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Political Observers Give Survey of - Nation- Wide DEMOCRATIC RIFT ~ ISADTOTLSON Connecticut G. 0. P. Hopefuli of Electing Solid Dele- | gation to Congress. | el i Bpacial Dispatei 1o The Star HARTFORD. Conn. October 20.— Republicans here expect io repeat their success of four years ago and two years | ago and elect a solidly Republican | delegation to Congress this year. Most | of the worry was concentrated on the | third congressional district, repre- sented by John Q. Tilson. majority leader of the House, but this has been dissipated to a great extent by the bit- terness epgendered among Democrats | in the district as the result of a fight in the New Haven convention to select delegates to the convention to nominate | a congressional candidate. Next to the third district. the fifth, which was carried by P B. O'Sullivan, Democrat. in 1922, has caused most concern. but Republican leaders now profess confi- dence in the re-election of Represent- | ative Glvnn. | The Democrats for all their candidat appear to have at in two of five districts. Although Republicans refuse to ac- knowledge any cause for worry. Her- | man P. Kopplemann of Hartford is making a real fight against Represent- ative Fenn in the first district. The =mall towns in the district should pile up a majority for the Republican can- didate to more than offset the expected Democratic lead in Hartford and pos- sible Democratic edge in New Britain, the two large cities in the district. In the sccond district. half of the State geographically. Representative Freeman of New London should win over Willlam M. Citron of Middletown, House minority leader here in 1927. The district has no large ciites and has hfie? overwhelmingly Republican in the past. In the third district. Nicholas Moseley, provost of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven and son-in-law of Arthur T. Hadley, president emeritus of Yale, won the Democratic nomina- tion. Ly capturing the New Haven City convention, which elects 45 of the 117 delegates to the district convention. His opponent was ex-State Senator Joseph Tone The New Haven convention was won for Mosely by jockeying of delegates. ending with a walkout of the Tone delegates .and a prediction by them that the procedure meant 1.500 votes for Tilson. The breach between the factions has not been healed. Tilson, &8 head of the ' Fastern Speakers’ Bureau, has not done much campaigning in his district. while Moseley and his wife are speaking daily With Tilson running well ahead of his ticket in New Haven, which should be carried by Smith, he should have no trouble winning . With pronounced indications of a Republitan victory in Connecticut in November, and no indication that there is any particular amount of cutting anticipated on United States Senator Frederic C. Walcott of Norfolk, fellow member of Food Administration with Hoover, looks to b2 a winner over former Representative Lonegran of Hartford. H. 1. HORTON. claim sure victory but at this time but slim chances B REPUBLICANS SURE OF VERMONT SLATE But Senator and Two Representa- tives Will Poll Less Votes * 7 Than in 1924. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. BURLINGTON, Vt., October 20.—The voters of Vermont will re-elect Senator Greene of St. Albans and Represent- atives Brigham of St. Albans and Gib- son of Brattleboro, all Republicans, No~ vember 6, but probably by no ‘such overwhelming majorities as they re- ceived when they were last chosen. ‘Their Democratic opponents are Fred C. Martin of Bennington for Senator and Jeremiah C. Durick of Fair Haven and Harry W Witters of St. Johnsbury | for Representatives. Senator Greene will complete his first term as Senator® next March, after | serving for nearly 12 years in the | House of Representatives. where he was particularly active in military affairs. Naturally an eloquent speaker. his voice has not been heard much of late be- cause of an injury to his head which | he received soon after taking his seat | as Senator. ~ While walking on the | streats of Washington with Mrs. Greene, he was struck by a bullet supposed to have been fired in an encounter be- tween bootleggers and prohibition agents. This has made it impossible for him to readily express himself, but he is showing some improvement and has retained the affection of his con- stituents to such an extent that he had no Republican opposition at the | primary last month. Representative Brigham is now serv- ing his second term and Representative | Gibson his third term. The normal Re- publican majority in both congressional districts is about 20,000. but six years ago it was cut to 1538 in the first (Representative Brigham's) district, when the Democratic candidate staged | an energetic campaign on the pro- hibition question. - The proximity of that district to the State of New York and the Democratic enthusiasm for Gov. Smith, with the fact that the dis- | trict is normally “wetter” than the east side of the State, will probably re- duce Mr. Briuha?‘s mn};yrléy[glaom‘l:;;; 3 what he receive: years | ::olf oA W. B. GATES. HALE OPPOSES KEEFE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE €tate Has No Senatorial Contest This Year—G. 0. P. Repre- sentatives Favored. Bpecial Dizpatch to The Siar. CONCORD. N. H.. October 20.—In; view of the fact that there i no a- torial contest on the slate this year, New Hampshire Republicans and Demo- erats are centering their efforts on the | billets of Representative in the first and | second districts. Senatof Keyes has two more years and Senator Moses has four more vears. | Both parties recognize the G”‘""'l State as debatable territory, although ! the most tonscrvative observer admits that the State leans toward the Repub- lican column. In the first congres- sional district Representative Hale, h)-: cumbent. is the Republican nominee | for re-election, opposed to F. Clyde Keefe, lawyer, of Dover. Keefe should be strong in Manchester, Dover and Portsmeuth, while Hale's strength seems to lle in the country towns. In the second district the Democrats offer Alfred W. Levensaler of Concord i Tulsa County, the bigzest county in the 23 Representative Wason's opponent. j district and the hottest Hoover territory The Democratic candidate has been busy introducing himself to the voters. while Ed Wason has been renewing old ships. friend: Concord, Nashua, Keene d an distriet. Nashua and Berlin are lean- Berlin are the cities in the second | WEEK IN THE SUNDAY POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports of The Star’s Correspondents and Staff S the presidential campaign enters its final stage ‘he ap- parent trend toward the Re- publicans in most of the States continues. according to the Iatest dispatches received by The Star from its staff correspond- ents and political writers in every State in the Union These dis- patches. which this week are de- voted largely to the congressional campaigns. also indicate a present trend toward the election of a Re- publican Congress The line-up of electoral votes at this time, as Indicated by the lat- est available information, is as fol- lows: Sure Republican, 204: sure Democratic. 