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MONDAY, i NOVEMBER 1, 1S20. rilE OREGON DAILY JOUUHAI,, TO RTL AN D, OREGON RETURN OF THREE COAST SENATORS TERMED ESSENTIAL Washington; Nov. 1.- (WASH. INOTON BUREAU OP THE JOUR. NAL) Senators are to be elected In each of the Pacific coast state this . year, and the election or defeat of the three sitting senators who are . candidates for election. Chamber;. ' lain of Oregon, Jones of Washington and Phelan of California, has im portant bearing upon the influence these states will have In the next senate. Senator Chamberlain Is the' most eon. ' cpicuous member of the group, and the most Influential because of the com ml t tee" assignments he has held and the unusual service' rendered the- country during the war as chairman of the com mittee on military affairs. Senator Jones entered the senate at the same time, and stands second in 1 the influential posts he occupies, having now attained to 'the .chairmanship of the committee on ,. commerce. . CHAMBCBLAIX MOST PRIZED " Senator Phelan did not come to the , senate until six years after Chamber lain and Jones, and has not advanced so far on the committees. His. particular Interests also led him to seek commit. tees somewhat different from the North- wt senators, although important to the West. The Pacific coast would lose most if it lost Chamberlain, and the next ser ious loss would be Jones. That is the view official Washington takes. Irrespective of - party, and Quito , apart from partisan considerations. The longer a senator is here the further he advances on the committee. If he is up to senatorial standards ; and possesses . tact and personality along with ability. ,the greater the circle of hlj influence, It is largely , because he has this per sonallty and tact and ability and the ' quality of "getting on"; with his col leagues, that Chamberlain outrun oth.es senators who have served an equal or ' greater number of -years. r During the war there! was a tremen dous load on the shoulders of Chamber lain. He was one of three or four men i who were in the highest degree responsl- i bi for military policy and for the adop tion of measures which would accord . with public opinion In waging the war, - In, the winning of the war, History will give Chamberlain a place it gives to no otner senator. . . OHEOOX BENEFITTED , In the midst of that task he was riven another, when Senator Gore, chairman of th mmmitfM - rT -r'r rrtcnlttire. "soured" on the food control bill, ana -ur was entrusted to the Oregon -senator. Next to the questions of military policy, this measure was of next Importance. . . Just before this a measure of great concern to- Oregon, the return to- the publlo and the settlement of the Oregon tt California land grant, came along, and It was largely from his i effort,: in the committee on public lands and on the floor of the senate, that Oregon gained the benefits it 4 id from this legislation. Today he is ranking; member of the Democratic side on military affairs, and will return to the chairmanship of that committee if the senate is Democratic He Is second member on his side pn the committee on commerce, of which Jones is chairman,, and of which Oregon's Junior senator, -McNary. Is also a mem ber. This is the committee that deals with shipping legislation; never so Im portant to the West as now. -r i " In the committee on i public lands, where he rendered such signal service in the land grant legislation, hd j holds fourth place in the minority member ship, with McNary a little further down on the Republican side of the table. Oregon and the entire coast group is fortunately circumstanced in having both Oregon senators on the commit tees on commerce and public lands. Mem bers from the same state of the same party re not placed on the same com mittee. McNary could hot have gone on them had he not have been of the opposite political party, and if a Re publican senator should: come as Mc Nary's colleague, Jie could not go on unless- McNary drops off; HOLDS CHAIBJf A58HIF McNary now holds the chairmanship of the committee on irrigation and reclamation, with Jones as second mem ber. The Northwest jsenatorsLave worked into a strategic position? un usual strength, but one that cannot be retained if Chamberlain does not return. At a time when shipping river and har bor development, reclamation and publio land questions are so fifllj of possibilities, the two senators from! Oregon, with Jones of Washington, hold the double protection of two