Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-11-04
Election Prospects

Election Prospects
Always there is uncertainty as TO
the outcome of an election until ii
has been held. and the rule applies
to the so-callcd off-year ballotIng
10 take place throughout the coun-
try tomorrow. AS usual, both major
parties are claiming victory for
their candidates. Some in both
parties will. of course. win. while
others will fall by the wayside.
In recent weeks there has SEEM
ed to be growing conviction among
political sharpStcrS that the Rcpubli-
cans will capture the national
House Of Representatives for the
first time since beginning OF the
Roosevelt era in 1882. The Rcpub-
icans themselves are very conf
dent of that. and some Democrats
privately have conceded as much.
though their spirits have lifted con-
SidCrably within the past week. and
they appear now TO be bit more
optimistic.
Republicans claim they will also
capture the Senate and achieve a
working majority in the upper
banch OF Congress. This the Demo-
Gratis dispute. and all indications
arc that there is more uncertainty
about the Senate than about the
House. II would not be surprising
if control Of the House changes. and
an otfhand guess would indicate
that development. but would give
the Democrats a reduced majority
in the Senate. bat majority.
Ono cf The factors in the election
is tho continued uncertainty about
economic conditions. including
strikes and stoppagcS, and delays in
rcConvcrSion TO all-out pcacctimc
production OF goods the country
needs and desires Many feel that
there should not be shortages and
scarCi'icS such as still exist year
and half after the war ended
There have been many irritations.
too. about price controls and per-
siS,cncc Of the administration in
holding ON 10 so many angles of the
national economy. situation
which. in the view Of many persons.
is largely responsible for numerous
bottlenccks that yet lie across the
path TO normalcy.
All Of these things and more. in
Guiding high taxes. ncttle the Ameri-
can people. and the feeling tina,
their desires and demands have
been ignored by the Truman adj
minis'ration may be reflected in
the outcome of the balloting to-
morrow. II is. Of course, anybody's
guess.
In North Carolina. there are no
serious election worries. There sell
dom are. The State is nearly always
Democratic. and certainly will re-
main that way after tomorrow. The
Republicans have so little hope of
making Roadway within the State
that they have very few candidates
in the field. Most Democratic can
didates. and certainly in Vance
county. are without opposition.
Nominees who emerged victorious
in last Mays primary weathered
the storm then ana there and have
had no concern since. There is so
little threat 10 the dominant party
that interest is at low ebb in the
State. though it is expected there
will be fairly heavy vote, regard
less. =
Although known as an off-year
election, tomorrow's balloting will
be watched for possible indications
of trends for l948. Two years hence
the country will elect a president,
and here in North Carolina all
major State offices will be filled for
fhe following four years. This years
quiet campaign may be. regarded MS
the calm before the storm. Many
now think that most incumbent Of
hcials will face opposition in 1913,
and when this years referendum is
over and when the legislature closes