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Show m$fWQK)N CIIY A3 gpitei, -t0' j j Forecast of the Congressional Elections I tidies", handiest margin for all practical prac-tical purposes. Close to 1t0 districts normally Democratic Dem-ocratic in the Int decade were swept into the Ilopubliran column by the Harding avalanche and many of these are expected by the political sharps to revert to type i:i the November No-vember election this year. Also the P.epublicans say they art prepared to lose a considerable number of additional addi-tional districts which they generally carry by a comparatively small plurality, plu-rality, llepublican leaders would probably prob-ably be satisfied with a majority oi 4(1 or 0 in the house. If the Republicans carry the bouse they will be in control of ecngress during the second half of Mr. Harding's Hard-ing's term. Mr. 1 larding will have the majority necessary to put through the remaining legislation on the program to which he and his party are committed com-mitted and will have a free opportunity to lay a solid foundation for a bid for reiiomination. If, however, the Democrats cat'ry the house the G. O. P. will be in trouble for the next two years, if uot longer. So, in this congressional campaign is heard afar the rumble of the guns of the 1024 presidential election. TyASMINGTON. The last of the primaries in the West for the nomination (1f candidates f'' Fiiited Slates senators and fcepresentatives has been held and the election cam-j cam-j paign is on. With only one-third of the sienate to be elected the Kepubli-cans, Kepubli-cans, who now have a majority of 22, are assured of continued control of that body in the next congress, though possibly by a reduced majority; and the principal question the election will answer is whether the Republicans are to retain control of the house also. The Harding landslide of 1020 gave the Republicans the unusual and wholly whol-ly abnormal majority of KiO in the house, too unwieldy and unmanageable unmanage-able a majority, say the party leaders, who hold that about 50 make the |