102: leaning Republic- an, 73 leaning Democratic. 98: doubtful. 49. The fmportance to the country of having a Congress which will sup- port whomever is elected President is indicated by the pleas made by both Smith and Hoover for the elec- tion of Senators and Representa- tives belonging to their parties. TR When the Nation has given a substantial majority in the elec- toral college to a presidential eandi- date, 1t has usually happened in the past that a House. at least, has been chosen with a majority belong- ing to the same partv as the Presi- dent. The Senate majority. too. usually has corresponded to the party of the President, but that is less certain. for the reason that. while an entire new House is elected everv two years, a Senator's term is six vears and normally two- thirds of the Senators at every elec- tion are h rs. Only one- third of the Senate is elected every two vears, plus Senators elect- ed to fill unexpired terms or vacant seats, due to deaths, resignations or other causes. ‘The membership of the House to- day consists of 231 Republicans, 193 Democrats, 2 Farmer-Laborites and 1 Soclalist—Representative Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin. There are 8 vacancies, 6 of which seem nor- mally Republican and two normally Democratic. The present House. therefore, is Republican by a majority over all of 35. By counting the vacancies as occupied by members of the indi- cated parties the Republican ma- Jority today would be 39 over all. The membership of the Senate upon adjournment last May was divided as follows: Republicans, 47: Democrats. 46; Farmer-Labor. 1. The case of Senator-elect Vare, Re- publican, of Pennsylvania, is still undecided and he has not taken a seat. There is also one vacancy from Illinois, due to the resigna. tion of Frank L. Smith, Republican, after his right to be seated had also been challenged and investi- gated. o g 3 Neithér major party, therefore, has an actual majority in the Sen- ate now, although for organization purposes Senator Shipstead, Farm- er-Laborite. of Minnesota, has voted with the Republicans, giving them a '‘majority of cne for that purpose. Potentially—that "is, if Vare and Smith _had been seated or some other Republican named to fill their places—the Republicans would have had d Senate majority of two. There are indications of a net Republican gain in the House and a less certain gain in the Senate. 7 % % However, these indications would be all upset if Smith should be clected President: for it is conceded that in that event he would carry alng with “him to victory many Democratic candidates for the House and some for the Senate, who might- otherwise _be defeated,. just as a Hoover presidential victory would work to the advantage of the Re- publicans in trying to clect a Re- publican Cengress. A very close presidential result might, as in the past, result in a situation in_the House, and particularly in the Sen- ate, which would make it difficult for either party to command a ma- jority and transact the public busi- ness smoothly. 4 All of the 435 members of the House will be chosen November 6 except four, Maine having already elected four Republican members. There are 35 Sepators to be_elected next mionth, Senator Hale, Republi- can. of Maine, having been re-elect- ed last month. In addition to the usual 32 senatorial elections—for one-third of the Senate—four elec- tions will be held, in Ohis, Tllinoj Idaho and New Mexico. In the last- mentioned State separate elections will be held for the short and long terms for Senator. Based on the latest information the outlook for the election of mem bers of the House and of Senato in those States which will hold sen- atorial elections this year, is as follows: Alabama — Representatives, 10 Democrats; no change. Arizona—One Democratic . Sena- tor; ons Democratic representative; no change. Arkansas — Representatives, 17 Demcerats: no change. California—One Republican Sen- ator: Representatives, 10 Republic- ans: 1 Democrat: no change. Colorado—Doubtful, with chance of the Republicans gaining one House seat Connecticut—Clese, with prob- ably one Republican Senator and four Republican Representatives: no change. = Delaware—Doubtful; probably one . Republican Senator and one Repub- - lican Representative; gain of one Senator for Republicans. Florida—One Democratic Senator; Writers. four Democratic no_change. Georgia—12 Democratic Repre- sentatives; no change. Idaho—One Republican Senator; two Republican Representatives: no change. Illinois——Probably one Republican Senator: Representatives. 22 Repub- licans, 4 Democrats and one dis- trict very doubtful; Republican gain of two. Indiana—One Republican Sen- ator; closz fights in three districts now Deinocratic, with possibility of Republican gains. Towa—Representatives, 11 Repub- licans: no change. Kansas — Representatives, 7 Re- publicans, 1 Democrat: no change. Kentucky—Representatives, doubt- ful, probably 7 Democrats, 3 Repub- licans with one district close with a Democratic trend: probably no change Louisiana—8 Democratic sentatives: no change. Maine—One Republican Senator, 4 Republican Representatives, already elected in September: no change, Maryland—Senatorial race doubt- ful. Representatives, probably 4 Democrats, one Republican and one close, with possibility of Republican gain of one Massachusetts — One Democratic Senator: Representativ doubtful, probably - Republicans. 