Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
POLITICAL
PARADE
BY @. R,
Brown
WASHINGTON, June 26-The

N n
w revolt of conservative DEM
ocrats in Texas and Mississippi
threatening to spread into
Louisiana. Georgia and South
Carolina has put two members
of the House of Representatives
on the hottest spot they have
ever occupied
one of these is Charlie Hal
lcck of Indiana whose job is TO
elect Republican House in No
vember. The other is Pat
Drewry of Virginia who IS car
rying the same bail for the
Democrats. They are the chair
men of their respective congress
sional campaign committees.
Both have started TO speed
up their organizations. each re-
allzing that for the first time
since the HayeS-Tilden presiden-
tial contest in 1876, the big de-
Cision this year may be thrown
into the -tiuuSc-----
Both parties. Republican and
Democratic. are running neck
and neck today. As previously
pointed out in this space, II the
election weW put up to the
House today no candidate could
be elected, since neither major
party commands a majority OF
the votes by states IN the
House.
The Democrats control p
states. but with Texas and Mis-
sisSippi out. only 10 could be
relied on to vote for Roosevelt.
The Republicans control %
states, two short of the required
number, 25, a majority of the
AZ states. Idaho. New York,
Washington and West Virginia
are evenly divided in party con
troll. The Republicans would
have to break the tie in at least
two of these states in order 10
elect a president in the House
of Representatives
THE November elections will
L determine whether the exact
balance of political power in the
delegations of these four states
is to be continued, or whether
one party will pick up at least
one additional seat to break the
deadlock.
OF the u Democratic states,
nine are in the Solid South, IN
GLIDING both Texas and Missis-
sippi. Also included in the II
are The southern border states
Of Maryland, Virginia. Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
The Republicans, in their
effort TO gain a numerical con-
troll by states la the next House
of Representatives. will have TO
concentrate their campaigns in
Arizona. California. Montana,
Nevada New Mexico, Rhode
Island and Utah. as we'll as the
border states. particularly Mary
land and Oklahoma.
The % Republican states are
+ very Solidly held at the present
time, and the Democrats would
not appear to have much chance
of carrying any of them or in
creasing the Democratic dele
cations in those states.
Fhus the Democrats will con-
centrate on breaking the ties
in Idaho. New York, Washing
ton and West Virginia. and will
Try TO pick up some seats in
Maine. Massachusetts, Missouri,
New Jersey. Oregon. Pcnnsyl-
vania and Wyoming.
Calculated on the basis of the
very close border line districts
d. in the 1912 congressional con-
tests the Democrats won by
less than 55 per cent of the
votes cast, the Republicans
have good prospects of picking
up four seats in California; one
in idaho, two in Kentucky, one
in Montana, one in Nevada. five
( in New York. two in Oklahoma.
one IN Rhode Island, one in
Utah and two in West Virginia,
aside from states where the
COP already controls the state
delegations.
Winning these districts would
give the Republicans control of
California, Idaho. Nevada, New
/ York and West Virginia. 1t
would break the existing Idaho.
New York and West Virginia
ties throwing those states to
the COP and create new ties in
Montana, Rhode Island. and
Utah, which would |be at the
expense of the Democrats:
along with the loss of California
and Nevada.
Not since the Hayes-Tilden
disputed election of the CEN
tennial year of the Republic has
contested election in this
country been as great a threat
as il is today.
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