members on each of Jthe committees handling the' measures affecting them, and all three of them on ''commerce. j . Summing up. the commerce, commit tee, which' handles river and harbor bills M wen as snipping, ou jones as cruiir m an. Chamberlain as second in line on the minority, side, and MpNary. . The public lands committee has Cham berlain and McNary as members. Year in and year out it handles about as many measures affecting the welfare of the West as any other, j, -. The irrigation and reclamation com mittee has McNary as chairman and Jones as ranking member. Chamberlain and Jones are also mem bers of the commit tee on territories, wh.lch looks after measures for Alaska. Chamberlain and McNary, are members of the - committee on ' jthe Philippines. Chamberlain Is a member of the com mittee on coast defenses, and is chair man of one of the few committees headed by Democratic members, ' that on ex penditures' In the war department. Mc Nary is also placed on 'sericulture, In dian affairs and fisheries. II ir ntr n i i nf i-r n llLUlLI)li UlnlLU anuesdSe quar ters, addressed - more people. , , (Br Coital Newi.) Chicago Nov. Aj. -Western, states will furnish the Majority of what ever . surprising results .Tuesday's, election affords. Of L this both Re tetrublican and here than 60,000 Democratic headquarters seemed certain Sunday night, , ' Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Okla homa and Kansas, according to the best information available, are doubtful fac tors in the ultimate complexion of the electoral vote and are being claimed by both parties. STATES. IK DQTJBT C When Governor -Cox climbed wearily aboard his train here early Sunday he was etilL being assured by Democratic leaders that the West would repeat 1916 history and put him in the executive chair. ' : . - - ' - The Democrats claim Kentucky, In diana, Missouri,! Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Arizona, Montana and Nevada without question and i say that there Is a fighting chance in Kansas, Washing ton. Oregon, California and South Da kota. . - "Those who are forecasting Republican victories in these .states are doing so without knowledge of present sentiment.' said Frank C. Doremua, chairman of the Western headquarters. BOTH SIDES HAKE CLAIMS "The shift in sentiment during the past fortnight is greater than the casual ob server can anticipate. We were able to give Governor Cox some very cheering news." . ' '' The Republicans, with John T. Adams. vice chairman of the national committee, as spokesman, lay claims to the majority of these states. . . There is considerable idiscuBsion about Colorado, Missouri; Montana, New Mexi co and Utah,", he declared. "The Demo crats are making some desperate claims on this group, and, therefore, I have not classified them in the absolutely sure Harding group. Personally I have not the slightest doubt as to how they, will go. i EIGIIT SPEECHES 8UKDAT "The states to be classified as doubt ful in the West are Kentucky, Nevada' Oklahoma and Tennessee." Adams has figured the result to give Senator Harding 233 electoral votes. His list does not include Kentucky, Oklahoma or Missouri. ... - - - Governor Cox campaigned here until midnight Saturday. Jie made eight speeches during the day, and, 'according to the figures of the I Democratic taead- DIXG AGAIN STATES HE IS AGAINST PEACE IJEAGUE Y- " (Br Ub1tm1 Scrriea) . Marlon. Ohio. Nov. L "Two issues are met by voters in this campaign. One of them is the foreign policy of tne United States. The other Is the domestic policy of the United States. Between our Democratic opponents "and the American people -who a reaupporung--me -Kepuo- llican party these issues are dearly drawn." This was the crux" of a', statement issued to the American public on the eve of- the election by Senator Warren O. Harding Sunday night. AGAI5ST LEAGUE - . . . Charging his Democratic ' opponents with attempts to deceive the Voters on both these paramount questions Senator Harding states that the issue as to uie foreign policy is simply the question. "Shall we enter tne Farts league or na tions, assuming, among other obligations, the obligation of Article X?" The answer of the Republican party and its candidate is a flat '"no," Sena tor Harding asserts.' v After his "return to "th front porch from the last trip of the campaign Sena tor Harding spent a quiet Sunday of rest. In the morning he went to his Baptist church, accompanied by Mrs. Harding. 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