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Of three existing Republican seats.
Gains of one seat by the Republicans
in Oregon and in Washington are
possible. In the Senate race in Wash
ington the Democrat, Lewis B. Schwel-
lenbach, has the edge, but this would
not be a gain, since the seat has been
on the Democratic side. In Nevada
the veteran Democratic Senator, Key
Pittman, is conceded reelection, and
in Utah Senator King, Democrat. is
expected to win another term. Mon
tana has two senatorial races. Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, is seeking re-elec-
ton for six years. To finish an unex-
pired senatorial term from the same
State a close race is being staged be-
tween James E. Murray, Democrat,
and Scott Leavitt. Republican. In
Nebraska odds appear to favor the
Democrats, with the governorship race
close.
In the South the usual Democratic
victories are scheduled, but in New
Mexico a furious campaign is waging
around the progressive Senator Bron-
son Cutting, who is heading a new
Republican organization to which
erstwhile Democrats are f1ocking.
With party lines disrupted, so-called
old guard Republicans are reported
to be siding with the Democrats to
defeat Cutting, presumably in the
hope of regaining G. o. P. control in
1886.
Repeal Is Issue.
Prohibition repeal is an issue in a
number of States, including Kansas,
Nebraska, West Virginia and Florida
In Kansas the odds favor the drys
and the same is believed true of
Nebraska unless the voting should be
light. In West Virginia political OBJ
servers see a chance for repeal Even
if State prohibition should be re-
pealed in Florida, the local option
system would prevail and before pro-
hibition only five counties permitted
sale and then only in package form.
In the New England sector a hot
fight for the governorship Of Massa-
chusetts is one of the leading political
attractions, overShadowing in interest
the campaign of Senator Walsh, DEM
ocrat, for reelection. Former Mayor
Curley Of Boston, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, has been re-
fused support by Gov Ely, a lifelong
Democrat. On the other hand. James
Roosevelt, a son of the President, is
with Curley and has spoken also for
the reelection of Walsh. Lieut.. Gov.
Gaspar G. Bacon is Republican NOM
inee for Governor. The result is likely
to depend on how Republican working
men view the New Deal as affecting
their future welfare. Rhode Island is
lowering on the doubtful line, the
Democrats having narrow margin,
with a week of campaigning to go. The
Democrats do not seem to have sue
ceeded in capitalizing the New Deal
in Connecticut. In Vermont the
Democrats are concentrating on the
Senate race, where Senator Austin,
Republican, is seeking reelection, but
1t does not seem likely the Democrats
will be able to upset normal Repub-
lican majority of 10000 In total vote
of 10000.
Latest dispatches indicate that rock
ribbed Republican Pennsylvania will
stay Republican, despite the vigorous
campaign Of the Democrats. An OBJ
server there reports that last Spring
the State might have gone Democratic,
but interest in New Deal policies is
said to be diminishing, in addition to
which the Republicans are presenting
a united front. The Progressive, Gif-
ford Pinchot, for example, is deliver
ing effective blows for the Republican
organization. Senator David A. Reed,
one Of the leading Republicans in the
Senate, Is up for reelection, with
Joseph F. Guffey as the Democratic
opponent. In Delaware the odds favor
the Republican senatorial and con-
gressional candidates.