The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-05-26

FIGHT STARTING
Headquarters of Two Commit
tees Selected.
Democratic Committeeman Suspect
Tom Taggart of Having Hidden
Motives In Contest.
PLAN OF. CAMPAIGN OUTLINED

Washington, May 26.- The con-
best for control of the next house of
representatives. will soon be on at
full head. II will be waged with Wig
or from the start.
Washington will be the seat and
principal headquarters OF the Demo-
cratic congressional committee. A
handsome suite of rooms in the Nun
sey building has been rented, and
there Chairman Griggs and Secreta-
ry Edwards will hold forth and ex-
ercise their managerial functions.
The headquarters of the Republican
congressional committee will remain
in New York city. During the last
few years many propositions have
been made looking to the removal of
Republican congressional headquar-
ters to some other city, but while
Representatives Babcock and Over
street were in the saddle as chair
man and secretary, respectively, they
always insisted that New York is the
best place to feel the political, as.
well as the financial. pulse of the
country.
The location Of western headquar
tiers of the Democratic congressional
committee is a subject Of earnest de-
bate IL was proposed some time ago
that the western campaign be con-
Quoted from Chicago, but this tenta-
tive decision may be set aside and
the western branch, headquarters
may be opened at Hannibal, Mo.
Practically all of the work of the
western headquarters will devolye
upon Representatives James T.Lloyd.
Of Missouri. and Henry T. Rainey of
Illinois, and if the headquarters BE-
at Hannibal, each can look after his
home district in addition to the gem
eral work of the committee. Their
desires will govern largely in the
end.
The officials of the congressional
committee declare that they are go
ing to stay in the middle of the road
and play no favoritss as far as the
presidential possibilities are concern
ed.
Taggart's Committee Suspected.
The managers of the Democratic
congressional committee still regard
with considerable suspicion the APP
polntment by Thomas Taggart, DEM
ocratic national chairman, Of a sub
committee of the national committee
to cooperate with the congressional
committee. This subcommittee. nam
cd by Mr.. Taggart On May 4, con-
sists of j. NJ. Guifey, Pennsylvania;
r. NJ. Johnson. Texas; J. Taylor FL
lison. Virginia; Urey Woodson, Ken
lucky; Roger Sullivan, Illinois; Tim
othy G.. Ryan, Wisconsin, and John
]. McGraw. West Virginia. 1t is half
way feared that the willy national
chairman is trying to exert a"sphere
of influence" over the congressional
committee for the purpose, II possi-
BILE, of converting il into an anti
Hearst organization, or at least of
nullfying whatever influence Mr..
Hearst may have with the congres--
sional management.
Where Fight VIII BE Forced.
The states where the Democratic
leaders expect to force the fight, are
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin. Nebraska, Kan
sas. Missouri and Iowa. In the New
England and some of the other east
ern states reciprocity will be the is
sue upon which the Democrats will
chiefly rely, but their main issue,
which will be put forward In all of
tho central and western states is tar
i'll revision.
After DaIzcII.
-Four distinguished members OF
congress. each OF whom is shining
light in national councils, have been
marked by Democratic managers for
and every effort will be
made to retire them from congress.
They are John Dalzell, of the Thir-
teenth Pennsylvania district; Will
liam p. Hepburn, of the Eighth Iowa
district; Joseph Weeks Babcock, of
the Third Wisconsin district, and
John F. Lacy. of the Sixth Iowa dis
trict. II would seem almost like mad
ness to talk of defeating Daizell,who
was eiected to the present congress
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