Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1914 — CHICAGO TRIBUNE SEES G. O. P. GAINS [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO TRIBUNE SEES G. O. P. GAINS

Expects Indiana to Elect Four Republican JJongressmen—No B. M. Encouragement. ‘ -r- ' The Chicago Sunday Tribune summed up a careful investigation of political prospects as follows: Ttfe Tribune, in conjunction with the New York World, has made a survey of the congressional campaign throughout ’ the United States, with a statement of the electtfon outlook as based on the claims of the parties find their candidates. The voting on Nov. 3 will decide thirty-three U. S. senate seats and 435 house of representative seats. The concensus of information indicates: .. '

1. The republicans undoubtedly will score substantial gains in the lower house. There is no great indication that the republican na tional congressional organization, acting as a campaign body, wishes to elect a republican majority, on the theory, possibly, that the party does not care to share responsibility, either constructively or obstructively,. for the second two years Of the Wilson administration. The democratic campaign organization; by the same reasoning, is quite willing to have its present majority of 15 .reduced materially, because of its present topheaviness from a practical political viewpoint. , The indications are the demo-' cratic majority in the next house will be about forty. The progressive strength of 18 as at present is likely to remain at about the same figure, though changed somewhat. individually. 2. In the senate there will be probably 54 or 55 democrats and 42 or 41 republicans, as against 51 democrats and 45 republicans as at present. 3. The 64th session of the house

of representatives will contain approximately 222 democrats 183 republicans and 18 progressives -while 12 districts are dqubtful. In the . present congress there are 290 democrats 127 republicans and 18 progressives. Concerning the senatorial result jn Indiana the Tribune says: “Indiana—Benjamin F. - Shively (incumbent), democrat, will have a hard fight to beat Hugh T. Miller, republican, and A. J. Beveridge, progressive, but will probably win.” .And the following about the representative election results: ‘*The indications are that the democrats will not be able to retain the entire .thirteen congressional districts. The republicans Stand a fair chance of carrying the first, sixth and tenth districts, and an outside chance of winning the second, fifth, seventh and ninth. However, unless the soreness over the business depression is deep in the industrial eenters and unless the progressive lose in the neighborhood of half their vote, the democrats stand now to elect* at least eleven of their thirteen congressional candidates. “The democrats are handicapped in several districts by local trouble that Will (fleet the congressional tickets.”