Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-29

| publicans having elected to put their
headquarters in New York, with branch
| headquarters in Chicago Prom a demo-
cratic viewpoint, as outlined by Judge
Griggs Of Georgia. chairman Of the con-
gressional committee, the fight Is almost
won for the democrats and he sees a
democratic majority in the lower house
| in the sixtieth congress. Chairman Sher-
man, Vice Chairman Tawney and the
wheel horse of the republican party,
Charles II. Grosvenor, do not concede the
claims of Mr.. Griggs, but on the con-
trsry are conservatively looking to thirty
| republican majority in the SiNtieth CON
gress The republicans have in the pres
emit F'ifty-ninth congress- ia majority.
They are prepared to lose approximately
twenty districts, which would mean
change Of forty. The democrats, to carry
the house, must gain ifty-eight districts,
and this gain they expect to make in
Missouri Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut.
Local Issues involved.
There is no denying the fact that i'm New
York and Pennsylvania local conditions
are Of such a character that It is impos-
sible to forecast the result. Party lines
are completely broken in those two states
and the leaders Of both parties have found
It impossible to make a fair and honest
canvass of the situation. The farmers OF
Pennsylvania are learning what 1t cost TO
erect the new state capitol building in Har-
risburg They have learned that the build
ing cost 100000 in round numbers and
that the interior furnishings cost 100000
and in consequence the yeomanry Of the
Keystone state are UP In arms ready to
vote to turn down anyone who has the
kfa hna
In New York state William Randolph
Hearst. the Independence league candidate
and endorsed by the democrats, is creating
new conditions and attracting to him q
voting strength which heretofore has been
aligned with one or the other Of the po-
litical parties. To such an extent is Hearst
breaking into the old parties that the num-
Der of his votes cannot be approximately
torecasted. One thing IL certain, Hearst
has got the republicans scared in New
York state and between now and election
day you may expect to SEQ campaign
rivaling the days when Tilden and Hayes
were the candidates OF their respective
parties for president in the Empire state.
Issues Well Defined.
The issues are well defined and the re-
publlcans and thousands of democrats will
make every effort 10 eliminate tho young
man who believed he was presidential tim
| her! before he had held a public Office Of
any kind. The Hearst influence In New
York will necessarily dominate the congress
| sional situation In Greater New York and
| In that particular there may be several
| seats lost in New York City to the repub-
| licans. Scanning the list of nominations
made by the two parties for congress It is
seen that there is likely to be chosen an
unusually large proportion of new repre-
sentat lves in the Sixtieth congress. Even
! II all the incumbents who have been nomi-
mated are reelected there viii be sixty
new members, all of whom have been
nominated in the place Of present members
or OF those who have died since the last
election.
. In the case Of Alabama, which Is first on
the alphabetical list CT states Captain
/ Richmond Pearson Hobson, retiring after
distinguished service In the navy. will take
the place of that very tried old democrat
John II. Bankhead. In the Arkansas dele
cation John S. Little will be missed because
of his nomination for governor, and will
be succeeded by William 4. Cravens Of
Fort Smith. In Colorado there is considera-
bic friction, but it seems safe TO predict
the election OF the republican candidates.
Georgia will send a solid democratic dele
cation. Assuming there will be no change
in the delegation from Illinois, there will
be but one new member from that state,
Frank o. LoYden having been nominated to
succeed one of the veterans Of the house,
Robert b. Hit, who died a few months ago.
Nebraska promises but one change. John
Boyd who has been nominated by the re-
publicans Of the Third district to succeed
]. ]. Mccarthy.
GrOsvenOF Goes out.
The most notable change in the entire
house membership will be in the retirement
Of General Charles H. Grosvenor, who has
been member OF the house with the ex-
\ ception OF one term, since the beginning OF
the Forty-ninth congress. His successor.
J who in all probability will be Albert c.
Douglass, the man who defeated Grosvenor,
will have an herculean task to maintain
the reputation OF his predecessor.
By reason Of the many changes in the
personnel OF the sixtieth congress- as
suming that the republicans will control
there will be an exceedingly large number
OF important committee places 20 be filled.
Grosvenor, as one OF the mighty COMMITTEES
on rules, will be out, leaving a vacancy
I'm that body. which is really in charge OF
legislation. He will also leave a vacancy
on the committee of ways and means and
the Craftsmanship on the committee OF mer-
chant marine and fisheries from which
win come legislation looking TO the reha-
blltation Of our merchant marine. Bank
head is the senior democrat on both river
and harbors and public buildings and
grounds. Beidler Of Ohio, who has been
defeated for denomination, viii leave a va.
cancy IN the committee on the District OF
Columbia; Towne, once a republican from
Minnesota, now a democrat from New
York, who has not been renominated by
TamInany. and who. II nominated, would
have been fought by Hearst. leaves for.
eign affairs; Hearst quits the COMMITTEES on
labor; Littauer republican. OF New York
the man who made the gloves for the
army leaves appropriations; Joseph c. sib.
ley, one OF the picturesque characters OF
the house, who has been I'm all parties
serving In the house as both democrat and
republican, quits his seat from Pennsyl,
vsnia for the quietude OF a millionaire
life, spending his summers on his yacht
in the northern lakes and his winters
along the Florida coast He leaves q va
cancy in the Craftsmanship OF the eommitte,
on manufactures, while Dovsnor OF West
Virginia, who failed OF denomination viii
make a vacancy on rivers and harbors.
These are some OF the changes which the
sixueth congress viii bring about. som,