Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-04

The democratic congressional committee are
making very little use Of any issue except the
force" bill in the south, and they are now con-
graduating themselves that their documents on
that subject are very effective in the close dis
tricts. They find great difficulty in their efforts
to discover what the republicans are doing in
the south. but they have come to the conclusion
that the republican congressional committee
are not trying to do much in the way Of elect
ing southern republicans to the House. but are
trying to trade with the independent candi-
dates, giving votes for Congress in exchange
for votes for electors.
Having come to this conclusion az 70 the re-
publican plan they are talking very confidently
OF a large majority in the next House, but are
correspondingly anxious about the electoral
vote IN certain Of the southern states. The re-
publicans may not be very hopeful in the south,
but the democrats are certainly very anxious.
THE CONGRESSIONAL SITUATION.
As to the congressional situation the demo-
Gratis say that Secretary Mcpherson had an idea
that the republicans could elect large number
Of republicans to the House from the SOUTH
but that the national managers Of the party re-
garded 1t as more important TO devote all their
energies to the presidential election and to
sacrifice Congressman wherever anything could
be gained for the presidential ticket by so do
Ing. Those who can speak with authority as to
the work of the democratic congressional COM
mittee say that they expect. of course. to fall
short in the next House of the large majority
they have in this. bu: that the loss will not be
as heavy as might naturally be expected.
THE THIRD TENNESSEE DISTRICT.
There is a hard fight in the third Tennessee
district, where II. Clay Evans who served in
the Fifty-first Congress, is the republican can
didate against Representative Snodgrass The
democratic committee have been deluging the
district with ''anti-force bill literature. and
have made much of the fact that Evans voted
for the Lodge bill Mr.. Snodgrass has written
TO the committee that this has been very effect
i've and that he is now safe. The same sort of
policy was followed in Mr.. McRea's district in
Arkansas, where it was feared that the repub-
lican candidate had the best OF it.
ASTI-"roRcE BILL" LITERATURE
An immense amount of anti-.'force bilr' lit
erature has been sent into the district and all
other issues practically abandoned Mr.. Nc
Res writes that the situation has greatly i'm
proved for him.
In McKaig's district in MARYLAND "force
bill campaign Is being conducted and the COM
mittee hope to return the democrat. The COM
mittee are anxious about Wilson and Anderson
IN West Virginia and are pushing the force
bill Issue there.
Joe O'Neil of Massachusetts has written To
the committee that he is all right and needs no
help, and similar letter has been received
from George ID. Wise of Virginia.
FEAR DUBuRRow's DEFEAT.
The democrats fear the defeat Of Duburrow
in Chicago. In the redistricting of Ohio the
district lines readjusted as to give sixteen
republican and five democratic districts instead
OF fifteen democratic to six republican now
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