New-York tribune., 1902-10-22
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CNCONTESTED CONGRESS DIsTRTCru Il
"itnstandins President Roosevelt's vigorous ,rs o'
some OF the Southern Republicans about tba AK %
" OF making good showing In the Conero
tions If they wished TO stand wen with tb elec-
tration there are fOrty-ive districts in ~ T-
States. most of them in the South in n.s,ed Sl''ed
Republicans have failed to put eandisata y ne
HELD In some of the Southern States tba a 'ns
hcan leaders needed the Presidents aAv,o quo
have nominated more candidates than usraI aud
Is true, for instance. In Virginia where r. tais
candidates in all but the NTH and yTtb ~, ~ ara
1t is true, also. in Alabama where there -. SS
publican candidates in all the districts ana 4, Ne
Kansas where there are Republicans on tba ar as'
ets IN all but one, as is also the case in Ioni
and Kentucky. There is not a sinpIa P1la Pao~Is.ala
running for Congress in Florida Georgia ~ S-.aa "a,
sissppi. In Tennessee three districts are -s.s sis
Republican candidates, and in Texas five arr ogolt
cnly Northern State in which the RepubieaS. sIhs
tailed to nominate in all the districts is Iins nave
the Democrats In North Carolina the RepTbTE.to RgE 70
nave nominated In I'VE districts. In two thev as as
they have indorsed an independent Democrat ~ s enc
~ IN ~one-she SI1th--tpey have adopted the nSvs &
course OF InGOrsinS the regular Democratic caoss
date r. N Page The Democrats have no Tsael ra
tlve of them in Pennsylvania and one IN iSSSies Nies
YORK In hve districts in Nebraska and one -
the I'D Texas District they are at present i,n n
a eandidate Mr. Sheppard who had been nsm
hated having died "F
WISCONSIN SAFELY REPUBLICAN
master General Payne returned to Washinq,o,
to-day and gave survey of the political situation
IN Wisconsin,. He is confident OF Republican suo
cess. Notwithstanding the reports which bava
reached Washington as to dissatisfaction arnonr
the voters with Governor La Toilette who is Z
men on the state cket h He ssgs sSe that "a s ss.
La Toilette will be reelected and Mr. Spooner
returned 70 the United States Senate.
BOIES EXPECTS DEFEAT. - Ex-Goyerpor
Boies. the Democratic candidate for Congress IN
the Henderson district in Iowa. regrets that tbs
Speaker declined q denomination. He is quo,a5
saying that Speaker Henderson would have been
an easier opponent than the comparatively up-
known Judge BirdsaH Speaker Henderson"
said the Ex-Governor, was a strong tariff man
Everybody knew where he stood. He was AZ
S oddS witn his party IA Iowa on this issue. and
there were good many Republicans who stood
Wound % have Sae voted of e s e5eT@ an @
My present opponent. Judge Birdsall. an estimaes
on the tariff. so II is hard TO draw the lines tcs
sure / wish the Speaker had stayed in the rsa
for my sake"
THE TARIFF ISSUE IN IOWA--In view Of the
prominence which Speaker Henderson's with
drawa1 from the camDaign gave 70 the tariff plank
IN the Iowa Republican platform. and of Demo-
cratic efforts to make II appear that the Iowa Re-
publicans are deserting protection, some recent
utterdnCeS or Governor CunmlnS VINO IS created
with representing the extreme tariff reform views
Of the Iowa Republicans. are interesting. Il don't
know said the Governor. whether free trade
would kill of the trusts not 1t might do it, Of
course. because it has killed of pretty much every
industry il has ever beer applied TO- Tn protec
ZIONIST, and all Iowa Republicans. We do
believe that protection and monopoly can exist
together. We would adjust the rates in such
way to give the fullest possible protection to
the American laborer. but never TO foster a
monopoly In many cases. II may be the trusts
even with the reduced tariff but least shall
have invited the competition of the whole world
tariff created trusts or chiefly responsible for
them Quite the contrary. At the same time, We
shall be reduced 10 DC int where it will assist
OF 5helter the monopoly. oeHeVe thlS can pest
mission. In no event should there be any attempt
tariff schedules Instead OF that the work should
proceed cautiously, all interests should be consd-
particular schedules to meet modern trade cOndi-
tionS- Above all, would endeavor to accomplish
medium Of reciprocity: that is. I would let Nova
Scotia coal into NtT.Engand ~ for ias5anSss buy
important articles OF our manufacture. Changing
caIy provided for by the Repu5Iicsn national plat
form OF 1896 and IL is unfair TO attempt TO shift OF
on me. or on the State Of Iowa responsibility for
those doctrines"
SENATOR PRITCHARD MAY wIN.-Ex-Sena-
tor Marion ButIer- OF North CarOEnat VINO Vas
chairman of the PopuIist National COMMITTEES in
the last campaign. is in Washington, his way TO
his home Mr.. Butler says the information he re-
eeived from North Carolina indicates that Senator
Pritchard will have difficulty in being reelected
over his Democratic opponent, Mr.. Craig. Mr.
Butler also says that as result OF the elimination
OF the issue from North Carolina politics. the
State is undergoing a remarkable political change
and that not only in North Carolina, but through
out the South politics will be controlled more BY
reason than has been the case since the Civil War
DEMOCRATS MAY LOSE \ STRONGHOLD
There is uneasiness at Democratic Headquarters
here over the state of affairs in the XXVIth Penn
sylvana District. This Is Of the strongholds
of Democracy in Pennsylvania. and only once in
recent years has IL been carried BY a Republican
That in 1896, when, in the anti-Bryan tidal
wave which swept the East. Judge Kirkpatrick
the Republican candidate. was elected Conditions
in the district are such that the Republican
candidate. Thomas f. Davis. has good chances Of
winning.