Show SENATE NA TE N NOW W COMMANDS fA u ATTENTION Jitter Bitter Fight for Control Nearly Obscures the Presidential residential Election Battle to Be Close v By L. L C C. C MARTIN v V t United Press Staff Cor Correspondent f TV V WASHINGTON Oct Oct 2 W VV With Nith o ith election day a week off f ilia the fight for control of the j. j senate today engrossed party leaders as deeply as the thep Both parties p contest is sure Neither r claim cairn tho the senate of it The present sen senate te stands forty- forty Jno Republicans Republican and seven forty-seven seats are to toto Democrats Thirty four to pe re filled on election da day daj Nineteen of of tj these eso arc are now held by and fifteen by Republicans STATES i rn Inthe the privacy of their own councils rt leaders put down a dozen states b j if is doubtful In the senatorial fight tIght 1 il hey nicy Include Kentucky k Connecticut i ir Iowa w Ohio Wisconsin New Hampt Hamp- Hamp Hamp 5 t Idaho California Maryland ColoT Colorado do and Indiana In Inv v too some jome onie others there are aio tight contests contests ji i. i j In Jn T t. t K Ken Kentuck i t lucky k l- l where n i-n the ihn Republicans cans ji i. i too j In Jn T t. t K Ken Kentuck i t lucky k l- l where n i-n the ihn Republicans cans i f en uc y 4 t the present governor Richard Richardi Y Republican is a bid a. i VI 4 J r 3 Collator Beckham's Beckham s seat r Senator benator is rep reported having hay hav hayThe life In ing The fight of his political r i Connecticut G n He Hes is s opposed by Au- Au Brandegee is anti anti- Lonergan and treaty irreconcilable is but Is is' is prof pro pro- i league gue of nations Both Both sides aie are exe ex ex- f l e confident i CUMMINS INS HAS FIGHT s. s Ip A i great great deal dIal is heard about abou t the Y 6 possibility of defeating Senator Cummins Cummins Cum- Cum r mins of bt bf Iowa Republican president I r ro tem tent of the senate and coauthor of the railroad law Labor Laboi has been against Cummins However labors labor's votes failed to defeat him for re- re is Cummins' Cummins opponent Claude tl Porter counsel for the fedIal federal fed fed- eral Ial trade commission 1 In Ohi the senatorial fight t is closely loselY linked of course with the contest between Cox and Harding I Former Former Governor Frank B B. Willis Is 0 the Republican Y n-Y nominee in 0 for Sen Senator tor I i Harding Hardings s seat and W W. A A. Julian JuHan Is the Dem Democrat crat Willis has the ad advantage advantage tage of being much better known van van-I LENROOT HARD PUT Wisconsin presents a battle battle- between Senator IrvIne Lenroot Republican Incumbent James Thompson a Lafollette La La- follette Republican and Paul late United Unite States minister to China the Democratic nomInee nominee Lenroot beat Thompson for the Republican nomination Democrats profess hope I that will slip in while the I Republicans destroy each other Senator Moses hoses an Republican Republican Re Re- publican has encountered stiff Re-I Re opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position in New Hampshire and the state stat is is classed as doubtful In Idaho Senator Nugent Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic incumbent and pro leaguer is oppose opposed oppose b bj by Prank Frank Gooding of whom Senator Borah irreconcilable leader says that he ha is all right on the treaty CALIFORNIA SCRAP California is is seeing a i- i warm arm scrap Senator Phelan Democrat seeks r r re election He is anti- anti Japanese and a strong friend of Irish freedom Senator Hiram Johnson however is backing Samuel Short Short- ridge Republican who has In the past belonged to a different wing of the G. G GOP O. O P. P than Johnson Short- Short ridge is against the league Maryland's Maryland s Republicans greaty re reInforced reinforced reinforced re- re by the national organization are doing everything they can to elect 0 O. O E E. Weller to fill Senator John Walter Smiths Smith's shoes SPENCERS SPENCER'S BATTLE Senator Sp Spencer Republican In Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent In- In from Missouri and Breckinridge Breckinridge Breckin- Breckin ridge Long former assistant secretary of state are fighting on the league of nations issue Senator Reed Spencers Spencer's Democratic colleague supported supported supported sup sup- ported Spencer in his recent controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy with President Wilson Vilson but it itis itis itis is c considered y doubtful Reed will ad advise advise advise ad- ad vise his followers to vote for Spencer The Colorado contest was complicated complicated complicated with Senator Thomas Democrat Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat who did not seek entered as an independent He is against the league Tom Taggart is tr trying ing to give In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana Democrats a a a. senate seat at the tho expense of Senator Jim Watson |