Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
THE SENATOR WAS SINCERE
Chairman Faulkner Believed the Next
House Would Be Democratic.
He Outlines the Misleading Reports
From Various States Upon Which
He Based His Confidence.

Chairman Faulkner. before leaving for his
home. said to a friend who asked him
whether he really believed before election
that the democrats would organize the
House. or whether his declarations upon
that subject were Of the perfunctory cam
paign order, said: II really expected that we
should organize the House. but by a great
ly reduced majority. 1t never occurred TO
me that the persons upon whom we relied
for information could be so terribly mis-
taken. They were. in every instance. men
who were upon the ground in the different
states, who were familiar with the local.
tiles. who were old campaigners. and who
certainly ought to have been able to form
a judgment upon which the committee
could rely. Take the two states of Illinois
and Wisconsin, for instance.
Morrison Sure of Illinois.
II was never more amazed than 1 was at
the result from Illinois. My expectations
that the democrats would be successful
there, and would gain a Senator to sue
ceed Cullom, were based largely upon the
opinions of Mr.. w X. Morrison of the inter-
state commerce commission, which were
communicated to me. Mr.. Morrison has
been a democratic politician in that state
since his early manhood. He has always
kept in touch with political movements
there. He represented for many years an
Illinois district in Congress, and was chair
man Of the ways and means committee in
the national House of Representatives. He
has been for some weeks in Illinois, and
has been active upon the stump there. He
informed the committee that there would
certainly be twelve democratic Congress
men from that state. ana that there possi-
bly, might be fourteen; that the democrats
to tasx, oil kNff ha
gressional districts which they had, and
had good reason to believe that they might
win some OF those now represented by re-
publicans, and that the state would GER
tainly go democratic and that the demo-
Gratis would elect United States Senator
to succeed Cullom.
That was one of the sources Of informa-
ton which the committee had as to its eX-
pectations i'm Illinois. And probably Mr..
Morrison is much surprised as the COM
inittee is at the result.
Wall Mistaken About Wisconsin.
Take the state of Wisconsin. Chairman
Wall Of that state is a man of large ex-
perience in campaign matters, and of great
resources. His success in making predic-
tions as to the political result in that state
two years ago was extraordinary. The
committee might be pardoned IL Ii attach
ed as much importance to his opinions
now. He informed the committee that the
state was certain to 60 democratic. and that
all o. the Congressman which we now have
would be retained and that there would be
gains i'm the republican districts. He was
mistaken, as all tie rest Were The demo-
Gratis did not carry the state. They lost il
by more thousands than IL is Necessary TO
mention. 1t is said that one solitary demo-
cratic Congressman survives the wreck In
Wisconsin,; but 1t may he we'll not to at
tach too much importance TO that claim
ha f.1nin oil rGr,a G1x
are perious times.
''As for Illinois, it is row said that we
not only have not carried the state but
that the republicans have secured the en-
tire congressional delegation of -.
The democratic rational committee was
entirely sincere in it's Claim that the demo-
Gratis would Organize the Lext House, al
though we Were col fdent that We should
have a greatly reduced majority. The re-
suit has shown that sincerity and infalli-
bilty are not convertible terms. The demo-
cratic congre SIS ional committee did the best
that it could. 1t DID rot have the gift of
prophecy. but it should be accorded the
credit of sincerity"