Evening star., 1902-08-09
Vice Chairman Sherman'S
Trip West.
ALL STATES IN LINE
PROSPERITY DON'T GIVE MUCH
TIME FOR POLITICS.
National Committee Headquarters Es.
tablished and Good Work Being
Done-Many Gains Expected.
pacial From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From Stafr Correspondent.
NEW YORK, August 9.-The vice chair
| man of the republican congressional COM
mittee, Representative Sherman Of New
| York, has just returned to headquarters
! after trip TO the Pacific coast. Mr. Sher-
man studied carefully political and indus
! trial conditions in the far west, with refer
ence to the approaching campaign for Con-
gress.
In 1898 I visited that country" said Mr..
| Sherman to The Evening Stars correspond
ent, ''and on my trip this time ] was con-
| stantly impressed with the great contrast
between conditions in 'a3 and at the pres
/ ent time. 1t does not seem like the same
country; the people appear entirely differ
| ent and there has been a remarkable
! change in everything.
"In '93 that section was PROSTATE. under
the blight of democratic policies. The peo-
pie were dscontented, they had no money,
! they were ready to turn to any one who
offered a cure for existing Ills. Men were
| out of work, industries were limplng along
! after a poor sort of fashion. Even the
habitatlons Of the people showed the gem
Cral depression and the country looked
moro or less woe-begone.
Every Town Busy.
but what a difference now! Taking the
every town is busy. There are no idle men;
! the railroads are rushed to handle the
freight delivered to them from factory and
field; the farmers homes reflect the air
! of prosperousness Of their owners: new
| houses are going up everywhere along the
railroads: additions TO barns being
built in the country and new wagons and
| farm machinery put it, In the cities the
! factories are running full time and there Is
a building boom on; money is easy In the
! banks. All, it is a great section and a
! great people.
Men are not much engrossed in politics.
| Repubicanism has spread marvelously
| since the bitter lesson learned Of the demo-
! cratic party in 'G. You hear nothing of
! silver. Gold flows over the counters con-
stantly in ordinary traffic. People are in
clined to give the republicans credit for
! the prosperity and 10 let well enough
alone.
Outlook in the States.
North and South Dakota are solid for
| the republicans. There will be no demo-
| Gratis in Congress from the Dakotas for
many years to come. North Dakota gets
an additional representative in Congress
under the new apportionment and will send
a republican.
We are all right in Minnesota The in
crease of two in the representation of that
state will inure to the republican majority
in the House our candidates for Congress
are not afraid OF any one in the field thus
far There are no factional feuds to bother
I'm Montana found the republican man.
ayers hopeful of republican gains. Senti-
ment is said to be changing very rapidly in
the state. Montana is improving. settling
up, branching out in industries, and with
the growth of business there appears to
come leaning toward republican policies.
Washington is a republican state The
home of James Hamilton Lewis, the re-
doubtable populist, has repudiated populism
democracy
tional representative in Congress and will
send man TO sit on our side Of the House.
California gets an additional representa-
tive under the apporttonment and VIII send
a solid republican delegation. California
is wonder. 1t is on the crest of the wave
Of prosperity and does not want to take any
chances with democratic policies. The first
thing the democrats would do if they were
in full power would be to take down the
tariff bars and let foreign fruits into this
country, stopping the long trains of refrig-
orator cars which now stretch from Los An
geles to New York, loaded with fruit, a
great deal Of it bound for Europe.
Land in California which | remember
as waste. almost desert, in 93 has been re-
claimed by irrigation by the fruit growers
and now yields hundreds of dollars to the
acre. Tire irrigation law which We passed
at the last session Will help them in the
future. | don't think it win be much use
for the democrats to take the stump in
California. They have nothing to offer.
President Roosevelt Popular.
President Roosevelt is popular through
out the west, but California is more enthu-
sastic for him than any other state. not
withstandng the fact that he urged policy
of reciprocity with Cuba which the Cali
tornians feared would hurt their sugar
beets. But that did not dim his popularity
a hit
Summing up the results of my observa-
tion on the tour and of the talks / had with
party managers, i am delighted with the
prospect l think We will make substantial
gains throughout the western country"
The republican congressional committee
IS hard at work the campaign. Head
quarters have been establ shed I'm the st.
James building, one square above the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, on Broadway, and occupy
the best part of a floor. Mr.. Babcock Mr..
Ovorstreet and Mr.. Sherman are at work
from $50 in the morning until G. and keep
c.! the jump.
The headquarters are handsomely fitted
up, a private branch telephone exchange
has been installed and the offices have the
air of a big and prosperous business con-
Germ. A staff of assistants was brought
from Washington. Frank b. Lyon, door,
keeper OF the House of Representatives,
ana III. w. Barney, Norris Parham, c. ].
Sumner, l. Z. Goldman, ]. Z. Colenso,
George Evers, Joseph f. Johnson and
George Gray, all employees Of the House.
are assisting the committee. The distribu-
ton OF literature is being made from the
Union building in Washington by David
Moore and Captain Cromwell.
The Spellbinders Bureau.
About the middle Of the month the spell
binders bureau will start its work. Colo
mel Henry Casson, sergeant-at-arms OF the
House, will be in charge. The duty of this
bureau will be to arrange schedules for re-
publican speakers. The republicans expect
to put about seventy-five members Of the
Senate and House of Representatives into
the field to make speeches. Speaker Hem
derson will lead the bunch. and will tour
the close districts in every state. Crack
spe akers like Senator Spooner, Representa-
tives Doliyer. Hepburn, Grosvenor, Dalzeu
etc. Will be sent into the doubtful territory
TO try the wiles Of oratory upon an unsus-
pecting public.
In addition to the congressional talent.
which will be the ntainstay of the commit
tee, the spellbinders bureau will util 'ze VOL
unteers from the ranks OF party speakers In
private life Along about the Ist OF October
they will get warmed up. and II win be .