The Washington times., 1906-10-30
DiSaffeCtiOn in New York
andPennSylyaniaCount-
ed on to Aid Cause.
ALL EFFORT IN WEST
Party Managers Say Repub-
hcanS Admit They May
Lose the House.

The publication in The Times on Sat
urday Of the first detailed statement of
the Democratic claim regarding the out
come of the Congressional elections has
attracted wide attention and OccasiOned
much discussion. 1t served. too, TO
bring out some analyses and disserta-
lions from Republican sources which
have been highly pleasing to Democrats
because, as one Democrat put il today.
what was evidently intended 10 dis
prove chc Democratic claims has adj
miJted SO much that 1t leaves the Re
publicans admitting that the House is
close"
The truth is that some very prominent
Democrats think, as the campaign is
drawing near its end. that they have
played rather clever politics, They have
largely concentrated efforts on the
West, and their theory is interesting
The disafcction which eliminated I'm
The great Democratic fight of 1885. they
say. had its seaJ in the West There
the movement for radical remedies OF
existing conditions was far stronger
than IN the East 1t carried over 10 the
Democrats number OF States, and
made many others close.
Let East Alone.
Entirely different is the condition in
1896. The seat of present-day disaGec-
uou is I'll the East The Democrats
realized carly that conditions had re
verscl iu the decade. and governed
their can paign accordingly. They were
content 90 let the East largely take care
of itself They figured that II local
conditions IN New York, Pennsylvania,
ohio. and Massachusetts. not 10 men
y . Ha Il. u H.a 10 q
not play into the hands OF the Demo
Gratis, then the Democrats would have
no chance, anyhow They thought This
would happen: and for vindicatiOu of
their judgment they now point 20 CON
dluons of uncertainty In all these
States
Meanwhile the Democratic forces have
been doing their chief work i'm the
West Their speakers have been there
They are sJiII there. The Eastern DEM
OCrauc Congressional nominees are sud
denly waking up 10 clImor for speakers.
as they TvaiiZg-this Is the Dem DcTatic
view 81 lt-that there is a good chance
To- do something. The Democratic COM
mittee admits that IL is sWamped with
demands Tor speakers all over the
East and can't supply them
The reason is that the speakers have
been working in the West. I'm the eff
fort 20 arouse that section as the East
has already been aroused. The East
is going TO be forced to take care of
itself IL is a little like gambling. The
Democrats might lose by il: but they
had 20 play game, and they have done
the best they could with the resources
at hand They believe they guessed
Alright and their sudden access OF con-
hdence is attributed to this belief.
Scare Postals Sent Out.
There is the basis for the whole Dem
ocratic claim. Emery. the capitol scan
DIAL, the independent movement She
autl-boss crusade-these have been
counted on 90 DO the business in Penn
sylvania. Local issues looked better.
for Democratic purposes. than national,
IN the keystone State. Likewise In New
York. II Hearst's campaign doesn't do
anything for the Democrats there. such
medger aid as the Congressional cam
paigu managers could have afforded
would not have changed the situation.
And so of the other Eastern States
The Democrats have taken chances on
lccal conditions out West however.
they have put mp stif campaign
whose results, Democrats say. are sug-
Rested by Republican confessions that
they are In danger of great losses. It
has just come out for instance. that
Chairman sherman is 20 send out. be
ginning this week. 100 900 copies of a
scare postal telling voters that through
apathy there is danger Of the Repub-
licans losing the House, II gives a lit
tie argument about the sin of apathy
and the retribution therefor, points out
that in 1880 the Republicans lost the
House. I'm 1892 the whole Government
went DemOcratic-and then came the
Wilson bill and Ruin. spelled with a
large "R-" Folks are wanted TO vote.
and 10 get their Eeighbors TO do like
wise
A million Of these postals mems So
600 worth of postage stamps alone: vet
the plan for sending them out was
adopted last week and arrangements
rushed for doing il. People who have
talked with Republican campaign ONT