Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-14
DOUBTFUL DISTRICTS
De mocratic Congressional
Committee to Send Speakers.
HAS ITS OWN BUREAU
LETTERS TO BE DISPATCHED ASK.
ING FOR INFORMATION.
Suggestions Solicited From Nominees
and Local Observation-Disclosures
Being Circulated.
HAS IT'S OWN BUREAU

The democratic congressional COMMITTEES
Is organizing Its own speakers bureau and
Will at once communicate with prominent
men of the party in order to ascertain who
can go into the campaign in doubtful con.
gressional districts.
Inc committee has prepared long list Of
i! Speakers ana VIII request these speakers
10 Indicate when they can go out into the
campaign and how much time they can de.
vote to 1t. 1t is desired to have this part
OF the campaign work begin by the 24th
instant, and from that time on the com.
mttee hopes to have speakers in all tho
districts 1t has marked as doubtful
chairman Cowherd has estimated that
there are only fifty doubtful districts but
chairman Babcock of the republican come
mittee mas increased this number to eeyS
enty' regarding as doubtful some Of the
uistrlcts that Mr. Cowherd looks upon al
saIeiy democratic 1t will be necessary ID
PROVIDE enough speakers to go into all OF
these nifty districts that are listed at tho
headquarters of the democratic committed
as doubtful AS a rule any district In
winch the majority of the sitting member
OF the House was less than 2OOO is consid.
cred doubtful. Where the majority exceeds
that the district is, as a rule looked upon
as sa1eiy under the control of tho party
that last carried it. There are some ex
oeptions to this rule, but there are not
many.
Suggestions Solicited.
Letters are to be promptly sent by tho
congressional committee to either the dem.
ocrauc nominee or the chairman of tho
democratic district committee In each Of
the doubtful districts, making inquiry 10
his need Of speakers to be furnished by the
committee Suggestions will be solicited
from these nominees or local chairmen an
to the questions that should be made upper.
rtt
with their preferences for speakers, AS far
as possible the committee will comply with
the requests for speakers, but of course il
VIII be able to do that only within very
broad limitations.
The news that the congressional commit
tee would organize its own speakers tu-
reau vas today received by democrats
with great satisfaction. There has been
more or less criticism in relation to the
apparent sowness in pushing the campaign
forward In some of the congressional dss
urally be expected. 1t was understood thai
the national committee would organize a
very large speakers bureau, and many
democrats have thought that these speak
ers would be placed at the command Of the
congressional committee. In order to mako
sure of having enough Of these speakers
and to warm up the campaign the commits
tee Is taking active measures in its own
behalf.
Campaign Literature Circulated.
The committee has issued its bulletin 13.
on irrigation, by Representative Van Duzen
OF Nevada, and expects shortly to issue
another in relation to a controversy which
occurred in the House of Representatives
between Representative Dalzell Of Pennsyl-
vania and John Sharp Williams, the leader
OF the minority, in which there was a ref
erence to ''hoodlums" as one element that
takes part in political turmoils. A third
bulletin will be the speech delivered in the
House by Representative Wade of Iowa in
relation to the trusts.
The committee is also putting out large
quantities Of its own literature in sl tho
doubtful districts now, but is still behind
the demand that has been made upon it
from all over the country. From now on
1t will dispatch a large amount Of litera-
ture to all those parts of the country in
which there is need for hard work. Indi.
ana is getting a great many of these docu+
ments, as Chairman Taggart insists that
he is going to carry that state for ParkeI
and Davis. 1t is understood that az many
documents are going to Indiana as to any
one state. This will be not only for theit
effect on the congressional tickets, but on
the electoral ticket.