13: Demo- crats, 3, with possibility of one or two Demecratic gains. Michigan—One Republican Sen- ator: probably 13 Republican Rep- resentatives, with possibility of one Democratic gain. Minnesota — One Farmer - Labor Senator (Shipstead) probably will be re-elected: but fssue in doubt: Representatives. Republicans, 8; Farmer-Labor, 2: no change. Mississippi—One Democratic Sen- ator, 8 Democratic Representatives; no_change. Missour1 — Senatorial race in doubt: possibility of 4 Republican gains in House seats, but whole State close. Montana—Probably 1 Demo: cratic Senator: Representatives, Democrat and 1 Republican. Nebraska: One Republican Sena- tor (no changes): Representatives doubtful, with possibility of one Democratic gain. which would make delegation stand 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Nevada: Scnator race doubtful, Senator Pittman, Demoerat. having hard fight for re-election: probably one Republican Representative, which would be no change. New Hampshire: Two Republican Representatives (no change). New Jersey: Senator race very close, with Senator Edwards, Demo- crat, having hard fight for re-elec- tion: Representatives, probably 10 Republicans and 2 Democrats (gain of one). . New Mexico: Probably one Re- publican Senator for long term and a Republican Senator for short term (no change). and possibility of de- feating the single Democratic Rep- resentative for Republican gain of one. New York: Senatorial race close, with trend toward re-election of Senator Copeland. Democrat: possi- bility of Republican gain of two House seats, which would make the delegation consist of 23 Democrats and 20 Republicans. North Carolina: Ten Democratic Representatives (no change). North Dakota: One Republican Senator, three Republican Repre- sentatives (no change). (o) Republican Senator for long term and short term (no ¢l ): Representatives, 17 Repub- licans and 5 Democrats (Republican gain of one). Oklahoma: Possible gain of one Republican Representative, which would make delegation stand 6 Dem- ocratic, 2 Republican. Oregon: Three Republicans change). Pennsylvania: One Republican Senator (no change): Representa- tives, nine contests, with possibility of one Republican gain. Rhode Island: Senator Gerry, Democrat, having hard fight to re tain his seat; probably three Repub- lican Representatives, which would be no change. South Carolina: Seven Democratic Representatives: no change. South Dakota: Three Republican Representatives: no_change. Tennessee: One Democratic Sen- ator; Representatives, Democrats, 8: Republicans, 2: no change. Texas: One Democratic Senator, 18 Democratic Representatives: one Republican seat threatened. Utah: Senator King, Democr: expected to be re-elected: two Re. publican Representatives: no change. Vermont: One Republican Senator, two Republican Representatives; no change. Virginia: Senator Swanson, Demo- crat, to be re-elected without opposi- tion: possibility of two Republican gains in House seats. Washington: Senator Dill, Dem- ocrat, may be re-elected. but has heavy fight; chance of one Republi- can gain in House seat. West Virginia: Close fight for Sen- ator, with probable Republican vie- tory, which would be gain of one Senator here; Representatives, prob- ably six Republican Representatives, which would be gain of one for Re- publicans. ‘Wisconsin: Re-election of Senator LaFrllette sure: probably 11 Re- publican Representatives, which would mean defeat of Victor L. Berger, lone Socialist, and be Re- publican gain of one seat. Wyoming: Senatorial race eclose, leaning to Senator Kendrick: one Republican Representative; no change. Representatives; Repre- 1 (no (Copyrigat. 1928.) G. 0. P. HOPES TO GAIN ONE OKLAHOMA SEAT Eighth District Is Viewed Sure | Unless Smith Wins by Landslide. Eperral Dispatch to The Star. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl 20.—A gain of one seat by the Republi- | cans is possible in Oklahoma. Hereto- | fore the eighth distriet has been the| only certain Republican district. repre- | sented by M. C. Garber of Enid, who will b~ returned against J. P. Batten- | October | berg. unless there is a Smith landslide, | which does not seem probable in Okla- homa. The most likely gain for the G. O. P. is in the first district, now represented by E. B. Howard, Democrat. The first is a clese district, normally. Republi- cans and Democrats have represented the district in Washington alternately. NORTH DAKOTA SHOWS Hoover-Curtis Managers' Called Premature—Change in Trend Appears. Bpecial Dispatch o The Star. representing both the League and independent or the other. indicate a gain in Smith sentiment. survey of several of that section. | publican nominee a | votes. These six Representatives will be re- turned on the face of present forecasts: Hastings, Cartwright, McKeown, Swank. ing toward the Demperats this vear. J. J. McCARTHY. Johnson and McClintic. | Dakota, still is anybody's State. The campaign has now settled down | to the precinct organization ph: | this personal work in each unit . the story within the next 10 days. F. A HARRISON. § GEORGE A. BENSON STRENGTH FOR SMITH Claims FARGO, N. Dak., October 20.—While the Hoover-Curtis campaign managers, Lambertson is a farmer and former | Non-Partisan ' Speaker of the State House of Repre- | Republican factions, are claiming North Dakota for g, the Republican nominees, it is more ap- parent than ever that it is too early to | assign the State definitely to one camp ' defeating White in the general election | A week ago this State appeared pretty much Hoover’s but reports from several | { L sections, notably the Western district, {ho semsion bat & STAR. WASHINGTON NEW YORK TREND FAVORS COPELAND [ Little Change Looms in Dem- | ocratic Majority Among Representatives. Special Dispatch to The Star ALBANY. N. Y., October 20.