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Show Forecast of the Congressional Elections tidiest, handiest margin for all practical prac-tical purposes. Close to 100 districts normally Democratic Dem-ocratic In the Inst deend were swept Into the Republican column by the Harding avalanche and many of these are expected by the political sharps 'to revert to type In the November No-vember election this year. A'io th Republicans say they ar prepared to lose a considerable number of additional addi-tional districts which they generally carry by a comparatively small plurality. plu-rality. Republican leaders would probably prob-ably be satisfied with . majority of 40 or 50 In the house. " If the Republicans carry the hound they will be in control of congress during the second half of Mr. Harding's Hard-ing's term. Mr. Harding will have the majority necessary to put througn the remaining legislation on the progiam to which he and his party are committed com-mitted and will have t free opportunity to lay a solid foundation, for a bid for retwmlnatlon. If, however, the Democrats carry the house the G. O. P. will be In trouble for the next two years, If not longer. 1 So, In this congressional campnln Is heard afnr the rumble of the g.ms of the 1024 presidential election. TX7ASHIN0T0N. The last of the " v primaries In the West for the nomination of candidates for United States senators and representatives has been held and the election cam-pulgn cam-pulgn Is on. With onjy one-third of the sennt to be elected the Republicans, Republi-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 Ilardlng landslide of 1D20 gave the Republicans the unusual and whol. ly abnormal majority of 109 In the house, too unwieldy and unmanageable unmanage-able a majority, sny the party leaders, who hold that about CO make the |
