that their
candidate, Holmberg, has a chance to
win.
In New Mexico Senator Cutting,
despite the detection of former Rep
resentative Simms and Mrs. Simms,
who was formerly Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, seems to have a fair
chance to win. In the past he has
had the progressives and many of the
Democrats with him, as well as Re
publicans. Senator Fess has so many
friends scattered over the length and
breadth of Ohio that he is likely to
be hard man to defeat.
Go. p. Takes Maine.
The Republicans won the first sem
atorial contest to be decided in Maine,
where Senator Hale defeated Dubord,
the Democrat, by 1,700 votes. Du-
bord has filed demand for a recount.
The Republicans are hopeful of
winning the Senate seat now held
by Senator O'Mahoney. Democrat, in
wyoming. Their candidate is Rep
reSentative Vincent Carter. The
State for years was Republican. They
claim, too, that they have a chance
of taking seat in Montana from the
Democrats.
But anyway you look at 1t, with
election day still a month in the fu-
ture, the Democrats seem likely to
make gains in the Senate this year
The present political make up of the
upper house is so Democrats, 35 Re
publicans and l Farmer-Labor. If
the Democrats make a net gain of
4 seats, they will have two-thirds
Of the Senate. They will be in a
position, provided all the Democrats
vote together, to ride rough shod over
the opposition. They will be able to
invoke the two-thirds cloture rule, if
it becomes necessary to end debate.
They will have the necessary votes
to ratify treaties with foreign nations,
to suspend the Senate rules or do
any of the other things which re-
quire two-thirds vote of the Senate.
IS Seats Involved.
There are 35 seats in the Senate
involved in the coming elections, of
which the Democrats now hold IT,
the Republicans II and the Farmer
Labor party. l.
In view of the radical tendencies