Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
The Political Mill
Whether House Goes Republican or Not. Mex
President Will Have q Democratic Senate

defeat him in rock-ribbed Repub-
hcan Vermont.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Brann has been considered the
greatest vote getter the Democrats
have had for years in Maine, Rep
reSentative Brewster looks to be a
sure-fire bet for election to the
Senate, when the voters of the Pine
Tree State 60 to the polls in Sep
TENDER. Mr.. Brann sought the sena-
torial honors four years ago. He was
still Governor at the time. 1t was
1896, when the Roosevelt New Deal
was riding high. Yet he failed to
win against the veteran Republican,
Senator White. There is no good
reason to believe he has any better
or even as good chance of victory
this year. Mr.. Brewster has always
been a vote getter, although he
sought in vain to win the senatorial
nomination against both Hale and
White in the past.
Walsh Elected Four Times.
Senator Walsh is knocking at the
door again. He has been a candi-
date for the Senate on the Demo-
cratic ticket in the Bay State five
times, successfully on four occa-
sions. His sole defeat came in
1924, when the Republicans we're
riding high, wide and handsome.
during the Coolidge regime. Then
President Coolidge made an appeal
to the voters of his own State. Mas
sachusetts, to elect Gillette, then
Speaker Of the House, and Walsh
was defeated. When Senator Walsh
ran in 1884 he beat his Republican
opponent by $4,000 votes.
The year 1910 bids fair to be a
much more Republican year than
was 1884, when President Roose-
welt was at the height of his popu-
larity, and so were his policies. Sem
ator Walsh is in the position of one
who has gone TO the political well
many times. However, he has been
regarded for a long time as unbeat-
able in his own State. where he has
had the friendship of great many
Republicans as well as independent
voters, and, of course, of the Demo-
Gratis. Doubtless a good deal will de-
pend upon how strongly Wendell
Willkie, the Republican presidential
nominee. runs in the State If Will
kie should carry the State by con-
siderable margin-and there is some
reason to believe he may-Walsh
might have trouble He is at pres
ent chairman of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee and has been
working hard to build up that arm
of the Nations defense.
Connecticut presents another bat
tie ground for the Democrats. Two
years ago the State went Republican
and elected Senator Danaher. This
year the State has been very favor
able TO Willkie, and the chances
are he will carry it. Senator Ma
loney may have an impossible battle.
Rhode Island has turned back to
its Republican moorings. too. If
Senator Gerry runs, he may have
a tough time, like Senator Maloney.
MintOn'S Chances Not Certain.
Senator Minton is reckoned one
of the most ardent supporters of
the Roosevelt New Deal. He will
have his work cut out for him in
Indiana this November. however,
when he is to face Raymond E.
Wills, the Republican who ran very
close TO Senator Van Nuys' in 1888
Van Mugs, who had opposed Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Supreme Court
packing bill, was regarded with
friendly eyes by considerable
number of Republicans. That will
not be the case with Senator Minton.
however. WILKES native State is
Indiana, and the HooSiers are likely
to vote for him in large numbers,
which will make Minton's task
even harder
The Republicans are counting
heavily on picking up a Senate seat
now held by an Ohio Democrat,
Senator Donahey. Donahey declined
to run again. He did not believe
in a third-term nomination for
President Roosevelt and refused to
be a stalking horse candidate for
the President, under the peculiar
Ohio presidential preferential pri-
mary law. Also, he is believed to
be f1rst-class political prophet and
it has been believed, rightly or
wrongly, that he had no confidence
in a Democratic victory in Ohio
this year. The Republicans have
nominated Mayor Harold Burton
OF Cleveland. Cleveland has been
a Democratic stronghold The fact
that Burton has been able to win
in that city gives the Republicans
confidence he can carry the State
against former Representative John
McSweeney.