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Show G. 0. F. IS SURE OF COMPRESS No Doubt That Present Majority Will Be Considerably Increased. STATEMENT SHOWS SITUATION Figures Prepared by the Republican National Committee Prove Conclusively Conclu-sively That the Democrats Will Lose Seats. Republican uational committee headquarters head-quarters has issued u statement prepared pre-pared by John T. Adams, vice chairman chair-man of the committee ; Senator iiurry S. New uud Congressman Martin B. Madden claiming that of the 34 senators sena-tors to be elected iu Novcn. oer tne ie-publicaus ie-publicaus are sure of iu, reasonably sure of eight otners, ami have a lighting light-ing chance for still another two. i'res-' eut indications, they said, were that the Republicans would eiect 23, showing show-ing u net gain of 5. The present senate stands 40 Republicans Repub-licans to 47 Democrats. A net gain of eight would make the Republican strength 57 and the Democrats 30, or u Republican majority of 17, tiie statement state-ment says: Of the 435 congressmen to be elected elect-ed the Republicans expected to make a net gain of 23, the statement said. The present Republican majority in the house is 40. The Republican majority ma-jority iu the next cougress would uot be less than 71, they estimated. The 15 Republican senatorial candidates candi-dates rated as certain of election ate In California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, In-diana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New-Hampshire, New-Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington. The statement adds: "Of these states California, Idaho and South Dakota are expected to elect Republican successors to Democratic Demo-cratic senators, a gain of three. "In Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Oregon the Republicans have better bet-ter than an even chance. Of these states Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon are said to be set to return Republican candidates as successors to Democrats, making a net gain in this group of five, or a total net gain of eight in the two groups, which would increase the Republican Re-publican strength in the new senate to 57, leaving the Democrats 39. "In two states the situation is in doubt. They are Arizona and Nevada, where successors to Democrats are to be elected. If both these states should be lost to the Republicans, which is not conceded, it would not affect the estimated Republican gain of eight in the new senate." |
