The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-07-24
LLOYD PREDICTS
SWEEPING SUCCESS
Chairman Promises the Next
Congress to Democracy

1906 with excellent assurance ot
winning a majority of seats ir
the next Congress. Although il
is "A difficult matter to make pre-
dictions SO early in the campaign,
/ feel satisfied that we will gain
the fifty eight seats necessary to
insure the control of the next
House TO the Dem Gratis.
This is the glowing prospect OF
the 1906 campaign. which Con-
gTessman James t. Lloyd, chair
man ofthe Democratic Congress-
ional Committee, named by the
Democrats in Congress, offered
at the the Laclede Hotel yester-
day.
Congressman Lloyd, who rep
resents the First Missouri Dis
d. trict in the lower house of Con-
gress was in st. Louis to attend
the session of the State Execu-
tive Committee and to confer
with the Democratic members of
Congress and the Democratic
candidates as to ways and means
for the coming campaign.
Mr.. Lloyd announced that be
would be in charge of the Wes-
tern headquarters of the Con-
gressional Committee, which
would be opened in Chicago
August 1. He will go to Chicago
on that date and be at the helm
during the greater part of the
campaign. Assisting him at the
Chicago headquarters will be
Congressman Henry T. Rainey.
Representative from the Twen-
tieth Illinois District. Congress-
man Lloyd expects to spend
enough time in his own re-elec-
ton and not to let it 60 by de-
fault, as did former Congress
man Cowherd, OF Kansas City,
who failed to look after his own
interests while looking after the
party interests generally.
"The congressional campaign !
of 1906 will be made upon the |
broad issue of the tariff" said |
Congressman Lloyd. 'In some
parts of the country statehood is
a living issue, and will be put TO
the fore, especially in those dis
tricts which are intimately ac-
quainted with conditions in the
southwest, and with the Repub-
lican position as exemplified in
the late session of Congress.
president Roosevelt is fairly |
open to attack for his railroad |
rate position. His waverings
were overshadowed by his clever
play in bringing the meat ques-
ton to the front at the critical
moment. All over the country, |
however, the voters are begin
ming to resume notice of the rail
road rate affair.
''In the West and Southwest
an issue will be made in all like
lihood of the meat-inspection leg
islation. The Roosevelt asser-
tions and the subsequent devel-
opments were sufficiently far
apart to make a strong indict-
ment of the stand which the par
ty finally took"
.'What will be the effect OF the
Bryan boom on the congression-
al elections?" was asked of Mr..
Lloyd.
"A tremendously good effect"
replied the Congressman. 'All
over the country there is a re-
markably strong and sincere SEN
timent for Bryan. | know per-
sonaily that four years ago there
was not Democrat in Congress
from north of the Potomac and
east of the Appalachian Noun
tains who was for Bryan. / cam
not recall one now who was in
the last session of Congress who
does not believe that Mr.. Bryan
is the most conservative and
honest Democrat in the country.
In my estimation he will sweep
the country and the Bryan senti-
ment will win to Democracy
many of the Congressional seats
now held by Republicans. !"
Congressman Lloyd conferred
with many prominent Democrats
yesterday, among them c. w.
u