The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
.M[N.|N CONGRESS
OPPOSED Il TO8BOTAI
Neitl1cr oosevelt Nor Bryan
Can Exhibit Their Entllus-
iastic& Support. ~
THEY ARE NOT o u /;
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r,a ne simaiilaTitX Of he
cans Of Congress Will fina tl,elnselvea
when that body corvenes IN y zee III 4
Der is striking. 3s&1 Il rs safe to & say
that u SIX Republican Senators. II 4 or
instance. sincerely desire the reiloini-FsI
lnatlohSof President Roosevelt et.#s ttlsg
rank and file OF The Republican party
Is overwhe lmihgly for him.
3s Is entirely safe TO say that there &s
q arc no y six y einocratlt sena tors Who
ana apparently Just as correct to SaaySS
that tic masses OF 5tst he a D eniocra Me-
na IT arc s as&nearly rlar1itnouEly Y for
Bryan as t he mass OF the ep blicat1S
par ty$is for Roosevelt. 88SS
Another striking similarity between
Republican and Democratic Senator's
and members or the House Is y found
in thei attitude towards the leading
ma,
Is for#the reflomination#6fsP President
Roosevelt, but, since iie has declared
he would not ha Y, ano her
say they are enorr11ously veil pleased
that IA he cannot accep IN WA sS ss
d etr1ocratic Senators and Representa-
tivess are for Mr. bryan y, III scofv -$
5tion for publioa ton, provided N they
(which thev5ifwill not az rule. Fr{.s:
evately, they decareSsst1ls election An
an impos disability. and his nomination
utter. foolisl1ness. # IS
There are lessons to be learned from
4 this conditionEof affairs, which are 5sass33
obvtous as 81 tho moral $when t tho 4 law
4 puts a drunken murd srerS to q ca thss
Public men are At heart afraid ~ TO-
when. tie PEOPLE ery for those things
A the leaders y lleves til eyE sho uld no &
have q But lessons are 5no tsSso# pl easa1lts
e lea n 4 reas. 3 s. real pleasure
]; Diary as that III which the j Democracy
has found itself these many Years..
Democrats Gain strehgtl SCI u.
The election OF members Of Con grcss by;
\ House OF REPRESENTATIVE contain 3sl n,st,1-
4 .bcrs OF those the Eepubli Leans will HAYS
1as38 and tho Democrats $tGs. In the. Fl fty-
ninth Congress- the parties were vided thus:
I RerubllcnnsS $50 y: Democr rats. q Z 81 n Hepuhl
. lcan majority or 114.#s The 1sepubl lean tl,a Y
jorty, IL Is seem is red ucetl 81 70 + 9
y present House sS s$ss
!, There are a93 re-ccct ed NJ en,bers.. {8s Of
/ whom tho Republicans have y and 5Ssst he
Il democrats 101. Elect ed 81 asf members II Of
!, Congress- for the first time are % Republt=
q cans and A Democrats. S lxteei, we're elect
!. Ell who had served In the bod Flor to the
3 rcrty- ninth congress, and I ESQ 3 are Re-
q Rnbiicans and i are Democrats. VI sSS
N The Democrats have mad t5 large ga lns
y inStho Northern States. the last: Ctn aress
s there We're ia RepresentatlYe s.$ from the
Southern states on ne t,ocratic side q; 3!
! lInsthc Slxtteth Congress TIL ere are 12s Dem:
( |socrats from the Southern States a and s:.A
n from the Northern 81 states. his e inolude,
y tho four Democrats elected from Oklahoma
J $68 The Senate with the admission o Okla
!, : hcma,5 VIII Il have 02 member o these tho
u Republicans Will have and g the Demo.
Gratis 81. # In the last Congress thore iwer,
i IS0o senators, of8whom q were Republican,
N and 80 were Demo crnts 8 OF the Democrat
n aG&were from Southern States; he rest from
i Northern and Western States. IT here is M
= |in$the now Congress ID Senator from a. Stat
:, north OF o hio who Is % Demo crat. Pho onlI
&$ Democrats 8in the Sen ate y from aot her thar
\ Southern States are To ler.5 OF Colorad ant
from Nevada. iSRS
I5E{ And Democrats night learn "a Lesson al 8
from X h Q stead Il dacreaalng III Demo craft
Y s,reng til HinI tho States North. 55saS Siss8s