The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-17
FEAR Loss Of NEXT HOUSE
Hanna Admits the Outlook Is De.
cidedly Doub tful.
HE MAKES A CALL FOR MORE MONEY.
in Washington begging for Help.
Even Obio Making Demands.
(BY JOS. oHL.)

(BY JOS. oHL)
Washington. October f3.--The republic
cans have real case OF scare on and the
campaign managers hero are moving
heaven and earth to stop the tide which
they feel has set against them. From
Mark Hanna down they are crying for
money, and they are raising the cry be-
cause they are genuinely afraid they are
going to lose the next congress Their
own polls show the outlook to be decidedly
dubious They have had lot Of money 10
spend, but they are crying aloud for more
Wholesale corruption of the ballot. such
as carried the election of 1895 for them.
| Emissarles are here from the different
close STAKES touching the republican office
| holders for a rake-off on their salaries.
| 1t is the old method against which such
| civil service purists as Mckinley and
| Roosevelt have long rallied, but we hear
nothing from these gentlemen now. r. L.
| Holland OF Ohio has sent his cards TO all
| Ohio republicans IN the departments tell
| ing OF his presence at tho Hotel Cochran,
and suggesting the desirability of a visit
| from the recipients at their earliest con-
venlence. Tom Plat has had man over
| here from New York on a similar mission,
! but his identity Is not quite so certain, for
he has eluded tho vigilance OF the news
papers, while the Ohio enassary had the
| hid luck to get some OF his letters In
print.
THE WHOLESALE END.
These are but two, however. They are
here from all the close States bleeding
the employees for all they can But this Is
the petty she OF the bleeding business.
| Mark Hanna is himself in charge OF the
| wholesale and more important end. and the
| indications that come from New York are
that he has been highly successful.
Hanna does things by the Wholesale He
believes in the use of money and a lot OF
it. He has been more eloquent in his In
slstence that 1t must be had this year than
ever before--if that is possible. He does
not attempt to conceal his belief in the
imminence of defeat. and according TO his
code OF ethics there is but one possible way
to avert 1t.
The story which comes from all sides OF
apathy In republican ranks has scared
Hanna because he knows better than any
body else the dangers which such a state
OF affairs indicate. He knows better than
anybody else how great proportion of
the enormous vote counted for Mckinley
was secured by open purchase and he sees
that unless some similar effort is made
this year there can be but one end to II
9 nll.
PURCHASED AND CoERCED.
@ Eliminate from the sum total counted fol
Mckinley all those votes which were Sc
1 cured through open purchase and by CO.
Il crcon under the stress Of that remarkable
u campaign, and there is no margin left
Hanna knows this. and has not hesitatet
10 say 1t to the campaign committee herr
and to tho moneyed men In New iorl
whose legs he has been pulling. | am tol'
- that to both of these elements he has mad
,,nI ! hIt
III eyes,
&C Unless there can be repetition OF tn
# success In purchase and coercion that pre-
- vailed IN 1896 the republican chances ar
=, small indeed. Hanna has said this in jus
" about so many words He has NOT stoppe
~ at the saying however, but with charac
' teristic vlgor has gone 10 work. He
- frying the fat" OF the manufacturers an
:. the money changers of the East as he di
two years ago, and already the wheels q
- the republican machinery give evidence q
AZ being smoothly creased.
" But can they win even with the expendl
= ture of a vast amount of money? The pres
"a emf indications are against them. In
~ WASHINGTON Post publishes a poll OF tn
40 country, made through It's correspondent
~ at the different State canitals. II Is evi
w dent that this poll was made with the ide
"a Of getting statement as iaVorao'e 10 10
~ republicans az possible and an analysis
- the correspondence shows this; but eve
= al that the outlook from democral
:, standpoint. as revealed in these reports,
most encouraging
in THE rOSTS VIEW OF IT.
re The Post sums up the situ'non as r.
l ie vcaed by its correspondents In this way;
" Tho reports show conclusively that Il
We democratic expectations of numerous gat
w. in almost every section OF the countr
n are founded on fact. There is scarcely
r State in the union which will return
II many republican congressman as now "
ed cupy seats In New England. of cours'
'lr the republicans have a clear field, but eve
al In that section they are iikeiy 10 rose o,
50 district IN Massachusetts,. In the mldoi
an Atlantic States the losses will be heavie
NJ New York Will not again return twent.
in eight republican congressman, whllo !
n PENNSYLVANIA. which now seats twenty-s
ny republicans and two democrats, the latt
will gain several districts owing to repu
nd lean divisions and other causes. Repub
cd cans will probably lose two or more ul
U.s. tricts In New Jersey, but gain one in De
IT. aware. In the South the democrats vi
~ very largely secure their old representatio
~ this being notably the case In kentueR
- while the democrats will recover TWO a.
u possibly four districts in Virginia IN
i arc also credited with one district in Mar
no land which now sends solid repupi!c
OF Allegation A strenuous fight is also beil
nv made IN the Texas district which " u
~ REPRESENTED by n republican, and II is pcs
~, bic that the republican seat in Alahar
10 viii be lost.
~ In the middle States, however, the ot
In look for the republicans Is better. wi
ii a probability that they Will gain distri'
-it in Ohio and Michigan. lneiana, howeV
IN presents very doubtful field, with Z
nd democrats certain to make decided gait
he while in Illinois the present delegation
lu. seventeen republicans is liable 20 be !
te duced to thirteen. South Dakota will So
ON two republicans instead Of two populis
and changes in Kansas. Nebraska and NJ
souri, will favor the republican aide
California tho republicans seem certain
sht lose at least me seat.
hot HOW IT STANDS NOW.
W. ,rho nrasa,, housa bas one renunlica,