Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-29
BABC0CK CONFIDENT
Counts on a Safe Majority in
the House.
MENACE OF BRYANISM
GOLD DEMOCRATS WILL REMAIN
IN SOUND MONEY PARTY.
Charges That Goods Are Sold for Less
Abroad Than at Home, He Says,
Will Fall Flat.

Representative Babcock Of Wisconsin.
chairman of the republican congressional
committee was in the city today on a short
visit, coming over from the committees
headquarters in New York In conversa-
ton with Star reporter Chairman Bab-
cock spoke confidently of victory for the re-
publican party in the coming congressional
elections
''The harmony efforts Of the democrats
have benefited US very much" said Mr..
Babcock. II hope they will continue. Mr.
Bryans recent visit to the east did US lot
of good. 1 trust he will call often in these
parts He succeeded admirably in raising
the old specter which some of his COL
leagues hoped had been buried
The Cleveland-HiN Appeal.
THE appeal of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.
Hill for harmony threa tened movement
tc ALLEVIATE from us some Of the gold demo-
crat vote which we had received In 1900,
1898 and 1896. 1t looked for time as IL
some of them would fall back into line at
least on the congressional ticket and vote
for the candidates nominated by the
democracy.
THAT fear is effectually dissipated. 1
think Mr.. Bryan's letter following Mr.:
opened the eyes of the eastern democrats
to the true situation in the democratic
party and to the fact that the old Chicago
and Kansas City crowd stiil are In the sad
die and determined to dictate to the democ-
racy of the country. With that realizatio
the former democrats who lately have
stood with the party of sound money and
prosperity will continue to lend their sup
port to the republican candidates for Con-
gress, in my judgment.
40, of toe N he
cratic party, western man, in the course
of a long conversation with me few days
ago said: The democratic party is not
ready to take the reins of government. The
democratic party in the House OF Repre-
sentatiVes is for free silver, populism and
socialism. l don't want US to win this fall.
We may be fit to take hold by the next gen.
eral election, but we are not fit to Go 1t
now. the way the party at present is con-
stituted.' That was talk to the point and
he meant every word of it. He has been a
democrat all his life, and still is a demo-
crat.
Organism Still in Control.
THE eastern democrats realize thorough
Iy the fact that the old Bryan-Chicago-
Kansas City element still is in control of
the party management Outside of few
New York members the democracy of the
House is for free silver today as much as
ever it was. The campaign is being con-
Quoted by southern democrats, who still
are true to the traditions of the party of
that section. The eastern democrats and
the northern democrats, especially the Ger
mans, still are afraid Of them. / don't
think they will indorse them this fau.
Il observe that the democrats have al
ready dropped their Philippines issue, as 1t
was prophesied they would. 1t was too hot
a proposition for them to hold close to
their bosoms. Their attack on the army
miserably 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 raeet
them on the question of trusts and the
tariff. The only antitrust legislation on
the statute books was enacted by the re-
publican party in Congress. The demo-
Gratis 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 prosperity on every
hand, the result of republican policies, We
are not afraid to ask the country to con-
tinue the republican party In power in
order that those policies may be continued
in effect.
Selling the Surplus.
1.-The effort of the democrats to make an
issue out OF the allegation that manu-
facturers are selling goods cheaper abroad
than at home will fall fat What If It were
true that they are doing so7 It Is rule of
trade that surplus products must not be
dumped onto the home market to demoral-
ize 1t. but must be sold in an outside mar
ket A 1obbing house in this country de-
string TO close out surplus stock would
not unload in its own territory, breaking
down prices, but would try to sell 1t in
the other fellows territory. The possibility
OF thus disposing OF surplus product en-
aDleS the American manufacturer to run
MS mills all the year round without having
TO smut down two or three months. His
men are Kept at work and wages are cir
culated through his section just that much
more In the year than If he had been COM
peiled when he had supplied his own mar
ket, to close down his mill. That rule of
trade Will operate always. =
Confident Of Safe Majority.
I feel sure we will carry the House by
safe majority this fall. We will make,
gains IN the middle west and will hold
our own in the east"
Mr.. Babcock left for New York this after
noon. He will be Joined there by Secretary
overstret and other members Of the ex-
ecutive committee later and the campaign
work will be pushed.
Inc committee has established head
quarters In the St. James building, 1135
b,oad"ay' which will be also the home
OF the spellbinders' bureau, which is to
torm conspicuous feature of the commit
tees work. The distribution of speeches
Will De secondary to the spellbinder fea
ture, put by no means unimportant. The
campaign hand book Is nearing completion
ana the advance copies will be given to the
press within a week.