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MAKING UP CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEES
BOTH PARTIES AT SEA
OVER NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CHARACTERISTICS.

Democrats Likely to Take Repre-
sentative COwherd of Missouri
and Republicans Will Probably
Draft Representative BabcOck OF
Wisconsin - Congregational Cam
pnISn Committees VIII Be Organ
lied within the Next Two Weeks,
Party Headquarters Not Yet Set
tied on.
Washington, D. c., March 6.-The
party leaders are talking a good deal
just at present about the Congressional
campaign organizations. 1t almost in
variably follows that the House of
Representatives, elected on president
ial year. has a majority for the party
that wins the presidency. Neverthe-
less members of the House. Republi-
cans and Democrats, cease not in their
efforts to perfect a good Congress-
ional organization. In a way each
party follows its own programme, to a
considerable extent separate from the
National Committee organization.
. There are several differences in the
organization of the Republicans, and
the Democratic Congressional Commit
tees. but in the main they are alike
and are made up of one member from
every state, and territory in the Union.
Democrats allow senators to serve on
their committees: Republicans do not
Where a state has no member of one
of the parties in its delegation in Con-
gress. the representatives of that party
on the Congressional Committee is
some private citizen. more or less
prominent in the politics of that state
However, such members are more or
less figure heads on the Congressional
committees, whose working members
are almost invariably members of the
House of Representatives.
At Sea over Chairmanship.
Both parties are all at sea about the
chairman of their national committees.
Things are in only a little more def
mite shape about the chairman of the
congressional committees. But il Is
quite sure that the Republicans will
again draft Representative Joseph w.
BabcOck of Wisconsin for their chair
man. He is a short but corpulent
man. of large business experience a ma
tive of Vermont. who has won a for
tune for himself out of the pine groves
of the Badger State and who has
shown great aptitude for political man.
agement. Just now he is out i'm Wis
consin where he has recently won a
denomination for Congress against the
bitter opposition of the LaFollette fac
ton, which at one time, threatened to
overwhelm him. Mr.. Babcock has man.
aged Republican congressional cam
paigns for ten years, in fact ever since
the Republicans came into power in
the House of 1894.
Republicans Look TO BabcOck.
Several times he has demurred
against further service, for the task is
an ardous one, but always he has been
compelled to yield to the universal de-
mand within the party for his man.
agerial services. That programme will
undoubtedly be repeated again this
year. and Mr.. Babcock will eventually
step to the helm. His management is
worth at least six or eight seats 10
Republicans and that is important
when the average majority in the
House are such that a change of if
teen votes, or whereabouts would give
the House over to the Democrats.
The Democrats. on the other hand
have had several chairmen in recent
years, none of whom have been sue
cessful in bringing his party into DOW
er in the House. First there was SEN
ator Faulkner, Of West Virginia, now
tive Richardson. of Tennessee, and then
Representative Griggs. of Georgia. OF
course all OF them were hampered by
woeful lack Of funds. which goes q
long ways these days in Congressional
campaigns. But none Of them had the
managerial ability Of Representative
BabcOck
Democrats LIKELY 20 Take Cowherd
This year they are casting about
Tor new man and seem most likely
10 take Representative ". s. Cowherd
OF Kansas city. one Of the brightest
ara most capable Democrats in the
House. But Mr. c0wherd may be-
drafted ns The Democratic osndidate
Tor Governor N Missouri ln which
event she party would have 10 look
tifeN here Democrats have prospects
" tstlinS some money this year f0i