The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-28
TIE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST
Republicans Preparing for CnretsI
Work During the Coming
Campaign.

The republicans of the country as.
| large will be pleased to know that
their representatives in Washingten,
are alive to the Importance of the elsz.-
ton for the national legislature which
is to be chosen a few months hence
There is to be a general reorganizatissxa.
of both the republican and the dems.
cratic congressional campaign ezaEs-
mittees. For the past few congress
sional canvasses the republicans haEss
had very efficient congressional auz-
| paign committee. 1t is their object tss
make the new one still more effective
| if possible. Each state is to select its,
own member of the committee. Corr
siderable care will be shown in the
choice of the members. The object As.
| to get the most and the best work dome
which is possible. Much depends OR,
the personnel of the committee, a facS,
which is we'll known to the leaders of
the party throughout the country, says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
| 1t is easy to show that the canyaSs,
| for congress in 1902 will be of speciaz
| Importance to the republican party
and the country. Twenty-nine mexs-
bers have been added to the roll ss
the house. of representatives by the
apportionment which was made Iaxg.
year on the basis of the census of 1856
The house which will be chosen in the
latter part of this year will have seSs5
members, and, of course, will be that
much larger than the largest house
which the country has had. All sex
lions of the country-New Engtassi-
the old middle states, the south, the
middle west and the west--wiIk ger
some of the additional members II
is to the interest of the republicans OK
every state and every district to select
their best men for the candidacy. The
democrats are going to make Il deg
perate effort to gain the house WHICH
is to be chosen this year. They want
to control one branch of congress ira
the last half of the presidential terra
There are particular reasons why ti,x.
republicans should defeat them ia tss5s
purpose. Much important Legislation
growing out of the war with Spain WIFE
remain over to the congress which 1s
to be chosen this year. The republican
party, which controlled the country
during that war and ever since then
should make an especial endeavor To
retain power until all the issues grors-
ing out of that conflict are settled
Every congressional contest begin
ming with 1894 has been won by tiat.
republicans. This is an unusually {sszass-
period of uninterrupted success by
one party. Nothing like it has heezs,
known before since the second eRee-
ton of Grant as president in 1872 1t
has been the fate of both the great
parties since then to drop out of power.
in the house of representatives at
shorter intervals than this along Hn-
til the republicans got control OF that
body in the contest of 1894. Almost
always the margin of the party wt,irrs
has the president is smaller in the COR.
gress chosen in the middle Of his teruS
than it was in that elected with hizB
The republicans have a lead of over. ssy
in the present house. They could lose
few members and still have a izir
working majority in that cha1nhs.s--
But they should see to it that they re
tain their present lead or increas Sc IL
The outlook for a republican victory *.
good in the election this year. a SIG
tory cannot be gained, however, ns
matter how good the record of the par,-
ty may be in the presidency and r<1,-
gress, except by intelligent prepare
ton and hard work. The republican
congressional campaign committee
which is to be formed week or sysaas
hence is to be intrusted with the isse-
portant task of organizing victory