The Washington times., 1906-10-31
Leader of Congressional
Committee Considers
First Estimate Too
Conservative.
PREDICTS HEARST SAFE
BY 100000 PLURALITY
Declares the Country Is Fast
Swinging Into Line for
the Approaching
Election.

Il have not seen a political situation
turn as Il has IN this campaign since
1Sga." said Chairman Griggs, of the
Democratic Congressional committee in
discussing the outlook for next Tues
days election. Everything has been
coming our way for the last thirty days.
The Republicans are sending out from
their headquarters in New York co.,
CO.. postal cards, calling on their voters
with a Macedonian cry 10 get to the
polls ana vote for the party candidates
TO save the control of the House. We
haven't the money 10 send out a million
postals. II Will cost our Republican
friends S1o,Ooo 10 do a.; but the people
realize the situation. They don't care
continental about the Republican
cards and they don't need cards from
us.
Confident of Hearst's Election.
-Four years ago." continued Mr.
GrigEs, we had The election won. until
J. Plerpont Morgan came to town 10
confer with the President about end
ing the coal strike. When that was set
tied. our chance was gone Go back
only a year, and recall that in the New
York mayoralty election, three days be-
Mcclellan; ten days before election
they We're ten to one. on him. yet
1 guess not many folk doubt that
Hearst was elected mayor. as ne will
be elected governor this year and count
ed ia.
1T has been going that way every
where this year. Our Republi-
can friends are greatlq disturb
ed about the situation, and ! don't
blame them. Not only are local condi-
ti0ns in many States favoring us, but
oversnadowing an this. Is the fact that
tEere is "a widespread unrest regarding
the tarifI Many people for long time
suppressed their dissatisfaction with the
Republican tariff policy, because they
thought the President was at heart for
tariI revision. and would set around Id
il in due time. That kept the masses OF
tariff-revision Republicans lined ND for
long while. But when they came to
realize that the Administration had
gone over 10 the standpatters, they saw
tho error of their ways. Just the other
day at Baltimore. Secretary Taft ad-
mitted that, OF course there We're some
CNCrescences on tnc tariff structure.
aEd DE advised thar the way 70 be rid
ot them was 10 have revision by its
friends. Secretary Taft means by this
10 elect another standpat House. with
another standpat Speaker: with the
same standpat Committee ou WAYS and
Means, anc with every other place on
tle guard line in control OF the opDo-
sluoE TO tariff changes. And ont of
that the people are asked 10 get "A re-
vision Of the eariff by its friends"
but the country understands the
SITUATION II is swinging into line with
U.S. and many people viii be surprised
al the result on election ddy"
Mr.. Griggs was asked about The esti-
mates that have been given out by some
Democratic authorities, claiming gains
nf -iNt-sevcy members OF the House.
lie looked over the list and said.
The claim of a gain of ten i'm New
York IS safe. Hearst b. sure of election
/ think likely by i00.U10. The claim of
one gain each. i'm Massachusetts North
Carolina. Kentucky. Montana Delaware.
Rhode Island, Connecticut. Idaho. and
Virginia are all good, but we will not
gain six in PENNSYLVANIA. We will gain
more than that number Similarly the
claim OF a Democratic gain of six I'm
Illinois is too conservative. We will
gam eiSht IN Missouri. Concessions of
hNe or SIX are made in Ohio. but We
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