The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
REPUBS ARE ANXIOUS
CONDITIONS UNFAvoRABLE FOR
 VICTORY IN NOVEMBER.
kenderw n Congress Fear Fractional Fixhts at Chicago. Which VIII Leave Enmities Behind--Im- portant States Coneededfy
 Doubtful-Negroes Hold
 Balance of Power.
Washington Special to New York Even-


 Washington Special to New York Even
 ing Post.
 Any account of present political con- ditions would be imperfect that did not take into consideration the prevail ent feeling of uneasiness, glumness and dissatisfaction which exists among Re- publicans in Congress over the outlook for victory at the polls in November. Evidences of these feelings are not dif- fcuIt to discover. They reveal them selves in the most casual conversation. Especially is the uneasines discernible to those who read between the lines of the debates in the two houses. One of the Senators. who is at present act- lively engaged in a managerial capac- fly in the bitterly contested campaign being made for the Republican Presi- dentfal nomination. said this after noon:
 sEverything is in a most unsatisfac- tory condition. Unless am greatly mistaken we will have bitter factional fights at the Chicago Convention. These will leave behind them half healed en- mites and bad blood, unless the utmost tact Is employed. Even if Mir. Taft is nominated, and I am not one of those who desire his success, there will be a smoldering resentment in the par
 
 why a large part of the opposition to MT Taft is not honestly set forth. I mean by this, the fear that Is enter tained by so many Republicans of con- sequence that if Mir. Taft is nominated he cannot be elected. I think we are paying entirely too much attention to the outcome of the nominating con- vention and not enough to the cleo ton.
 "The situation in the two houses of Congress is not simplifed, as it might have been. mistake was made In forcing upon the attention of Congress such important legislation as the anti- trust bill, and the other recommends tions of the President, at this late stage of the session. The Democrats have been quick to take advantage of this mistake. and are daily engaged in mak- ing political capital.
 s'The filibuster now going on in the House looks a puerile proceeding to those who sit in the gallery. but it is undeniably having its effect upon the country at large It has frazzled the nerves of the Republican floor leaders; made them lose their tempers, and giv- en the Democrats strategic advant- age. With commanding Republican raiorfties in both branches of Con- gress. the winter program of legisla- ton has not been managed as com pIetely as it might have been" Important States In Doubtful Column.
 New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, New Jersey, and even Ohio are all con. ceded to be "doubtfur' States this year bv many Republicans. The Republi- cans in Congress, at least the shrewd- CT and more thoughtful among them, believe that Bryan will be the Dem- ocratic candidate this year. Further more. they believe that he has better chance of election than he ever had. eve can never talk on the stump of Bryan's radicalism after seven and a. half years of Theodore Roosevelt" said one veteran Republican campaigner.
 The strained situation in Massachu- setts gives little comfort to the Re- publicans who are primarily interested in winning the November election. and not in the chances of any particular candidate. The Taft and anti-Taft forces in that State have patched up a paper truce and will have apparent ly harmony" convention. Feeling runs strong under the surface. If re- ports that come to Washington from Massachusetts are true. One of the known factors in the Republican situa- tfon is that Hughes is the only Re- publican candidate for the nomination who, 1t is believed here. can surely carry New York State. With Hughes out of the field. it is conceded to be more than probable that the State will go Democratic in the autumn. This is fact that is giving the thoughtful Republicans concern.
 More singular and more significant is the constantly heard inquiry from Republicans in Congress. What sort of a, chance do you think we have got in Ohio?" This question comes from those who have heard reports from Ohio, and who fear that the fight made in that State for the elimination of Foraker may give the State to the Democrats. The number of negro voters in this State who cherish resent ment because of the management of