Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-19
BATTLE WAGED FOR CONTROL Of
 CONGRESS
Republican Majority in Con- gresS Is Abnomally Large. Democrats Must Gain in Fif- ty-Eght Districts.
By J. J. Dickinson.

tives has been reduced as nearly to a science as can be easily imagined. There is nothing haphazard about it; nothing left to blind chance; no over looking of any detail, however trivial iC may appear to the unprscticed eye.
 Withal, however, the activities of those intrusted with the management of Congressional campaign are not, strictly speaking, national in their scope. They are confined for the most part to few districts-those that are ''close," in the parlance of the politicians; those that are de- batable ground. And this category is smaller than the average voter would guess off-hand.
 The present campaign furnishes an exception to this general rule. The reason is that the Republican majority in the House IS now abnormally large. IL is IA. To secure control of the next House, which is that of the Sixtieth Congress, the Democrats will have to hold every district their par ty now has, and take fifty-eight away from the Republicans. In spite of this unusual majority to overcome, the men who are managing the campaign for the Democrats are hopeful of suc- cess. Those who are managing the campaign for the Republicans are even more confident of winning. This makes the fight interesting. It is, of course, generally conceded that the Republican majority will be cut. The Roosevelt landslide of 1904 is respon- sible for the Fhfty-ninth Congress. In the last campaign the Democrats lost more than dozen districts that they had controlled for years.
 The campaign of each party is man. aged by a central committee, com posed of members of Congress, who are elected by their colleagues in the House. The Republican Congression- al Campaign Committee this year is headed by a new chairman, Represen- tative James Schoolcraft Sherman, Representative James A. Tawney. of Minnesota, vice chairman; Represen- tative Henry Clay Loudenslager, of New Jersey, secretary; and Represen- Iative William Brawn Mckinley, of Illinois, treasurer.
 Representative James M. Griggs, of Georgia, is again chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The two members of the House are associated with him as vice chairmen. They are R. F. Broussard, of Louisiana, and D. L. D. Granger, of Rhode Island. The secretary of the committee is Charles A. Edwards, of Texas; an official of the House, and treasurer is James L. Norris, of Wash ington, who is the District of Colum- bia member of the National Commit- tee. Judge Griggs is assisted by a sub committee composed of conspicu- GUS Democrats of both the Senate and House, as follows Representatives E. J. Bowers, of Mississippi; Senator F. G. Newlands. of Nevada; Representa- tive James T. Lloyd, of Missouri; Rep resentative W. H. Ryan, of New Yoik; Representative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois; Representative D. P. Finley, of South Carolina; Representative Charles A. Weisse, of Wisconsin,; Rep resentative John A. Keliher, of Massa- chusetts; Representative Frank Clark, of Florida; Senator Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho; and Representative W. R. Smith, of Texas. Hts organization thus is larger than that of MT. Sher- man, though, of course, the latter will draft into the service of his party as many members of the Senate and House as the exigencies of the cam paign may demand.
 Chairman sherman has opened headquarters for his committee in the St. James Building, Broadway, New York, and has employed there an of flee force of Lhirty-five clerks, sten- ographers, &c. Chairman Griggs, fol- lowing the Democratic custom, has opened headquarters for his commit tee in Washington, and keeps about fifteen employees busy from an early hour in the morning until fate in the afternoon. Sub-headquarters of both committees have been established in Chicago. Representative Lloyd has charge Of the Democratic headquar- ters in Chicago, while Representative Tawney presides over the Republi- cans. In the character of the work to be done and the number of office en- ployes, the sub-headquarters of both parties are on an exact footing with the chisf headouarters.
 Without exception, every person en- gagged in an important capacity with both committees is experienced in the work. Every one cf them has as thor oUgh an acquaintance with the polit- ical conditions in the districts to be fought for as it is possible for ex- perience to give. The task ahead of the Democrats is harder than that ahead of the Republicans, for the req son that the Democratic managers have a greater number of districts to fight for. The Republicans could lose more than fifty districts and still retain control of the House. Thus, Chairman Sherman can afford to de- vote all of the energies and resources of his organization to only a few of the close districts. whereas Chairman Griggs must divide his activities among fifty-eight districts, while at the same time keeping close watch on districts now held by his party, but which it is known the Republi- cans will endeavor to carry this year.
 While. of course, both committees appeal for support 10 the whole na- ton, their efforts are concentrated