The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-24
UNCLE JOE" IS
GETTING ANXIOUS
OVER REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK.
THE SITUATION NOT WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WOULD
LIKE 1T TO BE.

News lEOm new lOEAS
and New Jersey Not Assuring for
Republican Successful the Demo-
cratic Congressional Headquar-
tiers Encouraging Reports of
Prospective Gains in Many States
Are Being Received.
BY R. NJ. Larner.
Washington, Oct. 23.-As election
lay draws near those political fore
casters who have been so free in their
predictions as to the general result,
are becoming more cautious in their
statements for publication.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon does not know
how to play the role of a gay deceiver,
and he does not attempt to conceal
from his personal friends that he is
extremely anxious about the complex
ion of the majority in the next House
of Representatives. While in this city,
just after tour of West Virginia and
Maryland, he talked with the greatest
frankness with his friends. His party
loyalty induced him to say for publ
cation that everything looked lovely
states, but he Invariably put in a quail
flying amendment to the effect that
he feared in some of the congressional
districts the Republicans were threat
ened with a serious attack of over
confidence. Uncle Joe" wants to hold
his job as Speaker and he does not
care who knows it. That accounts
for his vigorous campaigning. He is
not entirely satisfied with the congress
sional outlook, either in West Virginia
or Maryland.
Getting on the Firing Line.
Both parties are bringing to the
firing line their heaviest ordnance in
these, the closing days of the cam
paign. Conservative men of both
parties were deeply impressed with
the forcible speech of Grover Cleve-
land in New York Friday night Its
effect is likely to be felt particularly
in New York and New Jersey Dem
ocrats, who have heretofore belttled
almost every public utterance of Mr..
Cleveland, are to-day sounding his
praises and specializing upon the in
fiuence his speech will have upon the
conservative business men of those
two states, so important in this con-
test.
Roosevelt Has Much to Explain.
Although the Panama and the Phil
ippine questions are supposed to be
settled beyond dispute, so far as the
present campaign is concerned,
thoughtful people are beginning to
realize that the present administration
has much to explain regarding its ac-
ton in dealing with those two prob
lens. Although the speech of Senator
Culberson, in New York the other
night, intimating that the President
encouraged the Panama revolution,
may be something of a political chest
nut, it nevertheless lifted the admin
istration lid very effectively and start
ed Senator Lodge and other personal
friends of the President on an ener-
getic explanation expedition. When
one forces his opponent to the eX-
PLANTATION point, he usually has his
adversary at a disadvantage. There is
much yet to be told about the Pana-
ma canal deal.
Parker Wave.
From New York comes the report
that the Democrats have good reason
for claiming New York and New Jer-
sey for Judge Parker 1t is said that
much of the so-called Roosevelt popu-
larity" in those two states is manufac-
tured for campaign purposes to in
fiuence the betting. A New York sport
ing man, who is handling large sums
of money in connection with election
bets, ION commission, tells me that the
odds of to l, on Roosevelt, so free
ly offered, are based on a fictitious val
uation of Roosevelt's popularity. He
says that although Roosevelt is at
present a good to to l, favorite,
conditions may change i'm the last week
of the campaign as they did in the
Blaine campaign. On that occasion
THE Plumed Knight" was a hot fay
orite in the betting, to l, largely on
the ground of his supposed personal
popularity. His methods did not how
ever, appeal to the conservative bust
ness men, of the country and he was
beaten by Cleveland, who was no bet
ter known then than Judge Parker
Is to-day.
The Congressional Outlook.
At Democratic congressional head
quarters, Chairman Cowherd is re-
ceiving encouraging reports of pros
pective gains in West Virginia, In
diana, Maryland, Delaware, New Jer-
sey and Nebraska. The fact that the
Republicans have put up congressional
candidates in five districts I'm Georgia
has not been overlooked and Chairman
Cowherd has assurances that the Geor-
gla delegation will remain solid in
the next Congress. There appears to
be some uncertainty about Carter
Tate's old district, the ninth, where
Tom Bell is running against James
Ashley, representative, based on Re-
publican claims that Tate's friends
are not enthusing over Tom Bell.
MOBILE FIRE STILL BURNING,