The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-19
Startling Predictions BY RePub-
Iicans Regarding Canal
SITUATION IN DELAWARE
Republicans ire Losing Sleep Because
the Factions Refuse to Harmon
ize-Fairbanks Speaks In
Wilmington Today.
BY wATTERson sTEALEY.

Washington. September 1s.-(speeial)-
Col. b. NJ Harrod, a member of the Pam
anna canal commission. is IN the city pre-
dieting that the canal will be completed
within five years.
There are signs In republican circles that
before the campaign Is ended the limit of
work will be brought down to about two
years. After election. however. there will
be a different story to tell Along about
December it will be no surprise IL the
commission suddenly find out that the job
is such a big one that Senator Morgan
and a number of experts may be right
after all when they declare the canal I'M
possible of construction. But this small
matter to the administration.
The money has been distributed and few
doubt that a good per cent of 1t Is now
payable to the order Of National Chairman
Cortelyou.
Muddled Situation In DelaWarea=sla
Senator Fairbanks Of Indiana, Nilo IA
in Washington today. addresses a re2sss
can meeting In Delaware tomorrow "a
oording to reports from wilmingty .
occasion is not going to be as llyely.s y
affair as it's managers had hoped. Har-
mony plans between the Addieks and
antis have fallen through, and scheme
to work up enthusiasm by bringing an
elephant on the stage at the physiological
moment has been abandoned.
They were also going to have big pa
rade and a general hurrah, bue as the
Addieks men have rejected the harmony
proposition the size of Senator Fairbanks 5
audience will suffer materially
| Houston is Confident.
Representative Houston Of Delaware
held uuite a conference with chairman :.
eowherd of the democratic congressional
committee yesterday morning. The Del
aware democrats are well organized ana
are confident of eleeting their nominee
for governor, congressman and delivering
the states electoral vote to Parker.
Mr.. Houston was elected two years ago
by nearly four thousand majority, the
republicans having two congressional
tickets In the field The republicans OF
the state this year seem In no better nx'
but II is likely that by the middle OF oe-
tober the republican national eommlt.ee
will intervene and knock out either one
faction or the other There is, however,
every reason 10 believe that the state
Will be carried B3 lDS +othipAiRh9t
The republicans have both Addieks and
anti-Addicks tickets in the field with
full set of state officers. The anti-Ad-
dicks people have proposed that the nom-
inees of both factions resign and COM
mittee select straight ticket TO be
voted for by both factions. The Addieks
men are considering the proposition but
will likely reject 1t. An anti-Addleks
governor would seriously interfere with
/ A l. MI
Cause Unnecessary Disturbance.
An interview is going the rounds of
the press with Chairman Babeoek OF the
! republican congressional committee IN
| which he gives as one reason why there
| should not be elected a democratic house
/ this year that 1t would proceed to inves-
tigate the several departments, thus
| causing unnecessary disturbance.
why says Chairman Babeoek, Mr.
Hepburn of Iowa informs me tnat ths
democratic house which met in 1919 was
conducting at one time as many as thiF-
ty-two separate Investigations in the de-
partments. We all know how frnltless
partisan Investigations are"
In the opinion of Chairman Cowhero
of the democratic committee this Is ono
of the very reasons that a democratic
congress should be elected. Even the re-
publican investigation or the postofhee
department uncovered enough fraud 10
vote the administration from power All
efforts to go deeper into the corruption
discovered by means of non-partlsan
committee were successfully checked.
There Is also abundant reason to believe
that several other government depart
ments are lust as bad II not worse than
the postoffice department. Chairman
cowherd believes dishonest offceholders
should be disturbed, and he is relaxing
no effort to carry a house which VIII dis
turb them.
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