Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-30
nEpunLIoANs A1n ArsrA.
National Committee Puzzled Over the
Congressional INSTRUMENTATION lis
Afraid Indiana Will Go Democratic,

Afraid Indiana VIII Go Democratic.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Washington bids
fair to be empty of politicians next week.
Il is pretty near that condition now. Only
two or three members of the cabinet are
here. Secretary Blaine has gone west.
Secretary Tracy has gone to New York
Secretary Proctor will go next week. Mr..
Wanamaker is i'll Pennsylvania, and so are
all the other Pennsylvanians who hold
high offices here. The President hopes to
be able to 20 to Indiana, and the Attorney
general and Treasurer Huston will Ger
family do so. The Democratic and Repub-
lican committees are about ready to Shut
up shop, and their rooms present de-
serted appearance. Both committees eX-
press confidence in the result, but
neither is INDUCING in any lnster.
1t is felt that the circumstances surround
ing this election are unusually uncertain
owing to the tariff agitation, the Farmers
Alliance business, the redistricting of vari-
olis states, and other special causes. The
managers at committee headquarters are
therefore puzzled, and freely confess that
they are 1t is generally believed that the
Democrats sand good chance to gain
larger number of districts than the Repub-
licans and the majority of disinterested OBJ
servers expect the Democrats to secure the
next House of Representatives.
The star this evening says; 1.-THE gem
eral understanding is that the state Repnb-
lican committee of Pennsylvania and MIR.
Quay arc doing nothing at all to help on
the Congress canvass in that state. and it is
openly stated by Republicans that he is
ready to sacrifice everything to secure the
election of Delamater as governor, The
trading off of Congress districts for this
purpose is strongly limited at. In New
York about as bad "A state of affairs is said
to exist. The Republican state committee
are paying no attention to Congress, but
are deyoting themselves to the local cleo
tons, and the national Con ,ress commit
tee are at sea in all their calculations.
They have no sort OF an idea what to ex-
pect from either New York or Pennsyl-
yania. In Indiana the Republicans expect
to gain two members, and they expect to
hold their own IN Connecticut. New Jersey
and Massachusetts. In Illinois they are
afraid Of losing one member, and also one
in Wisconsin. 1t is evident that they have
very. little hope Of el2cting Mr. Mckinley
IN Ohio
The Critic of this afternoon says: 1.-The
President is afraid that Indiana will go
Democratic and he argues that if he should
20 out there now and the State go Demo
cratic, il would discredit him in the eyes of
the country. He but lately made a trip
through the State, and he fancies that the
crowds which turned out to greet him did
so because of his personal popularity, and
not simply to see President. Ii now he
should return to vote and his party be de-
feated, he breads the effect it would have
on his standing i'll his party. On the con-
trary, if he remains away on the convcn
lent plea of pressure of public business,
and the State should go Republican, he
can attribute it to his strength at his home.
The fact is every possible effort has been
made by the President and his friends to
win in Indiana. Clerks and other Federal
employees here and elsewhere have been