The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
PREDICTIONS OF THE COMING PRES
IDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
The Condition of Each Party--Doubtful
states--The Popuiists Figure ON Car
ryipg Eight states--Hornets' Nest
Among Newspaper Men.
POLITICIANS HAVE MUCH FUN

The man who tries to get an accurate
idea of the political situations by visiting
the headquarters of the Congressional
committees of the several parties finds
himself in a badly muddled condition
when he gets through listening to what
is told him. OF course it would be impo-
lite for him to accuse anybody of DELHI
erately lying or disappearing things
but he can not help thinking that the
Congressional committees command the
services of a number of men with imag-
ination enough to make them successful
war correspondents or real estate boom.
ers also, that some of the claims made
bring to mind the boy who wasn't afraid
to be in the dark, but still continually
whistled to keep up his courage.
While the Democratic and Republican
managers are fighting for majority of
members in the next house, either would
gladly let the other side have majority,
if thereby they could retain for their own
party the control of the majority of the
state delegations in the House. The
House may not be called upon to elect
the next President, but then again it
may-many think the indications point
that way,-and if it should the prize
will belong to the party that can control
the votes of % states in the House, as
Arizona and New Mexico will not proba-
bly, get representation in Congress early
enough to be considered in this business !;
in fact, that was one of the reasons why
the bills for their admission were not
acted upon by the Senate at the last ses-
sion. So far as the vote for President is
concerned majority of one is just as
good as the entire delegation, rs each
State only has one vote and that is cast
by the majority.
In the present House the Democrats
control the delegations from % states,
the Republicans from ii and the Popu-
lists control three states and hold the
balance of one state-Nebraska Now,
the question that is bothering the politi-
clans is what changes will be made in
the State delegations by the coming Con
gressional e ections. The elections that
have been held have not thrown much
light upon the subject, for nobody really
expected Alabama or Arkansas TO go any
other way than Democratic, or Oregon,
Vermont and Maine to go any other way
than Republican. To control majority
of the State delegations in the next House
the Republicans will have to hold the IA
they now have and TO add 8. The Dem
ocrats can not lose more than three of
the States they now have without drop
ping into the minority, and as the States
they now control include New York, Hi
nois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Delaware and New
Jersey, the chances for losing are alto.
gether too numerous TO please members
of the party. The Populists figure upon
controlling the delegations of at least four
and possibly as many as eight States. If
this claim should turn out to be correct,
the Populist increase would be entirely
at the expense of the Republicans, and
would probably result in giving the Pop
ulists the balance of power in the House
should the election of President be thrown
into that body by reason of the failure
of any candidate TO receive the votes OF
a majority of the electoral college. This
prospect of holding the balance of power
in the election of President, should the
House be called upon to perform that
duty, is highly pleasing to the Populists,
but not to the old parties, each of which
would prefer seeing the other win than
to see the Populists occupying such an
advantageous position.
"The younger man is the easier he
can initiate fool when placed in posi-
ton of authority" was favorite ex-
preston with wise old man i used to
know. II was recalled to mind by some
of the actions OF young Mr.. Dee, the AS
sistant Secretary of War, who has been
acting Secretary since Secretary Lamont
went away on his vacation. Mr.. Dee has
an idea that the chiefs of bureaux In the