The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
ROOSEVELT IS ANXIOUS
REPORTS SHOW THE DANGER IN
WHICH HIS PARTY is.
u 10 Hoped That the House WIN Be
Republican, but There Is No Ger
talnty About Il.
special to The Post,

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| Chicago, November i.-wsIt.- v1.rr-,,-
tslesraphs to the Record.Hersls ra,,,,,
ncan newspaper. from Washington az FOL.
loWsi There Is good deal Of nervous.
ness IN Administration circles here oyer tho
election next Tuesday. From Presidep,
hoosevelt down, government officials arc
snIlous lest the house OF representative
oe lost to the opposition and New YORK
80 with IT, They do not feel the co7a.
dence which usually characterized ts,a rsr,,,
leaders here IN winning years. rBs,5a ,,.
formation Is 70 the effect that the manager,
OF the republican congressional cs-,os,-,
90 not expect majority Of more Tran AZ.
Keen or possibly twenty In the bousa .,
representatives. This IA recognized nv
everyone here as very close margin. The
'osS OF ten or toEen districts over and
@Oove mo calculations OF the managers
Woad give the house TO the democrats
Llis Is TOO close for comfort. Prrzlda,4
N'oSeVelt and his advisers have been V4va7
70 understand during the last Rev DAYS
mat the situation 10 New York ana ~.
general outlook are not as bright az .bev
might be and they arc watching develon.
ments with almost painful interest
II Is not denied that the loss Of .bs "a.
publican majority In the house wound "a
euIt IN change OF party policy 10 some
eA'ent' the democrats manage 70
squeeze out & majority 10 the house. their
success VIII be ascribed TO the use they
nave made OF the tarif question and the
unsatisfactory attitude Of the republicans
on that Issue That there Is more or less
unrest ana discomfort as 20 the tarir.
everyone admits. and the republicans have
not fairly and squsrely met Il. The mauu.
iaeturers and big interests are opposed 70
revision The masses want certain tariff
abuses corrected. President Roosevelt
yielded 10 this demand in no far "a 10 spe.
gest some revision by the new congress-
Out by the device OF nonpartlsan tsrir
commission This has not been satlsfactorv
to tho consumers. who arc tired Of having
high prices for everything they buy. and
II the house is now lost II Is agreed in
republican circles the party will have 70
come out fairy and squareIy for reform
OF the tariE In tho direction Of lower
duties.
As to one thing there Is no disagreement, !
and that Is that II the coal strike had not |
been settled the republicans would have /
lost the house and the country. Had that |
deadlock continued. New York would have
been overwhelmingly democratic and the
democrats would have been assured OF q
good working majority In the house. Even
Pennsylvania might have been lost.
President Roosevelt naturally takes the
keenest satisfaction IN the part he was
able to play IN removing a cloud from over
is party. Among the expert politicians
= the administration. who have as much
5nformation as the party managers are able
% give them and use good Judgment ia es-
-imatng the value Of that information.
.he general conclusion IS as follows The
'onse OF representatives IL likely to be re-
publican by a majority ranging from six to ]
ifteen- In New York Il Is about even
ahance between Odeu and Coler. In Penn. ,,
yiyania the republican State ticket VIII
% elected BY a greatly reduced majority I
m ONO and Indiana the republicans Viii
,e sueccssfu BY slender margins compared 7
With recent years 4