New-York tribune., 1902-10-21
GOSSIP OF POLITICIANS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

the election only two weeks OF. the political leaders
IL both parties are getting their fnal estimates
ready and preparing their anal predictions These
predictions. they will be given out at the Re
publican Congress headquarters in New-York ana
a the Democratic headquarters here will be dif-
ferent from the private estimates which the chair
men of the respective committees will keep care
fully locked up in their desks Both sides Will
claim the House. The Democratic Committee here
II pvlrvtbinE IN sight CbaInan Bsbc6ck Of the
accuracy Of his political predictions vii pc mo 1
10 give his own party the benefit Of any doubts,
Reports from al parts OF the country when Ieey a
standing together well and will win the House P Ps
box" as Representative Cannon said. in writing
about conditions in Illinois Similar suEgestloiS ~
try. The country is 50 prosperous that he voters %
are giving their attention to business rather man az
well Republicans. and both parties Will preooa-
bly, be affected by It in Ike proportion In taTt; &C.
there Is much complaint among the Deils9e 80
campaign managers about the listlessnesS OF tis- @
thusiasm among the rank and ile.
KANSAS sENAToRsHIP FIGHT-Four Of the
present members Of the House Of Representatives
from Kansas who running for reelection are
also candidates for the United States Senator
ship TO succeed Senator Harris They are Rep
resentatives Long Curtis. Calderhead and Bow,
ersoCk. Governor Stanley is also in the race ana
ne obe fsIre @f ne Kansas campaign
personal friend OF President Roosevelt and Sec
is,ration's Cuban policy in the House some, Of
the other candidates resent what they term NJ, NJ
Longs efforts ride into the Senate on the
Presidents popularity. and there Is every prom
ise of lively fight until the anal choice is made
bv the legislature Present indications are that
no one of the candidates will come near haEIns
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN KENTUCKY.-There
are two Republicans in the present House of Rep
resentatives from Kentucky. John ". Langley
ra0r has
returned from q tour of the State. predicts that
there will be more in the next Congress He
said to-day:
We will return Moss from the lilo District T.
win from the Nth ana Borelng from ne ne -fIt fY+b
We have even chance OF cartElhE Et ne -ta 80
district, where Castner IS running asalnsI heloe,
also dehting chance Of CARRYING the Xth Dis,
trict now represented by Writ. Democrat and
Hopkins is the Dsm94TaSs % % S. 9a1ad2{Se this
SOCIALISM IN NEw-ENGLAND-One Of the
effects Of the passing Of Organism is seen in the
increase of the Socialist vote Men who imoihed
socialists Ideas from the Nebraska leader DO not
and themselves al home in the Democratic party
since It has undertaken 10 get rid Of Mr Bryan and
| his doctrines. and they are becoming avowed So
cialiss. This is notably true IN some oI Inc con
! already permeated several OF the rural counties
o. Maine; iS sente1ober ~ election proving really
! factor in the situation The certificates ot noIn-
Of New Hampshire demonstrate that the Social
lists not idle there. In STAFFORD County they they
COmTlete ticket, lnclUclng canul-
dates for both branches of the legislature.
MOODY CAPTURED IOWA REPUBLICANS
Since Secretary Moody visited Iowa the people
there are talking OF him perfect likeness Of
President Roosevelt. both in looks and actions,
While they would have preferred TO hear Presi-
Set Rooseyet they are pIgiy W ag5eeq edf5 5a [Ss
been sent. They are speaking Of the secretary now
everything with rush, and doing II well at The
same time
CLEVELAND A STORM CENTRE.-In Ohio
politics the storm centre hOvers over Cuyahoga
County which includes the city Of Cleveland. II
is also the home of the two party chieftans, SEN
ator Hanna and Mayor Tom Johnson. Both have
been making extended piIgrimages over the Buck
eye State. Mayor Johnson cf course. always with
making tracks back 10 Cuyahoga, where hence
forth they Will engage in a hand-to-hand contest
with all the resources at command until the Satur-
day evening before the election
LORIMER's FIGHT-Tha greatest Congress
fight in Chicago is over the election of eX-Repre-
sentative BILLY" Lorimer, Of ute haXen hair.
Everybody in washington has good word for
Mr. Lorimer. The 1id!ngs from Chicago are that
he has the hest OF 1t. Nevertheless he will have
fight right up to the time OF deposting the ballots.
A contemplation OF the election figures in his dis
trict which AT first was supposed 20 be overwhelm-
ingly Republican. indicates hat the woods are fun
of independent voters That Is what causes con-
cern. But while some Republicans may not sup
port him because Of his come cuon with the polit-
cal machine. II il more than likely that enough
Democrats will rally behind him 20 make up the
defections.
WANTS HIS FATHERS sEAT.-Another son
OF a Congressman may have seat the Capitol
this winter The Democrats of the IVth Texas
are talking about sending Morris Sheppard here
10 succeed his father Juoge John L. Sheppard,
who died a few days ago. Southern constituent
cies have occasionally done as much son Of
the late Speaker Crisp was elected 10 nh the un-
expired term Of his father similar election
the death OF Representative John Il. Hofecker.
Some years ago Judge Houk. Of the lid Tennessee
District succeeded by his son, and Repre-
sentative Howard Mutchler. OF Pennsylvania. FIRST
came 10 Congress as his fathers successor.
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN MISSOURI-John II.
Harkless. Of Kansas City who is I'm Washington on
business before the Supreme Court. expects large
Republican gains in Missouri on this point he
said:
Missouri is in reality a Republican State. Every
town In its border with a population OF over 900
Is Republican. The Democratic majority is reg
ular and persistent. however. and comes from the
River, where the citizens vote just their
cestors did This is the part OF the state where
lhe hgures of the last census showed decrease in
population The Republican portions showed
cioed increases. But this year are going 10
make II very interesting for the Democrats. and
there is strong probability that they Will be
sanqulshec Their State Committee chairman is
nylng distress signals and is warning his parti-
sans OF impending danger. II IL were not for the
-aci that the opposition has control the entire
election machinery il would be safe TO predict their
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