The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-13
THE CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN IS
STARTED
Politicians Begin to Discuss
Question of Control of the
Sixtieth Congress.
Associated Press to The Evening Tim

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, July lS.-With the pres
ent week the campaign for the control
Of the next congress has begun in
earnest. and politicians and business
men are discussing the outlook with
no little interest. While the republic
cans have a majority in the present
house in excess OF one hundred men,
bers and are therefore reasonably
certain of retail ling control in the
siNtieth congress they evidently in
tend not TO make anything for grant
ed
The republican campaign committee
has established its headquarters again
in the ST. James building in this city.
Members OF the committee say the re-
publican campaign will he made on
the record of the Roosevelt admins
traitor and the session OF congress
Just closed. Thousands o! political
pamphlets will be circulated and the
spell-binders will be kept busy in all
sections where the result of the elec-
ton is at all in doubt. The speakers
have been instructed to make much
of the enactment of a rate bill, Il pure
food law. a meat inspection law. and
Law removing the tax on denaturiZed
alcohol.
The democratic congressional cant
paisn is being conducted from head
quarters in Washington. though it is
probable that a branch Office may be
opened here soon. The western head
quarters already have been estab-
lished in Chicago. The democrats
will conduct their campaign under a
great handicap. The course pursued
by Hearst has alienated Taggart and
his friends OF the national committee.
so that the latter body may be expect
ed TO take little or 70 active part in
aiding the congressional campaign.
Senator Bailey also is at outs with the
New York editor and consequently
the democratic congressional CAM
paisn probably will be minus the
ablest speaker they could put out.
On the whole. it appears that the
democratic candidates for congress
will have to depend on sO-as-you-
! please" campaign. The old-time lead
erS express the opinion that. notwith
! standing the jealousy that has entered
the organization. the average demo-
| cratic nominee for congress will DE
able TO put up good fight.
| The democrats have decided that
| the tariff shall be made the main
issue: not free trade. but revision Of
the Dingley law in a way that will
correct some the inequalities of the
law.
Neither OF the campaign committees
has yet made UP LIST of the So
called doubtful districts-the districts
| in which the real fights are TO be con-
Quoted. With the possible exception
OF Massachusetts. the republicans are
! not apprehenSive over conditions in
| the. East. The people of Massachus-
| sets will be treated TO /; feast of
/ oratory this fail. The most finished
| stunp-speakers of both parties will
tour the state. and Massachusetts
| probably will be the most fiercely de-
ba1ed ground OF any state OF the
! Union
Some concern is felt by the republic
| cans over conditions in several of the
| western states that heretofore have
! been looked upon as the real strong
holds of the dominant party. Michi-
| gan IS expected TO return her twelve
| republican Representatives to the
| lower house. but the fractional issues
| in Wisconsin. South Dakota and sew
| era! ether states necessi1ate careful
4; attention on the part OF the repubii
| caa campaign managers. The re-
| puplicaas are not Worrying over con-
| dittons in Ohio Indiana. illinois or
f, Minnesota. In all OF these states.
| however. tile democrats are OF the
| opinion that they will be able 10 make
| gains in their congressional repre-
sentaticn. Particularly is this the
case as regards Ohio aad Minnesota.
both of Which states upset calcu,a-
Ions at their last elections by choos-
ing democratic governors
The Pennsylvania situation is
worrying the republican campaign
conlM:t,ee. OF the ,n;r1y-two mem
bers OF the present house from that
state. only one is a democrat But the
fusion OF the Lincolnites. or indepen-
dent republicans. and the democrats
on the state ticket. is believed TO bode
i'll for the success OF the regular re-
puhlicans at the election this fall.
The congressional campaign mana
gers of both parties will have to worry
along short OF FUNDS this year. The
!iilman bill TO prohibit corporations
from contributing TO the election OF
!eteIdi congressman Glu not become Il
law. and the bill to make campaign
contributions and expenditures public
was smothered. but members of the
campaign committee have already
found that they are to have great diff
fcuity in raising very large cam
paign fund. The insurance disclos-
ures undoubtedly frightened many of
the contributors, and public sentiment
makes it next to impossible for
many corporations that heretofore
contributed literally TO loosen up"
1t is the hope OF some OF the republi-
can campaign managers. however,
that ''standpat" campaign on the
tariff will result in voluntary contri-
buttons from interests that are anxi-
Gus to let we'll enough alone" The
mails as usual will be burdened with
tons of political speeches, for the leg
islation to make it unlawful to use
franks of members of congress in
sending this campaign matter through
the mails failed.