Evening star., 1936-03-08
SENATE LEADERS FACE
ELECTION YEAR CHANGES
Prominent Party Chiefs to Figure in 33
Battles for Places-Democratic
Hold Is Safe, However.

up in the Senate is considered it be-
comes apparent that the Republicans
cannot hope to 90 more this year
than bring about some reduction in
the present large Democratic ma
jority in the Senate.
The Senate today is composed Of 20
Democrats. % Republicans. Farmer
Laborites and l Progressive. AS previ-
ously stated. only SO of these seats are
involved in the coming elections. and
of these II are held already by Re-
publicans. by Farl..er-Laborite and
20 by Democrats. Thus, even if the
Republicans held their II places and
the Democrats lost all 90 of their
seats-which is not conceivable, con-
sidering contests in the solid South
the Democrats would still hold so
places in the Senate.
OF the 20 Democratic seats, however,
about half are in Southern States,
where Democratic victory in November
is foregone conclusion. The present
occupants of some of these Southern
seats are being threatened by other
Democratic aspirants for their political
crowns but these battles will be fought
out in the party primaries during the
Summer, and the primary victors,
whether incumbents or newcomers,
will have easy sailing on election day
in these solid South States.
Only one-third Of the Senate MEM
bership comes up for election every
two years. and the geographical loca-
tions of this years group of seats gives
the Democrats an advantage to start
with. Nevertheless, if the Republicans
should capture half a dozen Demo-
cratic seats this year 1t would put
them in a better position to bring
about closer division of strength be-
tween the two major parties IN the
next off-year election, in 1888. Gso-
graphically. the list of seats at issue
in 1898 should give the Republicans
greater prospect for gains than they
will have in this years lineup. OF
| the seats that will come up in 1888,
| 27 are now held by Democrats, and
a substantial number of them are in
territory formerly held by the G. Q. F.
The five Republican places that Will be
at STAKE Ill 1900 alC AA AA0AAAA-'
publican States.
The 20 Democratic seats involved
in this years campaign are now heid
by the following: Senators Bachman
of Tennessee, Bailey of North Caro-
lima. Bankhead of Alabama. Bulow OF
South Dakota, Byrnes OF South Caro-
lima, Coolidge of Massachusetts,, Cos
tigan of Colorado. Glass of Virginia,
Gore of Oklahoma. Harrison OF Mis-
sissippi, Hatch and Chavez OF New
Mexico, Lewis of Illinois, Logan or
Kentucky, Murray of Montana, Nicely
of West Virginia, Robinson OF Ar
kansas, Russell of Georgia. Sheppard
of Texas and the seat of the late Sem
atory Huey P. Long, now held tenn
pararily by his widow, Mrs. Rose Nc
Connell Long. In Louisiana, Allen
Ellender, Speaker of the State House
of Representatives, already has been
nominated for the six-year term be-
ginning next January,
Additional Seat Voted On.
Normally there are only 80 Senate
seats voted on every two Years. The
additional one this year Is IN New
Mexico, where Senator Chavez was
appointed following the death Of Sem
ator Bronson Cutting. In this case
the election will be for the remaining
four years of the Cutting term.
The IL Republican seats to be voted
on in November are now held by Sen
ators Barbour of New Jersey. Borah
of Idaho, Capper of Kansas, Carey OF
wyoming, Couzens of Michigan, Dick
inson of Iowa, Hastings of Delaware,
Keyes of New Hampshire, McNary OF
Oregon, Metcalf of Rhode Island, Nor
ris of Nebraska and White of Maine.
The seat formerly held by the late
Senator Schall, Republican, of Min.
sofa, and to which Farmer-Laborite,
Elmer Benson. was appointed pend
| ing an election, also will be voted on
| in November.
Senator Benson will not be cam
didate for election. Mrs. Thomas D.
Schall, wife of the late Senator, has
filed for the Republican nomination
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