The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
REPUBLICAN, HOPE
At FLOOD TIDE
Chances Favor Supremacy, Not
Only in Presidential, but in
House Election.
BY w. w. Jermane.

captures the house of representatives
also, and for this reason the repub-
lican congressional committee is CON
graduating itself over the marked i'm
provement the past few. weeks have
shown in the Roosevelt situation.
The democratic congressional COM
mittee, whose headquarters is still in
Washington, is not nearly so hopeful
and buOyant as when congress adj
journed, April %. Then, Chairman.
CoWherd OF the committee was giving
out interviews which, as rainbow chas-
anything undertaken in similar line
by, General 9. II. Grosvenor for the re-
publlcans. In one OF them, type of
the rest, he said "there is majority
OF only 81 against us now, and we shall
surely be able to take more than six
teen seats away from the republicans. -
! Asked why he made this statement, he
replied that democratic victory was s'in
! the air.
Now he is inclined to be pessimistic.
He has quit being interviewed and
| spends good deal of his time running
over to New York and trying to make
| connections there with the democratic
campaign treasury. He wants to move
! MS headquarters to New York, and says
that unless permitted to do so, the con
gresslonal canvass will amount to moth
Ing. In Washington he has been ham
| pered by lack Of funds. He has got
out very little literature; there is not
enough money on hand to publish the
campaign textbook, and in general
Does Not Spell Victory.
:. This situation does not spell victory.
1t is in sharp contrast with the stu
alton as Mr.. Cowherd believed it to
exist in April. But it is characteris-
tlcally. democratic. The democrats al
ways have most hope Immediately fol-
that time they always see the repub-
means IN full retreat; but as the cam
palgn progresses, this hope usually be-
gins to ooze out at the finger tips of
The party leaders, and they come full
up against election day feeling that
they may count confidently on the
'sssolid SOUTH if on nothing else. 49,. :.
| With the "solid SOUTH Behind them,
the democrats, in each presidential and
congressional campaign, have the long
end Of the pole. Here are 1872 mem.
bers OF congress and Isl electoral votes
which come to them without any strug-
gle or the expenditure Of time or
money. Shameless legislation in Mary.
land is expected to add two democrats
this year to the congressional member
snip from that state, making it neces.
sary for the democrats to win only
J sixty seven seats out of the 259 in the
north to, control the house. All theil
campaign efforts can, therefore, be cen.
tered on northern states and districts
. vail it should be comparatively easy
for them to capture both the presiden
, cy and congress.
Republicans, in order to win, either
presidency orseongress, must make {
. fight in every state. They have ne
ssod n neth to Put Put over against the
trict by district and state BY state
they must drive the enemy back, ant
: eternal vigilance is always the pric,
OF republican victory. ' =.
i. Yet, the republicans have won many
more times than the democrats, eve1
: with the handicap referred to. Only
Gratis had a president. They have hat
: the lower house of congress half a doz
9 en- times, but for only two years sine
9 the, war have they had the presidenc,
S and both houses of congress at the sam
/ time. = 80 IT,
;. Republicans in Lead. =
= Their chances of winning are no bet
s ter this year than they have beer
:. heretofore, nor as good as they hav
publican members Of the present hous
J. OF representatives were elected by&plu
!. ralities Of less, than ], 900 each, and
!, majority OF the fourteen by plurali
:. ties Of less than 700 each. But offset
= bers of the present house were electe
! by less than 1000 each, and twelve o
u them by less than 700 each. The re
! publ1cans have as good a chance to wi
a the twenty democratic districts as tn
p democrats have to win the fourteen re
publican districts. -'' ~ b.,
l. There are forty districts which tn
q democrats say are close--districts i
= none of which the republican maiorit
a exceeded 2,oo0-and< presumably it j
y the democratic program to make a fgh
is being made, the republicans will b
making, a fight in thirty districts, j
{ each of which the democratic ;maiort
u two years ago was less than 2,000::asze
: Chairman Babcock Of the repubEca
;. congressional com n admits . tha
q congressional situation, But he hopes t
,. smooth them over by careful manage
It ment. The work of his committee fro1
2 the beginning of the campaign has bee
3 devoted to restoring harmony to thos
e close districts, and that will be it's chic
= work until the middle Of September.
49, In Eastern States. 80
e Connecticut and New. Jersey wi
u receive close attention from the tw
- congressional committees. Connect
L cut has five DISTRICTS, and those nc
Il safely republican are doubtful Shout
~ the democrats carry the: state ,+fc
u, - Parker, they might at. the same. tim
: elect congressman in these close .di
tricts. Three New Jersey, district
now. held by the republicans, are. clos
!, and so is one now held by demoera
"a The Delaware district is also clos
q: Should New Jersey and Delaware $ 9
II for Parker. the republicans might los
+ all these districts.
i, In the great cities Of the country tw
Y years ago Chicago. New York, Detroi
70 Minneapolis, San Francisco and
n, Louis-there were democratic congre
1T sional gains. It is believed that tt
re most Of these city districts will retu1
republican members this year. ~
Ia The congressional contest is thu
IS bound up very closely with the pres
n other is likely to go: The repubhca
Sc son, is feeling greatly encouraged ov,
Sc in the Roosevelt situation. The rea
is ton which followed the nomination ,
arr Parker has passed away, and at pre-
ut ent the democrats are at low ebb al
ut the republicans at food tide. TT
III closer these periods of good feeling con
to election day, the more likely they a
lg to be prophetic. At present there is /
chance to get sight of any Park
money either in New York or Washin
"a ton.
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