Next week will come the general elections throughout the country, in which an entire new House of Representatives will be chosen and State legislatures be elected which will have to choose the successor of thirty of the members of th" United States Senate. In the present House the Republicans have a working ship of 357. The Republicans expect majority of nearly 50 in a total member-
thatthe elections will give them still a majority, though probably s smaller one than the present. 'The Democrats claim that they will gain more than 50 seats. It is probable that the expectations of the Republicans will be realised, though safe Spredictions are dificult in' view of the "obtrusion of local issues into the contests in various states. In the Senate it is probable that the Republicans will have s small majority. The Republicans are pretty generally united on the policy of holding the Philippines, while the Democrats have been driven—unwillingly in many cases—to oppose the expansion of the country's territory.
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