The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-09
HIVE HARD FIGHT
FOR CONGRESS.
Chairman, Mr.. Babcock
Talks About the Fall
Campaign.
WORK AHEAD FOR REpUbl LEANS.
GOLD DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE
THEIR PARTY IN THE
DISTRICTS.
Bryan and Stevenson an Easy Com
bination to Defeat-Delega-
ton From the Solid
South.

Babcock and Vice Chairman HUI OF
the Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee. reached Washington
this morning in the course OF their
Eastern tour of observation, and spent
the forenoon in conference with Rep
resentative Loudenslager, who is In
charge of the Eastern headquarters or
the committee Since Congress ac-
journed Babcock has been in Chicago
establishing the main headquarters OF
the committee, and has also visited
several States of the Middle West,
while he has been in communication
with all the States where Congressional
contests will rage this fail. Babcoek is
an old campaigner, the successful gen
eral of several Republican Congress
sional victories. His estimates OF the
political situation have invariably
proven correct in the past, and he IS
regarded in official circles as the pos
SCISSOR of political sagacity of high
order. His views, therefore, upon the
outlook at this time will be Of value.
THE situation as l have found it
thus far" said Mr.. Babcock today, is
entirely satisfactory so far as the ma
tional ticket is concerned. Republicans
are satisfied with their ticket and their
IL n
Mckinley and Roosevelt will run be-
hind the vote which was given Mckin-
ley and Hobart. Furthermore, the Re
publicans are contented with the DEM
ocratic platform and ticket, if the tx
preston can be used. If We had been
permitted to make up the Democratic
platform and name the candidates
we would not have concocted a mixture
more acceptable to Republican pros
| poets than that tumble of Organism,
Populism, free silver and other lsms,
with an old-line Democrat on the side
| But when it comes to the consldera-
ton Of the Congressional outlook J
find some unusual conditions. There
are the Gold Democrats, for instance,
who stood By us in 1896 and again IN
| 1898. They will vote for the Repubil-
can national ticket, for the can't swal-
| low the free silver heresy presented TO
them by the Democratic party, and
| vet many of them will support the
| Democratic candidates for Congress
and for legislative and local offices.
There are indications that in many
districts the local differences OF the
Democrats, while acute upon national
issues will be healed with respect to
the Confessional ticket, and the he
publican vote will suffer to that extent.
| I find that situation to exist in the
East as we'll as in the West. Many
people ask why all this concern about
| the House. If the national ticket wins
won't it pull the Congressional ticket
| through with it? People do not stop
| to think how the Republicans are ham
dicapped by the great delegation sent
by the solid South, the like of which
we have not in our party.
1.-The South will send 120 Democratic
Representatives to Congress from
States that will also give their cleo
toral votes to the Democratic canji-
dates. That is big nucleus, certain
nucleus, which nothing can prevent,
and around which the Democrats have
In the past gathered their majorities.
For our part, States which will give
their electoral votes to the Republicans
will at the same time have 40 per cent
of their Congressional delegations
Democratic Just look at the Demo
cratic Representatives in this Congress
from New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and other strongholds Of Repub-
licanism on national issues. The cleo
ton of Republican electors from the
State of New York is not going to pull
through Republican Representatives
from the New York City districts.
West of the Missouri river We will
have to fight to hold what we already
have. In the Northwest there are some
districts which are too close in theil
pluralities to be comfortable. We vii
push into New York, Pennsylvania ant
Massachusetts, to make gains to offse
almost certain losses in some of TIL
Middle West districts. The fight viii
come to point where every vote vii
count. Take the Third Pennsylvania
ulSlIlcl. luSlstltS Vi sCoAS eAS
have returned a Gold Democrat, Nc
Aleer. the Republicans voting for him
But that is a Republican district. an
I hope they will put up Republical
there and make hot canvass
in which event I think they can elee
Republican We win need his vote an
every other that we can get to keep u
our majority in the House. If the ne
gro vote in North Carolina is disfran
chised we will never get another Rs
publican Representative from tia
State, where we have often had two {
three.
This may seem rather discourse
ing outlook TO Republicans. but thes
are the facts. which all Republican
must face. and the sooner they do
and get down to work the better o
they will be- We have big fight b
fore us that will require personal e
4 forts on the part of every man."
iAsmYm A. YaR mr. Az