The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-13
Chairman Lloyd Gives Reasons
 for Party's Success
REPUBLICANS IN FACTIONS
Mr. Lloyd Points Out the Warrina of Republicans In Many States and the the Harmony That Prevails
 Among Democrats.

Washington, August 12-(Special. J. Chairman Lloyd Of the democratic con- gressional committee left for Chicago to- night highly encouraged over the situa- ton, and he gives out some good reasons. too. Says the chairman: Look over the series of great republican fights in the states and compare to 1t the harmony and calm determination of the democrats to win, and you will understand part of the reason why be are confident"
 "The republicans have a great factional contest In New York" continued Mr. Lloyd. "I don't know how 1t will end except that the thing the managers do Will apparently be the wrong thing In Ohio they have another; in Indiana a third. Illinois is one of their most serious states, but Minnesota and Wisconsin are probably as bad as could be found
 Turn to Iowa, and there is another, while Kansas Is quite as serious as might be hoped for. Fractional republican troubles have put an end to all serious expectation of their success in Tennes- see, West Virginia or Kentucky while in my own state of Missouri everybody comedies that Bryan will win by 90 1000 or more. California is looked upon as prob ably democratic, and Nebraska as certain to go for its favorite son.
 Just set off against this condition" :" went on MT. Lloyd "the fact that there is not real democratic factional fight in the country-not one-and you may un- derstand why we expect to win.
 This is a year when the people are not going to get enthusiastic so far as outward signs go. There will be no repe. tltion of the enthusiasm and the demon strations of the Blaine campaign in 1884 and the first Bryan fight in 1S96 I expect the people will attend the political meet ings, and manifest deep interest but they are going to think rather than shout; to contemplate. instead of hurrah.
 "There is one aspect of the country 8 situation regarding which I feel that the press has not been quite fair and at that l don't feel disposed to find fault. I re- fer to the disposition to minimize the evil dence of industrial depression. What these evidences are all know. I was in St. Louis recently and men who are fa- milar with conditions told me of them Pittsburg people have assured me that in that city the worst conditions in the 1893 panic were little. if any, worse than they are now. All over the industrial section of the country like conditions pre- vail; but the less said about it the bet ter. The people know whether they are prosperous or not. You can't make them believe by reading it in the newspapers, that they are making money at rapid rate, when in fact they are not making a living.
 That brings up the question of the cost of living. We are going to make a big feature of that argument No, l can't e.n- nounce the names of the people who are getting up our literature on the subject, but 1t is being prepared. and we expect it to be one of the most effective features we will press in the campaign. The man who still has an income finds that the depression has not decreased the cost Of living for him; the man whose income has been cut off is still more painfully aware of that fact w. $.