The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-26
MANAGERS OF BOTH PARTIES
ARE PREDICTING A VICTORY
Democratic and Republican Congressional Campaign
Chairmen Confident Of Controlling the Next
HOuSe-The Voters are Apathetic.

and might lose much by winning the
House of the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Both of the Senators named have been
severely criticised for their utterances,
IL being pointed out that although they
had right to entertain such ideas, they
should refrain from discouraging Demo-
Gratis by making them public, especially
at a time when the Democratic Commit
tee was making every effort to arouse en-
thusiasm among the voters.
In the opinion of many conservative
men. neither Morgan nor Harris have
given any really good reason why the
Democrats should not strive to win the
next House. They have pointed out that
a Democratic majority in the House
would be powerless to take any positive
action and that If any bad laws were
passed the Democrats would be held re-
sponsible. A Democratic majority in the
House would be unable to finally pass
Democratic legislation, 1t is true because
anything at all anti-Republican original
ing in the House would be killed in the
Senate which, of course. will remain Re
publican, or by the President. But such
a majority would be in position to OBJ
struct and prevent Objectionable Repub-
lican legislation and would be able to give
the opposition no end of trouble. In adj
dition to this, Chairman Griggs and those
who have been laboring with him firmly
believe that a victory at this time would
go a long way toward encouraging the
Democrats and toward placing them
where they would be able to win the
greater struggle of 1904.
The speeches of ex-President Cleveland
and of Richard Olney have had decided
tendency toward counteracting the effect
of. interviews like those of Morgan and
to- rio nrp To have overcome
those effects entirely. The fact that such
men as Cleveland and Hill appear to he
doing everything in their power for the
success of the party is, II Is thought.
calculated to incite the Democrats of the
country to greater activity and to help
materially In gaining victory this fan.
II such a victory is to be gained at all.
Some students of the situation are
pointing out that, in view of past events,
the general apathy among Democrats
does not necessarily indicate that the vot-
ers will not do their duty when the time
comes. In 1890 when Roswell p Flower
was Chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee. Charles f. Crisp of Georgia. then
a prospective candidate for Sne speaker
ship, wrote for information as to the
probable result of the election. A few
days before the date set for the battle of
ballots Flower replied that. in his opin-
ion, the best the Democrats could eX-
pect to do was to cut doYn the majori-
ties of the opposition. He had never ex-
perienced such apathy. he said, and he
was by no means hopeful. Yet, at the
election which followed, the Republicans
elected only lightweight of the total
membership of the House.
Everything considered. the general feel
ing in Washington seems to be that at
the present time the Democrats have the
best of the fight. Few students of the
situation, even among the Democrats
look for a Democratic landslide. but a
majority of those who are interested
enough to discuss the matter at all seem
to think the Democrats will control the
next House by comfortable majority.