Show our weekly washington letter by NATIONAL PRESS SERVICE republicans PLAN KITTLES FOR SENATE SEATS washington U D july 31 1927 tho the republican national committee booklet on congress and its good deeds has set bet the republicans of the country to figuring in a most optimistic manner as to their opportunities in the 1928 senatorial elections thirty two of 0 the present sitting bitting members of the upper chamber will have to stand tor for reelection election re twenty one ot of this total are democrats ten axe are 1 republicans and one ot of min desota represents the farmer labor party this Is in direct contrast to the 1028 1026 election when the majority ot of those who had bad to go to the polls were republicans republican experts and workers are figuring and with considerable J justification on the possibility ot of capturing 14 ot of the 21 seats now held by democrats i they do not anticipate any trouble in electing republicans to the ton ten seats now i held field oy by republicans expire march 4 1029 1929 la in the state of washing ton senator dill can be easily defeated provided of course the republicans develop a reasonable amount ot of unanimity for a candidate in utah senator king can be defeated I he ic won the last time by a narrow margin and his continued adverse democratic attitude in tion to the sugar beet industry should alake make his ousting easy provided of course tho the republicans themselves will jive give united support to the republican nominee montana republicans bro are anticipating that the natural connected with the presidential election brings the defeat of senator wheeler within the line of possibility in this ewe it must be conte asod no really definite steps have been taken tor for the selection of the republican opponent but there are plenty of 0 key pittman of nevada has to tempt fate in 1928 and here again there is a serious feeling in view of the figures in the oddie baker contest in 1926 that the seat can be won by the republicans A A battle is to be made against kendrick lck of wyoming it la is possible at this time to forecast its lines michigan republicans who have shown a new militant spirit tire arc anticipating most comfortably the defeat of senator ferris and tho the substitution of a republican here again there are a number of strong personalities any one of whom could accomplish the desired result in missouri senator jim reed has declared that he will not be a candidate for reelection election re and as yet no definite word lis Is at aft hand as to the likely democratic nominee to succeed him beginning with 1904 missouri has been inclined toward republicanism in national elections save in 1912 and 1916 when wilson carried it and there are grounds for the hope that there another republican brand can be plucked from tho the burning the hint that senator jones of new mexico because of the condition of his bis health may not seek reelection election re has led to serious discussion of the possibility in arat event of electing a republican because of the inability of the democrats to pick a man of equal strength to jones tho the republicans are arc probably including within the list of defeat of senators edwards of new jersey copeland ol of new york gerry ot of rhode island neely ot of west virginia bruce of maryland bayard of 0 delaware this Is a most ambitious program and ito complete fulfillment Is hardly possible but in each and e ciery cry case strong positive republican campaigns will be made which will work to the advantage of the national presidential ticket and of the national republican organization 0 0 0 el 0 10 PRESIDENT lilied FILMED WHILE FISHING the newspaper photographers at rapid city have finally achieved their desire mid made a picture of the president while fishing ashing for three years now the have been permitted to take a picture ot of the presidents fishing activities and finally he allowed them to have their theil way the information of the public it Is just as well to make known that the mul irude of pictures of the president which dally daily flow out ot of the black back hills frankly not of his hie seeking the president Is still hoping honing tor for tle dawning of even en a sing single Is day va when hen lie he will be able to walk ride fish or hurit hunt without an be ac battery of motion picture photographers it might surprise the public to know that the pictures which it daily stes sees roily really tint only one of every ten requests made of him in this particular cast it cau can be said the presidents eld si decision to allow the photo giap heis to picture him while fishing was made only after a delegation of camera men had waited on him and asked him as a favor to consent because of the m many a u Y demands which had been made by th the e people throughout the country tor for this particular type of picture f TARY 1100 HOOKER ER STATES ATTITUDE TOWARD PRESIDENT secretary hoover while with the president at rapid city successfully blew up the levees which the extra congress session people have been trying to raise mr air hoover without mincing words or motions declared the president was ab sol right that an extra session lor for flood relief would be apt to do more harm than good and that the problem ot f hood flood relief relict was one ot of finance and engineering about gi ine cring and riot not ot of politics it was about time that this was said and mr hoover who has the greatest understanding as an all engineering observer ot of actual conditions ot of what Is the right thing was the one oke real man to make the statement the secretary also at the same time cleared up once and tor for all the stories and intimations that he was considering a presidential campaign ho he declared that ho he sincerely expected and hoped tor lor the reelection election re of president coolidge and to that end he was going to give his best energy that the hoover talk will continue Is to be expected he has friends and a multitude ot of them some ot of whom believe in political preparedness and who are anxious to keep the figure ot of hoover as a presidential po possibility a lity constantly before the public pubic but this Is nothing to get excited over in tact fact the republicans on the whole can take considerable comfort a and rid thought that while the democrats are seeking for one candidate on whom they can all unite the republicans have three or four at least with alth whom they can appeal to the people 0 0 ts a BORAH TALKS TO EASTERN TERN TOURISTS senator borah at home in idaho made a pretty little speech the other day to somo some eastern tourists at boise balse 1 you sometimes read in the eastern press ho he said about how unfriendly the west feels toward the east I 1 venture the opinion that your visit win will chase from your thoughts that delusion we appreciate the east we rejoice in your success and are proud of these magnificent ent old states all the west asks Is ft square deal in matters of national policy and nations legislation we want the whole country considered we are not tor for bearing down your prosperity we tire are lor for sharing it with you anil ana building up the country as a whole east west south and north wo we want policies broad enough to take into consideration the nation as a whole and the interests of all people and localities nowhere in this country will you find more prevalent than in this region the feeling that we are one people one country one flag united in one common destiny 90 O 0 O ENGLAND APPROVES antislavery ANTI SLAVERY PACT great britain in behalf of 0 england and india and other dominions except canada and the irish rree state has forwarded to the league of nations secretariat ratification of the antl anti slavery convention drawn up at geneva in september ber 1926 the convention now Is automatically mati cally in force throughout the british empire Bul bulgaria garla and denmark are the only other countries which have ratified the agreement |