Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
BY SHELDON CLINE.

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l The committee will maintain headuuar-
ters in. Washington, with branch in
J chicago, the campaign in the western
states to be conducted from the latter.
congressman Lloyd, Of Missouri, and
Rainey, of Illinois, will be in charge of
the Chicago headquarters and will have
| full authority in directing the western
light. Judge Griggs will remain in
Washington, as will also Congressman
Z Bowers, of Mississippi, who is chair
man OF the campaign committee of
eleven having direct charge Of the con.
:, test
| The committee this year has very
| ornate quarters in the building, one of
! Washlngton's new sky-scrapers, and
there force of clerks and stenog-
raphers is hard at work Everybody
!; connected with the campaign is deeply
convinced that this is the year Of dem
!, ocratic opportunity. They recount the
republican sins of commission and
omission In the session Of congress just
ended and are unable to see anything
else but democratic majority in the
next house. There isn't much money
in sight to pay campaign expenses, but
Chairman Griggs has an abiding trust
}, in Providence and is serene in conf
dence that the ravens will not over
look the needs of his committee.
J. AS yet, the republicans have made
no move in the campaign. Congress-
man Sherman, of New York, who is
chairman Of the republican committee,
says headquarters will be opened be-
fore August 1. AS usual, the republi.
can headquarters will be in New York
, with branch in Chicago. The repub-
licans, this year, are "up against" the
same proposition that their democratic
opponents have wrestled with in recent
congressional campaigns-there isn't
any money in sight. Democrats have
become hardened to this chronic state
Of campaign poverty and are much less
troubled therefore, than are the repub-
lican managers. 1t appears to be the
accepted belief that the frosted mitt''
instead of the glad hand" will be ex-
tended to this years solicitors of cam
paign contributions. Certainly many
of the old sources of revenue are for
ever cut off, and unless new sources
can be located there isn't going to be
much doing in the way of campaign
funds.
The first session Of the Fifty-ninth
Congress was remarkable for the num-
Der of personal clashes that occurred
and house. Senator Bailey of Texas
: was the stormy petrol of the session,
though Senator LaFollette ran him a
close race as a trouble-maker. keeping
some of his staid and dignified republi-
| "a n ~, o,,& L,
Senator Bailey had his fighting
clothes on from the time the session
| began until it ended. He clashed not
only with fellow senators but with
| members Of the house, with the Presi-
: dent and with newspaper men. Even
, his bosom friend and democratic con-
fierce, Senator Tillman, did not escape
the Texans bellicose disposition and
: the wind-up Of the session was marked
: by sharp wordy war between them
: BY far the most sensational incident
! of the session was Senator Bailey's
speech denouncing Representative
{ William R. Hearst, during the course
OF which he expressed regret that the
customs of society no longer per-
, mitted the settlement of differences on
, the field Of honor The trouble
arose, as is generally known, because
in magazine owned by Mr.. Hearst
the personal integrity of Senator Bail
) ey was called into question.
| In the house, as is always the case
there were numerous clashes, but only
two of them attracted more than pass
: ing attention. One of these was the
t set-to between Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia
! and Mr.. Southwick of New York, in
3 which it was charged the Georgian
2 threatened the New Yorker with q
: knife. But for the interference OF
9 friends of both, this affair might have
; resulted in violence and bloodshed. The
other notable house row was between
r Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania and Mr.
: Cooper, of Wisconsin, both republicans
y Mr.. Dalzell charged Mr. Cooper witt
:. dishonorable conduct in having chang
. ed the Record, and bad feeling was en-
gendered that will require years tt
, heal
:. Washington just now is in the midst
, of one of those commercial revivals
! which have marked the history of the
: capitol almost from the beginning. Ar
:, association of business men is agitat
. ing the question of establishing whole
sale jobbing houses with view to cap
= turing from Baltimore and Richmond
: share Of the trade Of the south. The
J. city has been much stirred up, the
railroads have become interested, ant
!, there has been an echo of answering
:. activity in Baltimore.
K Just what will become of this pres
t ent movement is hard to predict
i There always have been two faction:
1 in Washington, one opposed to com
j. merclalizing the city and the othel
il strenuously for it. There have beer
frequent attempts by the latter factor
to secure the location Of manufactur
/, ing industries here, but the opposition
$ of the ''city beautiful element hes
t prevented any great measure of sue
t cess The same arguments cannot b.
: employed against the establishment o
: jobbing houses tina have prevailed
l. against factories, and for this reason
k the chances that the Commentaries
:. will succeed would seem to be better.