-—There | seems little possibility of there being | any substantial change in the Demo- | | cratic majority among New York State | Representatives in Congress this year as a result of the balloting next month. The best information available at this date indicates a slight trend toward the return of Dr. Royal S. Copeland as United States Senator, even if Hoover carries the State against Gov. Smith for | President, and in_spite of the distin- | guished opponent Dr. Copeland has this year in Alanson B. Houghton, United States Ambassador to Great Britain. New York State now has 25 Demo- cratic Representatives in Congress and 18 Republicans from its 43 districts. There may be two or three upsets, e | pecially if the Republicans are success- | | ful in their efforts to give such a tr mendous upstate vote for Hoover that it will offset the undoubtedly huge ma- jority which New York City will return for “AL” But almost all of the Demo- cratic Representatives come from New York City, so that it would seem that & Democratic majority among the New York Representatives still is assured. May Gain Two Seats. As the situation stands now it seems likely that the Republicans may gain two seats this year. That would make | the New York representation consist of 23 Democrats and 20 Republicans. This is entirely conjectural. of course, but even this estimate ho'ds the Democratic edge as far as New York City is con- cerned. Strangely enough. one of the districts in which the Republican politicians are claiming victory in their congressional fight is in New York City. This is the seventeenth, one of the so-called “blue stocking districts,” where Republicans often come through with a victory mn local elections. The present Representative is a Democrat, Willlam W. Cohen, who is not a candidate for re-election. The Republican candidate is Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt, Republican alderman in this overwhelmingly Democratic city and successful in a primary contest against Assemblyman Phelps Phelps. However. she has an opponent of undoubted strength in Philip Berolzheimer, who has occupied high position in the city government with success. In spite of the Republican claims and a real chance for Mrs. Pratt the result is doubtful now. Whitley Has Chance. The Republicans have a much better chance of winning away one of the Democratic Representatives in the thirty-eighth district up-State, which includes part of Monroe County and the City of Rochester. Meyer Jacob- stein, Democrat, is the present Repre- sentative from this district, but he is not up tor re-election. Charles Stan- ton is seeking the office on the Demo- cratic ticket. His Republican opponent is James L. Whitley. who is believed to have an excellent chance of winning. Whitley is politically popular in his district. He has been elected to serve several terms in the State Senate and took a prominent part in legislative affairs during the last session. If he were running against Representative Jacobstein, it is generally conceded his chances would not be so be- cause of the great popularity of Mr. Goldstein. But with Goldstein out of the race, Senator Whitley is confl- dently expected by the Republicans to | come through November 6. especially | since he is inclined to be wet in & dis- trict polling a large urban vote. There were contests in the Repub- lican primaries in two up-State dis- tricts, but it is not believed that they created any great feeling of party bit- terness which would be reflected in a change in otherwise normally Repub- lican districts. Representative Crow- ther was successful in the primaries in the thirtieth district against E. Wat- son Gardiner. who also ran in the Democratic primaries and was suc- cessful. Representative Sanders was also successful in the primaries in the thirty-ninth district and is expected to_win re-election. Francis D Culkin of Oswego is the | Republican candidate for Representative | in ‘the thirty-second district to fill the | vacaney caused by the death of Thad- | deus C. Sweet in an airplane accident last Summer. Mr. Sweet at the time of his death was one of the most | prominently mentioned possibilities for | governor. The thirty-second district is overwhelmingly Republcan. Mr. Culkin | is a popular young lawyer, and his elec- | tion seems assured. THOMAS C. STOWELL. KANSAS 6. 0. P. HOLDS CONGRESSIONAL EDGE Republicans Count on Electing Seven Representatives, Democrtas One. | Snecial Dispateh to The Star. TOPEKA. Kans., October 20.—As th.-i campaign draws to a close, Kansas Republicans are counting on electing seven Republican Representatives in November and hoping to make it eight. Kansas Democrats are counting on electing one Representative and are claiming three. The Kansas delegation in the National House of Representa- tives at present consists of seven Re- publicans and one Democrat, Repre- sentative Ayres of Wichita, representing the eighth district. There are certain to be two new faces from Kansas in the Lower House | after March 4. Representative Anthony of ‘Leavenworth. first district, and Representative White of Mankato, sixth district, are not candidates for re- | election. | William P. Lambertson of Fairview is | strength D. €. OCTOBER 21. 1998 _PART 1. * 25 ongressional Contests 0.0, MAKES FORFLONDA SEATS But Democrats Are Expected | to Sweep State on Past Performances. Spectal Dispateh to The Star, JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. October 20.— Plorida will poll the largest vote ever known and so much greater than the average in a general election as to make things appear unreal. For many years the vote in a regular election has been merely a suggestion of the preponder- ance of Democracy, for the primary. held some months ahead of the gen- | eral election, has previously been un- | derstood as settling all affairs in so far as the State was concerned. The Re- publican party, with only 20 per cent of the registered voters, has usually polled a fair percentage of its strength. There will be brought out the full of the Republican forces this | far as can be qualified. and | there is no question about reinforce- ments—for the presidential ticket—| from disgruntled Democrats. Against this movement Democratic leaders have made serious effort to bring out | the voters who participated in the | June primary. Particularly without ex- ception, primary nominees have an- | nounced allegiance to the party. The | Democratic vote in June was above two- hundred and fifty thousand. The Re- publican vote in 1924 was about thirty thousand. Republicans Nominated. Undertaking to contest with Demo- cratic nominees for the United States | Senate and for House of Represents tives, Republicans have placed in nom! nation candidates for all but one of the vacancies; no contest appearing in the third district. The Republicans are also putting forward a candidate | for governor. No great attention is| given to this, however, as the Demo- cratic