The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-12


look little strange in my saying 1t mas
much as 1 have had something to do with
previous committees, IL is not intended
TO make comparison detrimental to
other committees. l am firm in the be-
lief that the work done by this committee
Is lar in advance of the work done by any
OF its predecessors. think we have is
sued more literature than any committee
of late years and at a much smaller cost. -
why is it that all official news given
out to the press is of an encouraging
character"
1T will be readily seen that 1t would be
folly on the part of the party managers
to tell in advance what their expectations
were, just as much as it would be in a
chess player who sits down to play a
, game of chess and informed his opponent
IN advance what move he expected to
make and what result he expected. Under
such circumstances he could never expect
to win. A general managing campaign
would never allow his opponent to know
what he proposed doing, therefore it is
folly to expect predictions from cam
paign managers. 1t would be hardly nat
trail or reasonable to expect a manager
to say he was going to meet with defeat
week hence. We are. therefore, com
PEELED to claim success where we have no
expectations"
Does your committee expect to hold
the next House?"
This committee does expect that the
democrats will have a majority in the
next House of Representatives, basing its
expectations upon the minute information
of a favorable character received from all
over the country. OF course, there are
points where disaffection exists and there
are spots where there are complications,
but on the whole, considering the short
ness of the campaign, the committee has
every reason to believe that the democrats
have gained their normal strength
throughout the country, and will have n
good working majority in the next House
of Representatives"
what is the estimate Of the populist
strength in the next House?"
I'VE are counting on only ten or twelve
at the outside"
HAS the committee anything to dc
with the election of senators?"
Certainly the committe is interested
in the lection Of senator's, and is giving aid
such aid as it is asked to give and can
give in states where legislatures are to be
elected which will choose United States
senators. I am strongly Of the belief
that we will increase our majority il
that body perhaps by three or four votes. -
Does the committee possess any inform
alton on the question, win the next
presidential election be thrown into the
House?"
about the election being thrown into the
House of Representatives.. This is the
bogy that has become projected across
the political horizon at different periods
since the election of Jefferson. I do not
think it possible for the Republican party
to make any combination which viii
result in preventing the democratic noml-
nees from securing a majority of the cleo
toral votes. With the conditions of IN
certainty in the country at the present
time, however, I firmly believe that great
changes will take place in the party or
CARNATIONS within the next two years. -
us there any great difference in con
Quoting a congressional campaign de-
cade since and now?'
There is very little difference in con-
Quoting a campaign now and in former
years. There is less bulky Htera ture sent
ont and greater quantity of short, pithy
articles These articles are sent out in
greater quantities, but the press of this
country plays such an important part in
campaigns and prints so much material
that 1t is unnecessary TO send out any
thing Ike the quantity of matter required
in former years. This is a business age,
and the people require short, condensed
articles"
"Will the time ever come, in your opin-
ion, when elections will be held to the
satisfaction of the reform element of the
land?"
mo What the reform element of to-
day is may be looked upon as the corrupt
element two years hence. Therefore, it
will be impossible for elections 20 be held
that will give satisfaction to all"