Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
FOR A HOI CAMPAIGN
Democrats Will Make Vigorous
Attempt to Secure Control
Of the House.
Both Parties Promise TO Make
Warm Congressional
Campaign.
Republicans Concede That Il
Will Be a Fight From the
Start.

Washington, April 11.-More vigor is
to be injected into the congressional
campaign this year than into any that
has been contested since 1890. The
congressional committees of both par
ties have organized and will begin
preparations for the campaign at once.
Congressman Babcock, of Wisconsin,
has been reelected chairman of the
republican committee, with Congress-
man Sherman, of New York. as vice
chairman and Congressman Overstreet,
of Indiana, as secretary. Mr.. Bapcock
will select his campaign committee at
once ard organize for work in every
state and congressional district.
The democrats last week selected
/ Congressman Griggs of Georgia, as
chairman of their congressional COM
mittee but Mr.. Griggs is not to man
age the campaign. That will be in the
hands of a campaign committee made
| up of the shrewdest democratic politi-
clans in the country. Ben Cable, of
Illinois, will be chairman of this COM
mittee and Lewis Nixon, of New York,
boss of Tammany, will be chairman of
| the finance committee. In fact, the
democratic campaign will be in the
| hands of men who are not in congress.
| The committee has under consideration
| such names as Arthur p. German,
Richard Olney, Tom L. Johnson, Tom
| Taggart. James NJ. Guffey, of Pennsyl-
vania, John r.. Mclean, Carter Har-
rison, and Mr.. Obermeyer, of Kansas.
in the selection of the members of the
campaign committee. These names
are all identified with the old demo-
ocracy before the days of Organism.
| 1t is to be campaign with two OBJ
jects in view-the capture of the house
| of representatives and the restoration
of the democratic party to its old man
ayers. Arthur P. German is to be the
controlling spirit of the democratic
party in this campaign, whether he ac-
cepts position on the campaign COM
mittee or not. He has no sympathy
with Organism, and he will try to so
direct this campaign as to make it
clear that the democrats, and not the
| populists, will be in control, If they
win 1t means German for president in
| 1904.
| The republicans concede that the
democrats are going to give them a
stiff fight, and that the campaign must
be fought from start to finish. There
have been mistakes made by the ma
jority in congress. The house leader
| ship has been weak and at the same
| time arbitrary. 1t has lost the con-
| fidence of the majority, and there must
be work done to correct mistakes as
we'll as to defend wise legislation. The
| fight over the Cuban reciprocity bill
has been embarrassing, and may leave
sore places. The ship subsidy bill is
still danger. as it has not been dis
posed of by the house. The canal bill
is still waiting for consideration in the
senate, and the Philippine civil-gov-
eminent bill promises to create division
| in the ranks of the majority, by rea-
son of the contention between house
and senate over the extent to which
representative government shall be ac-
corded to the Filipinos and the coinage
provision.
The democrats see in this situation
good reason to fight for the control of
the house and the republicans admit
that it will be closely contested cam
paign.