Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

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lieved that even should President
Roosevelt be reelected he may have
to reckon with a House controlled
by a ma jority of Republicans. Mr..
Will.,ie, the Republican nominee for
President, should he win, will I'M
doubtedly have TO deal with a Dem
ocratic majority in the Senate.
At present there are IS Democratic
Senators up for denomination or re-
election and % Republican Sena-
tors. 1t would be necessary for the
Republicans to turn out all 25 Demo-
Gratis now in the Senate and to hold
all of their present seats TO have
the Senate evenly divided between
the Democrats, the Farm Laborites,
a La Toilette Progressive and an In
dependent. Senator Norris of Ne
braSka, who in reality is New
Dealer, first, last and all the time.
That is practically an impossible
task.
Roosevelt Fortunate So Far.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been lucky up
to date in the political makeup of
the Congress. He has had over
whelming Democratic majorities in
both the House and Senate during
the, fast eight years. If he has had
contests with Congress, it has been
because a considerable number Of
Democrats in the House and in the
Senate have been unwilling TO go
along with some of his measures
which have been as foreign to the
principles of the Democratic party
as they have been to those of the
G, o. P.
OF the 25 Democratic Senators up
for denomination and reelection,
some have already been renom-
inated-four are from the States of
the Democratic solid South. The
Republicans have no more chance
of electing candidates in those States
than would the Democrats have in
Vermont. These four fortunateS are
Senators Andrews of Florida, Bilbo
of Mississippi. Connally of Texas
and Byrd of Virginia. Senators Nc
Kellar of Tennessee and Chandler
of Kentucky, while they hail from
so-called border States" appear TO
be in equally favorable circumstance
and so does Senator Radcliffe of
Maryland. although former Gov.
Harry Nice, the Republican NOM
inee. may put up a surprising race
in Maryland.
Automatically. therefore, the Re-
publicans have not the ghost of a
show of controlling the Senate in
the next Congress, which assemblies
January g.
New England to Select Five.
Five New England States elect
Senators. Senator Maloney of Con-
necticut must face the guns-a Dem
ocrat. His Republican opponent has
not yet been chosen. Senator Fred
erick of Maine, Republican, declined
TO run again. The Republicans have
nominated Representative Brewster,
former Governor. The Democrats
are backing former Gov. Louis
Brann. In Massachusetts,, Senator
Walsh, Democrat, probably will face
Harry Parkman. Republican, al
though the nominations will not be
made until September. Senator
Gerry, Democrat. of Rhode Island
comes up again, though the nomina-
tons have still to be made in that
State, too. And in Vermont. Sena-
tor Austin, Republican. will face
Ona S. Searles, Democrat.
The Vermont senatorial election
already is counted in the bag for
the G.. o. P. Senator Austin has
proved an excellent Senator. He has
been on the side of adequate and
total preparedness for the United
States against any and all possible
foreign foes. He has been a VAL
liable member of the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee. 1t is I'M
tbipkahle that aov Democrat could