Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31
COMEDIES DEFEAT
Chairman Jone. of the National Dem.
ocratic Committee Admits That Re-
publican. Will Carry the Election.
Next Tuesday.

Jones, of the national democratic COM
mittee, sees the handwriting en- the
wall and throws UP his hands. He adj
mits that the universal confidence of
the people in President Roosevelt maxi
es the administration impregnablc
against the assaults of the democrats
and that the advantage the republi-
cans have taken OF this situation in
the last week Of the campaign, by put
sue the president and his policies, has
done much to assure the election OF a,
republican congress next Tuesday. In
This connection, the democratic COM
1nittee also comedies that the republi-
cans will get the benefit Of all the gains
by the new apportionment in Illinois.
They concede the election Of Lorimer,
and that Rodenberg will defeat Kern
in the east st. Louis district.
Senator Jones came down from New
York this morning, and in an inter-
view today said:
1.-The general belief in the rectitude,
and the courage of President
Roosevelt is aiding the republicans
more than they will ever know. There
is pretty general feeling that the
that the democratic party advocates.
This is helpful to the republicans now"
This testimony regarding the polit-
ical situation in the last week of the
by Senator James X. Jones,
of Arka nsas, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, as to the
personality of President Roosevelt as
a power in politics agrees with reports
from republican leaders. The enthus-
iasm with which the country east and
west has responded to the republican
rally cry of stand by the president"
is reflected in this tribute to the DEM
ocratic leader.
His confession that President Roose-
welt and his administration and poll
cies are the dominating factors in
the campaign are in harmony with the
uniform reports that come to the re-
publican headquarters from every Sec
ton Of the country. Prominent re-
the most confident reports from Chair
man Babcock and his associates on
the outlook for republican control of
the next mouse.
A letter from Mr.. Babcock received
here today contains this statement:
Il don't see how we can carry less
than 200 congressional districts. That
is my most conservative estimate and
believe we will carry 204 or FOG dis
tricts."'
National Chairman Jones does not
dispute with any force or emphasis
this claim of Mr.. Babcock. In his dis
cussion of the political situation today
Senator Jones confined his predictions
of democratic success to the New
York state ticket, and based those pre-
dictions upon what he had been told
by men in New York "who ought to
know" The election of Coler of New
know" The election of Coler
as governor Of New York will
not. in Mr.. Jones opinion be
significant OF the general results
throughout the country. He practice
ally gives up hope of the democrats
winning majority In the next house
when he says:
"The congressional election ought to
be favorable to the democrats, but the
election of Coler as governor Of New
York does not necessarily mean a gain
in the democratic representation in the
house from that state"
AS New York is one of the states in
Which the democratic managers expect
to increase their congressional repre-
sentation, this candid expression of
National Chairman Jones would intli-
cate the slight chance there is of their
hcpoc ho;nc, roa1iyad
1t now appears that New York dem
ccratic leaders are centering their full
efforts upon the state ticket, without
reference to national issues, and the
conditions existing in the empire state
cannot be taken as an indication of the
sentiment in other parts of the coun-
try. The fact that Chairman Jones
Goes not expect the state fight to aid
the democrats in congressional districts
eliminates New York as q basis of
democratic estimates.