The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.


Our special Washington correspondent
sends us the following carefully written
review of the Republican outlook, under
date Of May S6:
Republican representatives in Congress
from all parts of the country are receiv-
ing remarkably encouraging reports on
the political outlook from their constitu-
ents. Up to about six weeks ago these
gentlemen were gloomily pessimistic as
to the immediate political future, both
as it affected them individually and as il
affected the country at large. Conf
dentially, at that time, in nine cases out
ten, they would admit that the i'm
mediate political future looked to them
dark and dismal. Now they insist that
it is irradiated with the rainbow colors
OF hope and success. Then they feared
that the Democrats would capture the
House and make gains in the Senate as
well. Now they believe they will hold
the House and themselves make gains in
the Senate. Representatives who as late
as the middle of April were Indifferent
as TO their own denomination, to-day ar
in the field either nominated OF actively
engaged in seeking denomination. There
are from seventy-five to one hundred dis
tricts throughout the country which are
always regarded as doubtful; that is, in
which each party thinks it has fighting
chance of winning. In all of these dis
tricts where nominations have not yet
been made, there is keen competition for
the honor, which is no longer regarded
as merely empty one. The Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee is
laying its plans to hold all its present
districts and to capture others now held
by Democrats. Discussing the political
situation to-day member of the COM
mittee said
6 There will be fight made in not
fewer than eighty districts. Unless I'M
favorable changes should occur we will
have decidedly the best of it. The prom
Use of crops throughout the West is most
excellent, and the farmers with good rea-
son figure on high prices for their prod
ucts. The acreage of wheat in the Mid
die and Western States is greater than in
any recent year. In the winter wheat
States the yield will be large. Other
pr0nc alc0 lob xx,oII co <ho+ ft,o foxr,, a,.c
are banking on prosperous year. This
makes them feel good and ends discen-
tent for the time being anyway. The
country generally is satisfied with the
Administration and disposed to back
it mp. President Mckinley, I find, has
the confidence of the people. and unless
the war is attended with some unfore-
seen and unfortunate disaster this conf
dence will endure. This is not Repub-
lican war, but it is inevitable that if it
goes well it will rebound to the political
benefit of the party in power, That is
as natural as that if ii went i'll it would
rebound to the political injury of the
party in power. The Democrats really
will have little that is live and fresh to
talk about or fight for. They will try of
course to force the silver question to the
front, but the Republicans will meet
them on that fairly and squarely, as they
did in '96, and. believe, with even more
disastrous results to the Democracy.
Any Republicans who are felicitating
themselves that they will not have the
money question to meet will speedily dis
cover their error, The Democrats will
not permit this issue to be subordinated
to any other, if they can help it. be
lieve this fact will become entirely clear
to the Republicans of the House before
Congress adjourns, and hope it will
spur them on to passing comprehensive
currency reform measure. Such action
would be of vast political advantage to
them during tie coming campaign