nominee. Doyle L. Carlton of | Tampa. will receive votes of even those bolters who scratch the regular ticket. | Park Trammell, junior Senator from Florida, nominated in the primary to succeed himself, is expecting to begin his third term in 1929, having been elected to the Senate in 1916 after a | fairly active political career in his native State. His victory in the party was over the present governor, John W. Martin, and this was & strong test of his popularity. | Opposing Senator Trammell is Barclay H. Warburton of Palm Beach, an adopt- ed citizen and not well known in the State even by name. As mayor of the small, but very wealthy community, he is popular with Winter visitors. It is not, thought that he will get many votes. In the first district Herbert Jack- son Drane was chosen by his Demo- cratic admirers to succeed himself. Abner Brown of dS'. Pct:rshufl I\a’m;t: Republicans, does not appear ?):'Yflcgl‘:fly well known in the district, but has been active in the present cam- | ign. PUER Re-elected in 1926, | Representative Green was sent to| Congress in 1924 and re-elected in 1926. The Republican candidate in the sec- ond district is T. P. Chaires of Oldtown. a man who has been identified with the ttle raising business. chmm‘S A?va Yon. a native of Florida, as elected a Representative for the third ‘district in 1926, overcoming strong political oppoitison in the Democratic | primary. He has no opposition in the election. : In the fourth district. Ruth Bryan Owen of Miami, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, was nominat- ed to succeed Mr. Sears. Mrs. Owen ran against Sears in 1926 and was de- feated, but won in the last primary. Her opposition in November will be Wil- lian C. Lawson of Orlando, a man who has repeatedly undertaken the organi- zation of a “white” Republican party in Florida. Lawson opposed Senator Fletcher in 1920 and received some- thing over 2,000 votes and in 1922, op- posed Senator Trammell and was de- feated by about ten to one. The Republican party in Florida had sent in the names of candidates for various State offices, including justices of the Supreme Court. railroad com- missioners, etc.. but lately many of names wers withdrawn. without Pxpln-‘ nation. Only the names of candidates | for Senator, three Representatives, gov- | year, as | years' service, 'MANY NEW FACES CERTAIN WHEN NEXT CONGRESS MEETS me of the Most Prominent Members ofl House and Senate Will Be Ab- 1 sent From Capital. So BY WILL P. KENNEDY. No matter what the outcome may be in the senatorial and congressional elections throughout th: 35 States in which Senators are to be chossn and the 435 congressional districts in which members of the House of Representa- tives are to be chosen, already there is | certainty of many new faces in next or Seventy-first Congress. Some of the most prominent mem- bers of both Senate and House in the present Congress are among those who the | will not be in the next Congress. These include such Senators as McLean of Connecticut, Republican, chairman of the committee on manufactures. rank- ing majority member on the finance committee and prominent on the for- eign relations committee, who has been in continuous service for 18 years. He is not sceking re-election. Reed Quits Fleld. Reed of Missouri, Democrat, promi- nent before the Houston convention as a candidate for the Democratic nomi- nation for President. ranking minority member on the judiciary and manu- factures committees and a member of the committees on foreign relations. privileges and elections and public buildings and grounds. He is not seek- ine re-election after 18 years of con- tinuous service. Mayfleld of Texas. Democrat, who was defeated in the primaries. He is a member of the committee on agri culturs and forestry, banking and cu rency, claims, interoceanic canals, in- terstate commerce and public buildings and grounds. In the House thoss who will be ab- sent include: Representative Garrett of Tennessee, Democrat, minority leader, who was an unsuccessful candidate for the Senate, after 24 years of consecutive service. He Is ranking minority member on the rules (or policy) committee. Morin of Pennsylvania, Republican, chairman of the military affairs com- mittee, who has served 16 years con- tinuously, was defeated in the primaries. Daniel R. Anthony, jr. of Kansas, Republican, chairman of the appropria- tions committee. who is not a candi- date for re-election after 22 years of consacutive service. Rubey Not a Condidate. Rubey of Missouri. Democrat. who is not a candidate for re-election after 16 He 1S a member of th® committee on agriculture. MacGregor of New York, Republican. chairman of the committee on accounts, who has resigned after 10 years' serv- ice. He was also a member of the com- mittees on banking and currency. ex- penditures in the executive depart- ments, immigration and naturalization and roads. Begg, Ohio, Republican, right-hand | man to Speaker Longworth, who has been in charge of scrutinizing all bills and resolutions for the party in con- trol of legislation. He was an unsuc- cessful candidate for governor and has been a member of the National House for 10 consecutive years. ‘He is a mem- ber of the forejgn affairs committee. Davey of Ohio, Democrat, who is a candidate for governor, after 10 years service in the House. He is a member of the foreign affairs committee. Burton of Ohio. Republican, who is a candidate for the Senate for the un- expired term of the late Senator Wiliis, ending March 3. 