National Republican., 1886-08-18
noN. JOIN c. NEW rALKs.
He Tells Something of the Outlook ~
thn ntUaront Indiana ntatrI,ts

He Tells Something of the Outlook In
the Different Indiana Districts.
Hon. John G. New, OF indianapolis, in a
conversation with a reporter Of the Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN,, gave some interesting
points on the political outlook in his state
as the congressional campaign approaches.
"After looking carefully over the field"
said he, 81 feel safe in predicting that we
will have a good majority Of the Indiana
delegation in the next Congress. There
are now eight Democrats and five Republi-
cans. A gain Of two would place us In the
majority, but we expect more than that.
Never In the history OF Indiana has aiparty
been so thoroughly broken up into factions
as the Democrats are there to-day. Nearly
every convention they have held so far has
broken up in split and In independents
taking the field. When IL is remembered
how close all the Democratic districts are
the significance OF these splits can be seen
at once. The Republicans, on the other
hand, have all along preserved the spirit OF
harmony, and individual leaders are nobly
sacrificing their personal ambition for the
general good Of the party. Unless a most
improbable change comes over the face Of
things before November, you will find the
Indiana delegation entering the next Con-
gress divided in this Republicans, o;
| Democrats, 4. To begin with, we will carry
the indianapolis district. All the country
| has heard OF the Democratic fight there and
the deep bitterness displayed by the fac
tions toward each other. 1t would make
little difference In effect even IL only one
| Democratic candidate were In the field, for
no one yet mentioned can poll much more
than half Of the party vote. Mr.. Bynum's
| majority last time was less than thousand,
so you see that with existing conditions
Republican Is sure Of success. The split in
the twelfth district will give us another seat
in the House. The nomination OF Mr..
Lowry by q lot OF federal oilceholders is
not and will not be indorsed by the people.
The feeling among the Democrats there is
more bitter than have ever known to exist
over any political contest. A half dozen or
more Democrats are in the field to divide
up Mr.. Lowry's majority OF 1900 two years
ago. "
90 Republican. He had something over n
thousand majority last time, ] believe. This
time he is not in the field, but two hostile
Democrats have been nominated by conven'
tions OF their own, and are determined to
fight IL out TO the end. All efforts looking
toward compromise have proved inetfec
tual, and as each candidatelhas consIdera.
BILE following 1t Is easy to foresee what The
which will return Republican is the ninth
now represented by Mr.. Ward. The 6O(
Democratic majority of 1884 can no Longer
be held together on account o.
the unusually bitter factlonal quar-
rels which have sprung up ther,
as well as elsewhere in Indiana thi
year. The retirement Of Judge Ward will
prove the death blow Of the Democracy o
the ninth. We have hopes Of carrying ever
one more dstrict-the third-though II hai
the largest Democratic majority OF any IL
the state. Our hopes are based on the fac
that Mr.. Howard, the present member, ha
Democratic competitor In the field who |
expected TO poll at least Q, 1000 votes. Thi
would elect Republican of course. o.
the whole them" concluded Mr.. New
smllingly, 1--WE have nothing to complain