The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-19
SENATOR HANNA'S OPINION.
mpOrtance OF Controlling the Nexe
House and Sustaining Presi-
dent Mckinley.

Senator Hanna, the chairman of the
republican national committee, in con-
ference with the managers of the re-
publican congressional campaign,
made some pointed and interesting
comments on the political outlook.
Among other things, he said:
Zone can appreciate the exact situa-
tion of the campaign when he recalls
that in 1896 there were go congress
districts in which members were elect
ed by majorities of less than 1000
votes. This was true of democrats as
well as republicans. The majority of
these districts were carried by less
than 500 plurality, and you can see at
once how important it is to arouse in
terest and activity in these districts.
The republicans must not let the DEM
ocrats get ahead of them in work.
have every expectation of repub-
lican majority in the house, aud it is
to the interest not only of the repub-
licans but of the country at large that
the next house should be in accord
with the president, so as to carry out
his policy and sustain him in great
matters Of state and government for
the next two years. History shows
that usually the congress elected in
the middle of an administration has
majority adverse to the dominant
party. There are many reasons for
this, the chief among them being the
apathy among the voters, the result OF
patronage. The offices have been dis
tributed, and the men who worked in
the presidential campaign with the
hope of reward afterward have either
secured places or have been disap-
pointed, and they lose interest in the
| congress elections, or remain away
from the polls because of their disap-
| pointment. We do not want history
repeated this year, and, as have said,
| it is to the interest of the whole coun-
try to have the house of representa-
tives In accord with the president.
"The republican party has carried
out its pledges made at st. Louis so far
as senate opposed to us has enabled
US to do so. The prediction that pros
perity would follow the election of Nc
| Kinley has been verified, and no one
dares dispute it. The country is now
| prosperous because confidence has
| been restored, and the question at the
polls this fall is: Shall we maintain
that confidence and keep prosperity,
or shall we unsettle conditions again?
| The war has been successfully waged,
and our victories have been great and
glorious. There are tremendous ques-
tions yet to be solved, and the presi-
dents policy in regard to these mat
| tiers is to be carried out. Shall we have
a congress willing to aid him in the
wonderfully successful policy he has
already pursued, or will the people Of
the United States by their votes de-
clare our war failure and refuse to
sustain the president?
"There is another question also in
financial one. BY the republican vic
tory in 1896 the country declared that
silver was no longer an issue. But the
democratic party is still declaring itIs
an issue, and in all the state conven-
tons held so far, except Connecticut,
New Jersey and New York, the Chi
cago platform has been reaffirmed.
| Senator Jones, chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee, in his
speech in St. Louis in August last,
stated that silver as an issue was not
dead, and would not be until the dem
ocratic party declared it so. he stat
| ed that the democratic fight would be
made at this election on this issue, and
would be continued as long as the DEM
ocratic party saw fit. With the official
head of the democratic committee
thus declaring the issue for this cam
paign, it remains for the people again
| to show by their votes whether silver
is really an issue in national affairs or
not."-N. Y. Tribune.