Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1918 — Republican Mass Play Can Carry Senate [ARTICLE]

Republican Mass Play Can Carry Senate

The outlook for Republican control of the senate after March 4, 1919, is a bright one. As the membership now stands the Democrats have 51, the Republicans have 43, and there are two vacancies. The vacancies were caused by the deaths of two Democrats, Newland of Nevada and Husting , of Wisconsin, which give the Republicans opportunities for adding to their strength which they would not have had otherwise until 1921; when the terms of. those senators would have expired. The present Democratic majority can be .wiped out and the control given to the Republicans if those vacancies can be won and four other Democrats ousted from their seats at the next election. This is assuming, of course, that the present Republican strength can be held intact. At the present time there are five states in the north, having Democratic senators, that ought to be returned to the Republican column. In addition there is a chance to gain a seat in Colorado, and a determined fight is to be made to capture the seat now occupied by senator Simmion of North Carolina, one of the outhors of the tariff law now on the statute books. In 1901 there was 3 Republican senator from that, state, and the strong Protectionist sentiment prevailing there is to be appealed to again to send a man of that faith to the senate. If the Republicans should hold their own, and make the gains that they have a right to expect, the next senate will number 51 or possibly 52 Republicans, and 45 dr 44 Democrats, leaving a margin of three states to permit of errors in the estimate. .