Evening star., 1902-08-29
BLUE GRASS POLITICS
LOOKING FOR A REPUBLICAN
GAIN IN CoNGREssMEN.
Democrats Do Not Appear to Be United
Roosevelt Has Always Been
Popular There.

Mr.. John W. Langley, disbursing and ap-
| pontment clerk of the census Office, who
had just returned from an extensive visit
| to his home in Kentucky, talked rather op-
timisticalIy to a Star reporter today con-
cerning the republican outlook in that
state. He thinks that the present repubE-
can membership from that state will not
only be maintained in the coming election,
but that there are good chances for carry
Ing one or two other districts.
Mr.. Langley was urged strongly to make
the race again in the tenth district. He
declined to do SO, not because he did not
believe there were chances of republican
success in the district. but for the reason
that he believed there were others better
able to make the race. He spoke in the
highest terms of Mr.. John G.. White. who
was nominated, and who is conceded even
by his democratic opponent to be very
formidable candidate.
Mr.. Langley says the republicans have
also nominated a very strong man against
Representative Kehoe in the ninth district
in the person of W. H. Castner, and he
thinks that the republicans have an equal
chance of success there Concerning the
political situation in the state generally,
he said:
Democrats Are Not United.
"The democrats do not appear to be
united upon any issue that will enable them
to poll anything like their average vote in
an off year. The money question has, of
course. been abandoned. Each district
democratic convention appears to have en-
deavored to frame it's platform Independent
of the recent national platforms of the
party.
I'm my district they have gone back to
the old issue of "a tariff for revenue only.
and propose that as the best remedy for
cirrumventiOR the trusts. This prODO-
sition. with a general declaration in favor
of the principles of Jefferson and Jackson.
constitutes the platform.
"a great deal of capital has been invest
ed in the mountain section of Kentucky
lately in railroad. oil and other develop
ments, and the influx of population and
change in the future election returns there.
This will. of course, be in the direction Of
the republican party.
"The effort Of the democrats in some of
the congressional districts to make the
trust question the paramount issue Is fall
ing fiat with the people in view of the
Presidents aggressive attitude upon that
question. The people are having prosper
Gus times, and my judgment is that thou
sands of democrats will not go to the polls
this year because they satisfied with
existing conditions. 1t need not surprise
you if the republicans make gain from
Kentucky in their representation in the
Fifty-eighth Congress-
What seems to be the attitude of the
republicans of Kentucky with reference to
the denomination of President Roosevelt? 2"
State Has Ever Been for Roosevelt.
Kentucky has always been for Roose-
welt since he was first thought of in con-
nection with the presidency He is i'm
mensely popular with our party there, and
1 do not believe that it would be possible
for any candidate to prevent him from Sc
curing the Instructions of the state"
Whom do you consider likely that the
republicans will nominate for governor in
Kentucky next year?'
Il have not talked with sufficient num-
Der OF the leaders to answer that question.
l know, however. that the sentiment in
section of the state is largely in favor Of
the denomination of Mr.. Yerkes. You will
remember that he was defeated in 1900 by
a very narrow margin, although the cleo
ton came in the same year of the Goebel
assassination, when public sentiment was
undoubtedly more or less adverse to the
republican party because of that unfortu-
nate event. He Is one Of our ablest and
most popular leaders, and l believe the re-
publcans will insist upon his making the
race again; and If he does, believe he will
win