1933. He first came to Congress 40 years ago, and fater serv- ing in the House In the FPifty-first. Fifty-fourth and Sixtieth Congresses. was a member of the Senate for six vears. He held many im| nt posts such as chairman of the Indand Water- ways Commission, a member of the National Waterways Commission, ex- ecutive council _ Interparliamentary Union, the Debt Funding Commission ani was chairman of the delegation from the United States to the confer- ence for control of the international trafic in arms, at Geneva, in 1925. He has served in the last four Con- gresses. He is a member of the foreign affairs and rules committees. Sinnott of Oregon. Republican, is not a candidate for re-election, after 6 years of continuous service. He is ‘hairman of the committee on public nds and & member of the commit- tees on irrigration and reclamation. patents and pensfons. Blanton Is Loser. Blanton of Texas, Democrat, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for Senator. He has had 12 years of continuous service in the House, whers he is ranking minor- ity member on the District of Colum Sears of Florida. Democrat. after 14 | | years' continuous service, was defeated {in the primaries by Mrs. Ruth Bryan | Owen. daughter of t late William | Jennings Bryan. Mr. Sears iz a member | of the elections. No. 1. In affairs | and roads committees. Boies of Iowa, Republican, is not a| | candidate for re-clection after 10 vears ‘o{ continuous service. He is a member of the judiciary committee. " White to Retire, | White of Kansas. Republican, is not |2 candidate after 10 years of continu- |ous service. He is chairman of the com- | mittee on electior of President, Vice | President and Representatives in Con- |gress, which has before it the resolu- | tion to abolish the so-called “lame | duck™ session of Congress. He also is {2 member of the census. immigration and naturalization and invalid pensions committees. | Towling of Alabama. Demacrat. has | resigned after 10 years’ continuous serv- ice. He was a member of the judiciary | committee. | | Reed of Arkansas, Democrat, was de- | feated in the primaries. H» has served | | six years continuously and is a mem- | ber of the committees on expenditures Lin the executive departments, irrigation i and reclamation and patents. Yates of Illinois. Republican, was de- | feated in the primaries for the nomina- | tion at large from Illinois by Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, but gets. another chance in the election November 6. hav- ing been appointed by a committee on vacancies to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Rathbone. | Ware of Kentucky. Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election. He is serv- ing his first term and is a member of the clvil service and claims committees. Bowles of Massachusetts, Republican. is not a candidate for re-election from the second Massachusetts district which was previouslv represented for 30 years by Senator Gillett, former Speaker of | the House. Mr. Bowles is serving his | second term. He is a meniber of the committees on census. District of Co- | lumbia. education. public buildings and | grounds and roads. Furlow Is Defeated. Furlow of Minnesota. Republican, was defeated In the primaries. He is sew- | ing his second term and is a member of | | the military affairs committee. | Lowrey of Mississippi, Democrat, was defeated for renomination. He has serv- | ed continuously for eight years and is | a member of the committees on coinage. weights and measures, education and war claims. Wilson of Mississippl. Democrat, was an unsuccessful candidate for nomina- | tion for the Senate. He has served six | years consecutively and is a member of | | the cemmlt}ee! on elections, No. 2, and insular affairs. « : Georgs H. Combs, jr. of Missouri, Democrat, is mot a candidate for re- election. He is the baby member of the House and serving his first term. He is a member of the District of Columbia and labor committees. Kindred of New York. Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election after 10 years of continuous service. He is| |a member of the rivers and harbors committee. | Cohen of New York. Democrat. is not a cnndlg-u 'for re-election. He is serving his first term. chosbsceln of New York, Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election. He | has served six years continuously and | is a member of the committees on the | census, expenditures in the executive | departments and labor. Lyon Not. Candidate. Lyon of North Carolina, Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election. He has served continuous for eight vears and is a member of the rivers and har- | bors committee. Tatgenhorst, jr.. of Ohio. Republican, is not a candidate for re-election. He is serving his first term and is a mem= ber of the naval affairs committee. Fitzgerald of Ohio, Republican, is not a candidate for re-election after | four years' service. He is chairman of | the committee on invalid pensions. Bushong of Pennsylvania, Republi- | | can, is not a candidate for re-election. He is serving his first_term. Perry of Virginia, Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election after serv- ing six years continuously. He is 2 members of the interstate and foreign commerce committee. DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR 3 DISTRICTS Remaining Seven Called Safe for Party in North Carolina. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH. N. C., October 20.—North * Carolina will elect no Senator this year, but there is more interest in the congressional races in the 10 districts than in any election this century. i Since 1900 the Democrats have only lost members of Congress at rare in- | tervals and since 1916 the delegation , | has been solidly Democratic without an exception. . Democrats claim that this year will. | be no exception to the rule, and al- | though it {s admitted that Hoover prob- ably will carry some of the congres- sional districts, the effort of the anti- Smith Democrats to retain their party regularity by voting the ticket except for President is pointed to as a con- tributing factor. and the further fact_ that the Democratic candidates in all contested elections are incumbents is. expected to help. Taking any single district and the. Democrats would appear to have the best of it, but three districts are so clos> that Republicans would seem to have a good chance of breaking through . in one of the three. John H. Kerr of the second district has no Republican opponent and is sure of election. Opposition to Lindsey C. Warren .in the first. C. L. Aber-, rathv in the third, E. W. Pou in thc_ fourth and J. Bayard Clark in the, sixth. the only new man among the Democratic nominees, is nominal. Charles M. Steadman. 