The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-28
Democrats in the West arc
 Buoyant with Hope
ARE PLEASED WITH TAGGART
Good Feeling Was Manifested at tht Committee Meeting in New York and Democrats of That
 State Are Confident.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

BY PATTERSON STEALEY. Washington July 27.-(speeial)- sentative Cowherd, chairman of the dem. ocratic congressional committee made his appearance at committee headquarters l this morning for the first time since the St. Louis convention. He attended his state convention in Missouri, which nom mated Folk for governor, and since then he has been In several of the middle western states
 .'Everywhere I vent said MT Cow herd tonight, T found the democrats uni ted and confident The feeling Is abroad that we are going to win thls fight. On the part of some of the delegates the Parker telegram to the convention doubt lessly left bad taste but when they returned home from the convention and talked with their constituents, they found it was accepted in a favorable light. The ticket and the platform has brought ev- cry gold man back in the party and every silver man will stand by the nominees.
 West Is Satisfied.
 "The selection of Thomas Taggart fos the national ehairmanship is a good one. The west felt that the east was getting everything, while 1t was getting nothing. Taggarts election satisfies them and we meet the republicans on more than even terms In Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin,
 Representative cowherd today tele- graphed Mr. Taggart and as a result meeting between the two chairmen will be held within the next few days to prevent any conflict between the two committees.
 The democratic campaign book Is now being worked on by the congressional committee and will be ready to submit to the national committee shortly. It is usually the province of the latter com mittee to get out this book. but in view of the progress so far made by Chairman Cowherd. it is likely that he will be au- thorized to continue the work. At any rate. this is one of the matters to be decided at the meeting with Chairman Taggart
 Another important question is over the distribution of the enormous amount Of literature. Practically all of this print Ing Is done at the government printing office here. and therefore Washington i, the best point from which to distribute throughout the country. The committed has already printed about 100000 pamph- lets, half of which have been dstrib- uted. Combined with the national com mittee, this is a small fraction of the total amount to be sent out. Should the national committee undertake the work, 1 1t will necessitate the shipping of tho documents to it's headquarters in New l York and Chicago, thus resulting in 2 l loss of time, and considerable extra ex- 1 pense. 1t will not be surprising, there- l fore, if the literature of the campaign is placed almost entirely in the hands os the congressional committed, leaving tha national committee free to do the active political work of the campaign.
 Local Conditions Favorable.
 Local conditions are favorable for democratic success in some western states said Senator Dubois of Idaho, today.
 Roosevelt is popular in that section. and would carry all the states west of the Missouri river by large majorities if it were question of his personal popu- larity However, his party Is weakened, and he is hurt by local conditions
 Tn Idaho the people are thoroughly aroused over the Mormon question. The state democratic party has declared un- equivoeally that polygamy must be sup pressed and that the Mormon church au- thorities in Utah shall not dominate tha politics of Idaho. It is an issue affect ing our homes and our citizenship. Our best womanhood and manhood are in- volved.
 The dctations of the churchs leaders in politics and the open polygamous living of the highest officials of the church has become not only intolerable but men ace. The support of the national democ- racy and their unequivocal declaration in their platform will materially strengthen the party in Idaho.
 'Jn Colorado the usurpaton of law and the harsh and indefenslble methods of the state authorities against labor or ganizations have alarmed law-and-order people. The republican party will suffer not only in Colorado, but in all the min Ing states of the far west, on account of the Colorado situation"
 Good Feeling Manifested.
 Democrats who were in New York yes terday at the meeting of the national committee say there was general good feeling manifested and a belief in all quarters that Parker would be elected.
 "The New York democrats were espe- cially confident over the outlook in their state" said one of the democrats to- day "They do not see how Parker can lose the state. and the belief that New York will carry with it an electoral vote sufficient to place Parker in the white house. But probably the most delighted lot of democrats were the six or seven Indianians who came over to help out Taggart's election to the national com mittee. sll of them said the selection of Taggart will bring every democrat in Indiana to work for the ticket. and the state will be carried