Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-27
Republican and Democratic
Chairmen Give Out State
ment Of Political Claims
BOTH PROFESS CONFIDENCE
Democrats Relying on the Stay at.
Home Vote to Win-New York Her
aid Gives a Forecast, Claiming the
Elections Will Be Close, But That
the Republicans Will Win,

Washington, oct. ~. - SnalTlllitA
Babcock, Of the republican national
congressional committee. has given ou'
the following forecast on the election;
THE republicans will elect a major
ity of the next house Of representatives
The majority will not DE that of the
last presidential election, but will be
somewhat reduced. think it will be
greater than the majority in 1895
which was thirteen.
.In most of the states there will be
light vote, and all our speakers have
reported considerable apathy. This has
marked the political meetings on both
sides. The country is more prosperous
than ever before in its history, and the
farmers have had unexumpled crops
Therefore every one has been too busy
to take much interest in politics. as
suming that the country could take
care of itself. However, there has been
an awakening of interest, and look
for a heavy vote.
The issues of the campaign have
been the tariff, the industrial combina-
tions and the great prosperity which
the country has been enjoying. / at
outlook to the splendid attitude OF
President Roosevelt on the question OF
the trusts, the tariff and the coal
strike.
IF the party had ignored the tariff
question 1t would have met with defeat
1t has taken the ground that the tariff
should be modified and placed on a
protective, basis. 1t has also advocated
Cuban reciprocity in the west and east.
There are four kinds of tariffs dis
cussed at this time. These are the pro-
hibitive tariff, which shuts out certain
classes Of goods and places the Ameri-
can consumer at the mercy of the
home producer; the protective tariff,
which amply protects the manufacture
er and the wOrkingman, the tariff for
revenue only, and finally free trade.
THE republican party has made its
fight in this campaign in favor of the
protective tariff, and will seek to adj
just the tariff where it needs adjust
ment. The democratic party seems to
for the trusts, with all the ruin that
free trade implies, and those who are
not willing to go so far are in favor of
a tariff for revenue and are certainly
not in favor of the protective system.
On the issue which our opponents have
raised we will carry the next house Of
representatives.
Chairman Griggs, of the democratic
congressional committee. gave out the
following statement:
II believe the next house of repre-
sentatives will be democratic by good
working majority. The country is ripe
for revolt against republican policies.
The whole country demands tariff re-
vision and reduction. especially on
trust-made and trust-controlled goods.
A majority of the people have come to
the conclusion that this can not be had
thru the republican party, and they
will, therefore, elect a democratic house
Of representatives, not only to get what
they believe they ought TO have in the
way of tariff revision, but as protest
also against republican inaction and
broken promises on that and other sub
jects.
Many republicans will vote the
democratic ticket this year, while many
will register their protest by staying
away from the polls. This is shown
conclysively to my mind by the small
gatherings to hear republican speakers
and the great complaint by republicans
Of apathy in their ranks.
This campaign up to date Is very
much like the campaign of 1890, when
the democrats carried the house by $50
majority. Tariff reform was the issue
then, as it is now, and that was a year
in which both parties complained
greatly Of apathy. 1t went so far then
that the chairmen of both parties be-
lieved up to the election that they had
been unable to interest the people in
the issue. To their establishment they
then found that the people were very
deeply interested and very large
democratic vote was cast, resulting In
the large democratic majority in the
house of representatives above men,
toned. ~
THE arrogance Of organized monop-
oily, the increased price of living with
out corresponding increases in wages,
higher prices at home for American
trust-made goods than abroad and the
tendency of the republican party
toward imperialism in the Philippine
policy are causing the people to think
deeply. / have no fear that they will
register their protest on Nov. 4 and
chastise the party responsible for these
wrongs. All of this means democratic
house of representatives"
A POLL OF THE STATES.
New York Papers Forecast Of the