The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-29
The CAMP AlGN
HAS STARTED
Answer to the Democratic
Contention Regarding
Trusts. - '..-
Surplus Products Dumped in
Other Fellows Territory
to Break Prices.
From Tho journal Bmreau, Room IS. Poss
DuiLdSst0. WuShtuUto7I.

From The Jour,,aI Bureau, Room Is, Posa
Building, Warrington. .-... W
Washington, July 90 Representative
Babcock. OF Wisconsin, chairman OF the
republican congressional committee, was
in Washington to-day on short visit
from committee headquarters in New
York. He was confident of republican
victory in the congressional elections,
saying in part:
The harmony efforts of the democrats
have benefited US very much. I hope they
will continue. Mr.. Bryan's recent visit
to the east did US lot of good. I trust
he will call often in these parts. He
succeeded admirably in raising the old
spectre which some of his colleagues
hoped had been buried.
The appeal of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
from US some of the gold democrat vote
which we had received in 1900, 1898 and
1896. It locked for time as II some of
them would fall into line at least on the
congressional ticket and vote for the can
didates nomina ted by the democracy. That
fear Is dissipated. 1 think Mr.. Bryan 5
letter following Mr.. Cleveland's address
before the Tilden club opened the eyes Of
the eastern democrats to the true situa-
tion in the democratic party, to the fact
that the old Chicago and Kansas City
crowd are still in the saddle and deter
mined to dictate to the democracy of the
country.
with that realization the former DEM
ocrats who have stood with the party Of
sound money and prosperity will continue
to lend their support to the republican
candidates for congress in my judgment.
"One of the greatest men in the demo-
cratic party, western man, In the course
of a long conversation a few days ago,
satd The democratic party is not ready
to take tho reins Of government. The
democratic party in the house Of repre-
Bentatives Is for free silver, popullsm and
socialism. I don't want to win this fall.
We may be At to take hold by the next
general election, but we are not fit to do
1t now, the way the party is constituted.
THE democrats have already dropped
their Philippine issue, as it was prophe
sled they would. It was too hot PROPOSE
tion or them to hold. Their attack on the
army failed. All they have now, out =
side of their old financial heresies for
issues are the trusts and the tariff.
''The republican party Is ready to meet
them on the question of trusts and tariff
The only antitrust Legislation on the
statute books was enacted by the republi-
can party in congress. The democrat s
have no record. The tariff Is an Issue we
gladly espOuse. with everybody at WOrk,
everybody with money and clothes and
food and enough money left over to have
some kind of good time on, with pros
perity on every hand as the result, OF
republican policies we are not afraid to
ask the country to continue the republi-
can party in power in order that those
policies may be continued in effect.
THE effort OF the democrats to make
an issue out of the allegation that man
ufacturers are selling goods cheaper
abroad than in the home market may be
answered thus: A jobbing house In this
country desiring to close out surplus
st ock would not unload in its own terri
tory, thus breaking down prices, bur
would try to sell it in the other fellows
territory. The possibility of thus dis
posing of surplus product enables the
American manufacturer to run his millf
all the year around without having tt
shut down two or three months. His mer
are kept at work and wages are circu,
lat ed through his section just that much
more in the year than If he had beer
compelled when he had supplied his owl
market to close down his mill. That rule
of trade will operate always.
II feel sure we will carry the house by
safe majority this fall. We will make
gains in the middle west and will hold ou
own in the east"
d. w w Tarmane