34 years ol who has represented the fifth district. since 1910, is a Confaderate veteran,’ and the chances of Julius M. Hardin,. successful business man, must be rated voor. although the district will be slose as to President. Personal pop-. ularity of R. L. Doughton of the. eighth, who is also of the vintage of 1910. makes his re-election an ap- parent certainty. although thes Smith- Hoover voie in his district is expected by manv to tell a different story. This leaves the three districts about which there is some real douht—the seventh,_ the ninth and the tenth. In the ssventh. the worst gerrymand- ered district in the State, the district, runs all the way from the Virginia to the South Carolina line. the counties at the upper end being Repub'ican and those in the lower end D2mocratic. Heretofore it has been merely a ques-. tion of whether the lower end, with considerably more votes. polled as great a proportionate strength. The majority in each of the last three elections has been approximately 7.000. the . vote ranging from 53.000 to 65.000. In this, district. W. C. Hammer. Democratic in-. cumbent, is opposed by A. I. Ferree young Republican. who has represented. his county in the Legislature. Both sides are conducting a vigorous and apparently confident fight. But the bitterest fight, is being waged. in the ninth, where C. A. Jonas, Repub-. lican national committeeman, is con- testing the seat of Representative Bul- winkle. Here the majorities have ranged from 6,000 to 10.000 in the last three' elections. with the total vote ranging from 46,000 to 64.000. In addition to Jonas' prestige and his access to cam- paign funds. Mr. Bulwinkle has to con- tend with the most marked Democratic disaffection.of any district in the State; However, he assurances of anti- Smith support and his friends say he will be elected. » In the tenth. or mountain district. the Republicans elected their candidate as recently as 1916, but since that time Representative Weaver has increased his majority from 1.100 in 1918 to 9,000 i the last presidential year, and 7.000 irf 1926. George M. Pritchard, Republicar’ nominee. is putting on quite a fight, but little is known in the rest of the State as fo the exact status in the district. = To repeat. the odds would favor the Democrats in any one of the 10 districts; but a clean sweep is bv no means certain. | ‘WILLIAMS. - ARKANSAS MAY ELECT 6. 0. P. REPRESENTATIVE Cecil. in Third District, Granted Fair Chance to Defeat Strother of West Virginia (Republi- | can). is not a candidate for re-election. | He is serving his second term and is Democrat. Special Dispatch ta The Star ernor and State treasurer were left to be printed on the tickets. Interest is at the highest point ever noted in this State previous to a national election. GREORGE HOYT SMITH. | bia committee and on the committees | on_enrolled bills and Indian affairs. Connally of Texas, Democrat, is a | candidate for the Senate, having de- | feated Senator Mayfield and Repre- | sentative Blanton for the Democratic a member of the judiciary committee. | LITTLE ROCK. Ark. October 20.— Beck of Wisconsin, Republican. is not | There are seven congressional districts a candidate for re-election after eizht | i Arkansas and in three of thess Re~ | years® continuous service. He is a mem- | yyplican candidates are conducting & ber of theh committees on claims and | vigorous campaign. Two of these cane labor. | didates have slight hopes of success, Winter Seeks Senate Post. | but in the third district Sam B. Cecily | see delegation in the Seventy-first Con- NO CHANGE LIKELY IN TENNESSEE SEATS Garrett to Be Absent Through Retirement—McKellar Certain to Win. Special Dispatch to The Star. | nomination. He has been a member of the House for 12 consecutive years and is a member of the foreign affairs committee. Black of Texas. Democrat, was defeat- ed in the primaries after 14 years of con- tinuous service. He is a member of the committee on banking and currency, Hersey of Maine, Republican, a mem- ber of the judiciary committee, who has served 12 vears continuously, was defeated in the primaries. Tillman of Arkansas, Democrat. is not a candidate for re-election after 14 s’ continuous service. He is & mem- | Henry L. Bowles of Massachusetts. who | tains ber of the judiciary committee. | winter of Wyoming. Republican, who succeeded House -Leader Mondell and who is completing six vears' service, is a candidate for the Senate. He is a| | member of the committees on irriga- | tion and reclamation, mines and min- | | Ing, public lands and war claims. } Already there are four vacancies cer- tain on the House District committee— | Blanton. defeated as a -candidate for the Senate: Henry R. Rathbone of Illi- nots, deceased: George H. Combs, jr.. who is not seeking re-election. and 'Is not a candidate. | MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 20.—Nei- ther the complexion nor the personnel, with a single exception, of the Tennes- gress will be changed by the November election. The presidential race has so far eclipsed the congressional races that in most of the districts the re- election of sitting members ha: beer & | foregone conclusion. | ‘The single exception is one of the noteworthy turnovers in politics, the re- tirement after 20 years' service of Rep- rasentative Garrett, minority leader of | the House. Mr. Garrett sought the nomination for United States Senator in the Au- gust primaries and was defeated by | Senator McKellar, seeking a third term. | His successor from the ninth district will be Capt. Jere Cooper, young World | | ths Republican nominee to succeed Anthony in .the first. Indications are that he will have a large majority over Maurice O'Keefe of Atchison, Democrat. sentatives. epublican nominee to succeed White in the sixth, is opposed by W. H. Clark of Hoxie, who came\within 100 votes of two years ago. Indications are that Sparks will win by from six to eight Clark is claiming the election but a trip through the dis- A | trict indicates that a reversal of senti- the important | ment would be necessary for him to win. towns in the Northwest corner’shows | much more Democratic strength than | district. seems to observers believed existed and Repub- | ‘ican candidate with anything approach- lican campaign managers have started | ing a fight on his hands. an intensive drive in every precinct in| by Jo E. Maitskill of G Representative Sproul of Sedan, third be the only Repub- He is opposed irard, former . commander of the Kanses Department With this new found Smith strength | of the American Legion. Democrats are in the State. is expected to give the Re- | added to his showing in the larger cities | making a strenuous “youth movement” plurality of 10,000 | in the first congressional district, North | campaign against Sproul, but the odds | favor his re-election. Republicans are claiming 200,000 ma- llnlfll | jority for th~ national tickets in Kansas|has and 8 Democratic Representatives ell | this yea: and the Democrats are merely claimi “it won't be that big.” - wfLIF | | STRATTON, | Judge Charles 1. Sparks of Goodland. War veteran, whose first excursion into ! politics came when he managed tI sucecessful campaign of his old com- mander, Gen. L. D. Tyson, for the Sen- ate in 1924, McKellar is held a certain | winner. | In the first and second districts, both lin Fast Tennessee, Represeniatives | | Reece and Taylor, Republicans, are | virtually without_opposition. | The third district, represented by udge Sam McReynolds of Chatta- nooga, Democrat, has gone Republican, but nothing short of a Hoover landslide will defeat McReynolds. Judge Cordell Hull will be returned in the fourth, though his majority may be under 5,000. Judge Ewin Davis in the fift', Representatives Byrns ‘n the sixth and Eslick in the seventh are without aggressive opposition. In the eighth district Capt. Gordon Browning of Huntingdon will be returned. In the tenth, composed of Shelby County, |Memphis will return Hubert Fisher by A tremsndous vote. The November election virtually is certain to leave Tennessee with the same two Democratic Senators she now out of 10, Reece and Taylor being the Republicans. THOMAS FAUNTLEROY. SMITH’S VISIT FAILS TO ROUSE ILLINOIS Straw Votes Indicate Hoover Will Roll Up 400,000 Edge Downstate. Special Dispateh to.The Star. CHICAGO, 1., October 20.—For three days this week. Al Smith had Chicago safely tucked away. And that, it is be- lieved. is as near as he will get to put- ting the State | column. In those three days Smith talked to veral thousands of Chicagoans at one meeting and met hundreds of others at banquets and during his tour of the city. Chicago and downstate liked him. ‘Thay proved it to him at every oppor- tunity. And he undoubtedly won some votes. that he didn't win enou?h to put Il- linois even into the doubtful column. Instead of losing strength in the State as the election draws near, Hoover is gaining, according to straw votes taken in more than a score of downstate cities. Two months ago these cities gave Hoover a comfortable lead, but the recanvass indicates that Hoover should roll up 8 majority of 400,000 votes, outside of Cook County. Smith’s visit is expected to aid Demo- crats in putting over their local tickets and perhaps State candidates. But if the poll of voters is correct and Hoover comes to Cook County with a majority of 400,000, even Smith’s most ardent ad- mirers admit that the Nsw York Gov- ernor must lose Illinois. For none have claimed that he can carry the county by E. 3. NORLANDER, into the Democratic | But_political observers believe | KING SEEN CERTAIN WINNER IN UTA AT ‘r Colton and Leatherwood. Repub- | lican Incumbents in Lower | House, to Return. ‘ | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.. Octoher 20.—Republicans and Democrats of Utah are just completing the most thorough canvases ever made in this| State. Each claims that there will be | an unusually heavy vote and that there | will be an unusual amount of scratching | | is admitted on both sides. Aside from the political leaders, how- sver, whose privilege ssems to be to claim everyhting, all sorts of predic- tions on the ultimate outcome of the | tlection seem to be mere guesses. Sen- | |ator King. Democratic incumbent, is| putting up a strenuous campaign and so | is his opponent, Ernest Bamberger. Re- publican, whom King defeated six years ago. King seems to have the best out- look.and unless something unlooked for happens is likely to be elected. Repub- licans will not admit this. Some rail- road labor organizations have indorsed Bamberger. These are not members of the Federation of Labor, and other labor officials claim their action will have lit- tle weight. There seems little doubt that Don B. Colton and E. O. Leatherwood. Repub- lican incumbents, will be returned to the Lower House of Congress. Colton is op- | pesed, however, by a fiery campaigner, | Patterson. who was the only | Damocrat elscted to the State Senate | two years agp. | FRANX P, STEWART. | | Republican candidate. is conceded a fair chance to win over his Democratie opponent. Claude A. Fuller. If-he does it will be the first time in: half a century that a Republican Rep- resentative has been -sent from Ar- kansas. The third district, in Northwgst Ar- kansas. presents a queer political nrob< lem this year. Not only is it consid« ered to be a Republican stronghold, sa far as there can be a Republican strong« hold in Arkansas, but this year it con« many disaffected anti-Smith Democrats. On top of that a bitter fight was waged at the primary be- tween the Democratic candidates, and friends of the loser. in largs numbers; according to reports. are supporting the Republican candidate, all of whiclf helos Mr. Cecil. 2 A recent tour of the Southwest rel veals peculiar complexes in the political fdbric, and, while ths States, including Texas, are certain to remain Dem cratic, there are sections where anf Smith factions will record a majority. FLETCHER CHENAULT. DEMOCRATIC TICKET State Cemmittse Replies to As sault on Governor Bal- dridge. Special Dispaica to The Star. BOISE. Idaho, Ostober 20.—The Berthas of the Republican State cent, committee were moved into action this week in the political campaign and their fire centcred on the head of the Democratic_State ticket. C. Ben Ross, mayor of Pocatello and candidate for governor. It was the first major move of the campaign which promises to be- come hot and heavy bsfore it is over, . Broadsides were broadcast by A State committee, the object apparent beirg to put Mr. Ross very much, the defensive. He was bombarded flg a i;fles cgn' xation questions and a rather pointedly how it ha - that while he was commuianermtnnncuiu County. tax levies went so high and while he was mayor of Pocatello he made such a substantial increase in the city’s indebtedness. I Ths Democrats have been devoting most of th-ir smmunition to Gov. Bald- ridg= on the grounds the State's chist u'ivs 15 resoonsible for the increase ~*3 in Idaho. Some rathsr extrava- b 'r;;’m.s lll’lvesbeen made. It was thess that the State Republican committee sought to spike. H A LAWSO';