The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-03
The Fight for The
Control Of Congress
Special Correspondence.

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|THE CONTEST ior control OF the next
| house OF representatives. mas com
i menred In earnest. FROM now uil''1
| election day the great Datt'e nc
| tween the Repuhllcahs anu Delioci''s
for the election OF representatives, III con-
! sress VIII De "as'" Wi'''o'' in''' ''l'H''o'',
| committee has located IT'S headduatte's
| In New YORK. III the 81. james Doi'o','s'
ana Is Planning thc caIlpals'i anu "a ms
| out lines along Whlcli t'le pa.'ie VIII '.
| fought. Hon. Joseph W. f'apcoch' "
| Wisconsin. VINO mas cohuuctsu io"r SUI
| ceSS1ul campaigns loi 'oi'sie'S' - "s".''
at the head OF the committee an" Is III
| active management OIL 'he ""'h, ne 10
| assisted bH congressman 'i"''' Shei"i",
and Overstreet, who aiSo were aSsoc'"t"h
| with MIN III some previous campaigns.
| .
Ihe literary feature ol tle 'tn'i''ls" 10
| being handled ny Representative oNc'
J street. Ihe teN'-po'k ~ "'.'S "'s'l'o".,'
10 the congressional nominees an" ,''e
| chairmen OF state committees. speec''ss
OF note delivered III the i'sl toi'si.Sa,
and other literary matter, are ALSO pei"s
| delivered IN the same way
| AS the campaign progresses ''t' voters
| of the land VIII be atlorded oppoi'umi''s
| 10 listen 10 som" Oh 'lie nioSl "'''''','l
| orators III the country. Fr"in'''e'i' sie'h
| ers VIII De sent INTO ever! t"isitSsion''
| district where thefe Is contest anu '!,e
| principles ol lhe ftepuph'',i' I'i's an" ~"
| issues Will be set 'betofe we Peop,e. vi
| onel Henry Cassoh, OF Wisconsin scr
geant-at-;rms or ne mousse OF rrprese"
| iatlVtS, Is III chitrSe ol l'ie Spe'ip'i'oe'S
| bureau.
| .
The congressional committee cohSiutrs
| 1t neceSs;tr! To warn lhe hepup'ic''l ""
ters of this country that the coming nsht
| for congress IS TO be II vigorous contest
| ana thtt IL VIII ne necessary iot 'nen''
lican, to turn out ON cleclloil uaN III iu''
| strength. All general cohuiliohS .hio",5h
| out the country are 1aVofahle 10 ','e he
publicans. But the danger OF apathE ana
liuiHerchce Always iS the si'''H' ~
| such IL time. The people are app, unless
| their attention Is called to The Necessity.
tor vigilance. to take Il f'p"p'l'aii VIC
| tory for granted and not turn out III l"''
| number at the polls
The Democrats are starring OUT !"
make TINS an 'old-faShohed i'ti''"cra.ie
campaign. DemaS"Suefy ana dchiora.-
Zation VIII be rile from now OH ihe''
| leaders. beth in and out OF congress, are
badly Spllt up ON lhe question ol IS
sues. White IL nllsht he supposed lil"t
the issues which had been threSheu over
In two presidential campaigns, III buth or
which the Democrats had been beaten
We're dead, Such Is not the case. Oh tie
authority of the secretary or the Demo-
cratic committee. the contrary Is stated
Secretary Edwards or the Democratic
congressional committee, IN an authorized
interview in the Washington star, july
n. 1907! said ''The Democratic congress
sional committee Is standing Snu'fe'H on
| the Kansas city platform. That Is the
| only Democracy we know anything
about, and 1t VIII he the oniS Democracy
there is until another national conven-
, tion shall be held.
q
Chairman Bnbcock. of the Republlcan
congressional committee, has given out
the following statement, the only author
lied statement he thus far has made IN
this campaign:
MY attention has been called to tables
published by the press generally, plIr-
porting to come from the Republican
congressional committee OF from some
one alleged 10 be familiar with our sup
posed estimates Now, the facts are that
the Republican congressional committee
has never published II table by states
during the five campaigns that | have
been connected with 1t, 1t is impossible
at this time to even predict, by districts,
with any degree of accuracy, what the
result may be- for the reason that only
about one-half of the nominations have
been made and but few of the state or
congressional committees have as yet
been organized and local conditions are
such in many places where the nomina-
tons have not been made that it would