The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-29
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
PREDICTION OF SUCCESS BY BOTH PARTYLEADERs.

The Order of the Day-Chainman Babcock
 On the Attitude of the Republican Con-
 gressionAi Committee Toward the A. F.
 A.-What President Cleveland VIII Have
 to Consider in the Next Few weeks-Ex-
 press Companies Want Federal Protection
 Against Robbers.
 lrrom our Washington CorTespondentl
 Washington, Oct. 26.-Interest here centers on the situation in New York in democratic circles, and what action. if any, the president will take on the matter. Chairman Faulkner of the dem ocratic headquarters, makes almost daily trips to the big city to look over the situation and advise with the lead CTS of the empire state Senator Faulkner expresses himself as hopeful concerning the outcome in New York as well as all over the country and says that before the time comes to cast ballots the voters will find but one democrat to be voted for In nearly every congressional dis trlct in New York state. "The Wheeler movement will not embarass us much, and look to see MT. Hill elected. In fact I think the Wheeler movement will help the party, as the democrats who will not vote for Hill will vote for Wheeler, and the same is true of the republicans who dislike Morton, thus reducing the republican strength at the polls" Senator Faulkner had nothing to say about the action of President Cleveland, and as to what course he would pursue towards endorsing HilPs nomination. Of the situation at large Senator Faulkner was enthusiastic, and all along the line 1t was nothing but good news for the democrats. Ohio, h. diana and Illinois send encouraging news as does West Vaginia, North Carolina and Connecticut, where the sit- uation seems to be improving daily
 At republican headquarters Chairman Babcock was just as enthusiastic over republican prospects, and stated that a recent consideration of the situation made 1t appear even in a more cheerful
 
 most of the close districts was encour- aging, with almost 8 certainty of re- publican gains.
 The A. P. A. question seems to an- noy MT. Babcock seriously, and in reply to statements that the committee have been extensively circulating A. P. A. literature has the following to say on the subject: have to-day been handed what purports to be an advance sheet of a document now being printed in this city, and as am creditably informed under the auspices of the democratic congressional committee. It is entitled "A bold appeal to bigotry. Republi- cans circulating A. P. A. literature The congressional committee doing the work but shirking the responsibility" The document is made up of extracts from newspapers, and is so entirely de void of truth that 1t would hardly seem necessary to deny any such tissue of base fabrications, all>of which are false upon their. face. I have repeatedly : stated to the press that the republican congressional committee had absolutely no connection of any kind, either direct ly or indirectly, with any secret so- ciety, or, in fact, with any other so- ciety; that 1t has conducted the cam paign strictly upon the lines indicated in the last national platform, realizing that the committee has no authority to make or inject any issues into the cam paign not authorized by its party plat form. We have worked steadily on this line, and all the literature that has been handled or published by the com mittee has been exposed for the public, and for the public uses in the head quarters. No one has ever been refused any of the documents published by or issued by the committee, and they have all been scattered broadcast over tha land, as the committee thought, and still think, in the interest of good gov ern1nent and protection to all. desire to say once more that the statements made in this pamphlet or folder, so far as they seek to connect the congression- al committee or the republican organ ization in charge of the campaign with any organization of any kind, are ab- soluteIy. and unqualifiedly false in every particular; that there is not, nor has there been, any connection, directly or indirectly, with any organization out side of the authorized state central and district congressional committees; nor has this committee handled, mailed, CT cauJed to be mailed, any literature of any kind, except that exposed for public use in it's reception room.
 Senator Faulkner of the democratic committee, when asked ebout the state- ment, would neither stf1rm or deny the truth of the same. as emanating from the committee.
 The return of President Cleveland to the executive mansion calls attention again to the numerous important mat ters aWaiting his action, among them and perhaps the most important being the preparation of his annual message to congress, which must be ready when congress convenes in December. Sey- eral important postof11ce and other offic- es 10 be filled by new men will engage . fair share of his attention. He has also to take up and render an opinion in the Brazil-Argentine boundary dis pute, determining the ownership of the Nissiones territory.
 The action of the quadruple alliance may furnish some food for reflection, although the government has declined to beco6n. participant in matters re- lating to the war between China and Japan. But the fact that China has de- termfned in advance to select Secre-