The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-23
New York City Selected as
Campaign Headquarters
ATTITUDE OF DEMOCRATS
Members of Dominant Party Confident
CT Victcry in Fall Eiections-Attack
on Army Said to Be Resented by the
People at Large.

E. J. Gibson, the Washington cores /
pendent Of the Philadelphia Press:
The Republican Congressional Com /
nittee will have its headquarters in the
coming campaign in New York city.
That decision has been reached by
the executive committee and RepTesen-
tative Sherman, the vice chairman OF |
the committee, has been making some
inquiries in Now York for rooms. That /
location will be near the seaside, which /
I is according to the wish of Chairman /
Babcock, whose health is not very good. |
/ 1t will cost a good deal more to conduct |
the campaign from New York than in
any other city. Branch headquarters
Republicans Confident.
The feeling among members Of the /
committee is one of confidence in the re-
suit of the contest for control Of the /
next House. The Republicans will go
into the campaign united and viii stand I
on their record in Congress and on the
record Of the Republican Adminfstra-
ton. But the Democrats are neither
united nor have they any issues on
which to appeal to the people for sue
cess The recent harmony meeting in
New York has resulted in bringing out /
conspicdous1y the lack of unity in shat /
party The Philippine question, which l
1t was designed to make the leading
issue, has, SO to speak, ''petered out"
MalYar's Testimony.
The testimony Of General Malvar,
the insurgent leader in Tayabas and Ba-
tansas provinces il the Philippine ISL
ands. who was recently captured. to the |
feet that the insurrection in those
provinces had been broken up as a /
result of the methods adopted by Gen.
Franklin Bell in conducting the cam
paign there and the evidence that the /
course Of Gen. Jacob Smith brought
about 4 similar result in Samar, makes
1t very difficult FOR the Democrats to
make any Roadway in attacking the
army and the War Department because
Of alleged cruelties In the Philippine
Islands General Malyar. In hts testi-
mony in the inquiry brought about be-
cause Of the charges made BY Major
Cornelius Gardner, said that all Of the
civil officials supposed to be friendly 70
the American cause in those provinces
were working under his orders until the
campaigns begun by General Smith and
General Bell made Il impossible for them
to carry on their deception any longer 4
Secretary Root and others find great L
satisfaction in this testimony as ample /
justification for the course pursued in /,
bringing those provinces to terms The I.
debate in the House on the Philippine
question has proved very tame and the
Democrats have ceased to attract any /
attention by accusations against the
army. As an issue for the campaign.
the Philippine question is regarded BY
the leading Democrats as of no import 4
ance- One prominent Democratic Sen
ator admitted today that it would hurt
the Democrats more than 1t would help
theE.
Mr. CleveIand's declaration in New lt
York in favor OF tariff reform meets
with little or no response here The
Republicans would welcome that issue h
as much as they would the attack on
so-called imperialism
The Tariff Issue.
In speaking on the tariff question.
Mr. Hopkins, q member OF the Ways and
Means Committee of the House. who
spent several E1onths in Illinois making
q canvass for United States Senator to
succeed Mr.. Mason. and who was in
IOFsGu LCE lh6 position DE the FlepZD-l
liean State convention of illinois, said:
o" I have been up and down Illinois
three or four times during the last three
OF four months. and while l found q per
son here and there who favored a re-
vision of the tariff. the number was ex-
ceedinEly small There is no general
demand for tariff revision. Everyone is
satisfied with the existing conditions.
Our farmers are prosperous, they are
being paid high prices for their crops.
cattle. sheep, and hogs and they Ger
tainIy are not demanding tariff revision.
Their outlook is exceedingly bright. as
their crops are unusually promising
Everyone is satisfied with existing con
ditiOns. ! predict a Republican majority
in Illinois of from 5000 to 100000. We
will gain al least six Congressman. three
additional Cnes given US under the new
reapDortionment and three districts
now represented by Democrats II there
should be q revision of the tariff threat
ened. with any promise Of success. every
commercial enterprise, including the ag-
ricuItural Industries. would feel the ef-
fects of il and there would be a pause
in the prosperity OF the country until
business had adjusted itself to the new
conditions.
Attacks on Army Resented.
AS to the Philippine question con-
tinuad Mr.. Hopkins. every American
will resent the Democratic attacks on
the army as they would an attack on
their homes It is impor-'A'- %" "'ata