Evening star., 1934-11-04


Nevada, little chance Of Republican,
gain. In present Congress, ! Demo
crat.
New Hampshire, little chance Of
Republican gain. In present Con-
gress, l Democrat, l Republican.
New Jersey, no Republican gair
likely. In present Congress, Demo.
Gratis, 10 Republicans.
New Mexico, no Republican gair
likely. In present Congress. Demo.
crat.
New York, l to 2 districts. II
present Congress. 20 Democrats, II
Republicans.
North Dakota, no chance of Re
publican gain. In present Congress
Republicans.
Ohio, / to districts. In presen
Congress, Is Democrats, Repub
licans.
Oklahoma. 1 district. In presen
| Congress, Democrats.
Oregon, l to districts. In present
Congress, Democrats, l Republican
Pennsylvania, l to districts. II
present Congress, IL Democrats, 2:
Republicans.
Rhode Island, no likelihood of Re.
publican gain. In present Congress
2 Democrats
South Dakota, little chance of Re.
publican gain. In present Congress
2 Democrats.
Tennessee, no chance of Republi.
can gain. In present Congress,
Democrats, 2 Republicans.
Utah, / district. In present Con-
gress, 2 Democrats.
Vermont and Washington.
Vermont, no chance of Republican
gain. In present Congress. l Repub-
| liCan.
Washington, to 3 districts. In
present Congress, 6 Democrats.
West Virginia, l district. In pres
ent Congress, Democrats.
Wisconsin, little chance Of Repub.
lican gain. In present Congress, five
Democrats, five Republicans. Pro-
gressives may take seats from both
Republicans and Democrats.
Wyoming. may depend on outcome
of Senate race. doubtful. In present
Congress, one Republican.
The estimates give the Republicans
a gain of 81 seats as a minimum and
54 as a maximum, with the Repub-
licans getting all the breaks.
Probable Democratic gains and
chances Of gain are listed as follows
Connecticut, one district. Illinois
two districts. Massachusetts,, one
district. New Jersey, two districts
Pennsylvania, two districts.
II decided Democratic swing again
develops on election day and the party
gains these seats held by Republicans
the Republican probable gains of 81
would become net gains Of % to the
G. o. P.
The Roosevelt administration has
given its blessing to progressive New
Dealers where the demand for sup
port Of Democratic candidates has not
proved too strong. For example, the
administration approved Senator
Hiram johnson of California. and
johnson has both the Republican and
Democratic nominations for the
Senate. 1t has smiled on Senator
La Toilette in Wisconsin and vir-
tually turned it's back on John M
Callahan, a Smith Democrat and a
conservative On the other hand. il
has kept a hands-off policy in New
Mexico where Senator Bronson Cut
ting, supporter Of President Roose-
welt in 1882, is seeking reelection
against the Democratic Chavez In
Minnesota, the Democrat, Hoidale, an
ardent Roosevelt man, is running
against Senator Shipstead, Farmer
| Labor. There has been a great deal
Of backing and filling on the part of
the Democratic national organization
there.
One Personal Appeal.
President Roosevelt has made lust
one personal appear-that is for the
reelection Of Gov. Lehman Of New
York. his home State. He has kept
publicly out Of other contests, al
though, of course he is greatly de-
slrous to see Democratic and New
Deal victories. He has not made the
mistake of President Wilson. in 1918,
of calling for the election of a Demo-
cratic Congress.
The administration, however
through the Democratic national Or
ganization, has played with the rec
ognized State and local Democratic
organizations, generally speaking. For
example, 1t is supporting Joe" Guffey
for Senator in Pennsylvania and is
working with the Hague machine in
New Jersey to elect Gov. Moore to
the Senate there. Guffey was an ar
dent pro-Roosevelt man in 1882 and
Hague worked for Al Smith and did
his best to defeat the nomination of
Roosevelt.
The proposals to repeal State pro-
hibition come up in Kansas, Florida
West Virginia, Idaho, South Dakota
and Nebraska. In Wyoming there
will be referendum on the ques-
ton of retention or repeal of State
prohibition.
The chances for repeal seem good
in West Virginia and Nebraska. They
are less so in Kansas, where prohibi-
ton has been in vogue for 81 years.