Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-07
LEADERS NOT HAPPY
Democrats Expect to Win
House, But Are Gloomy.
WOULD BE EMBARRASSING
Managers Believe Party Will Be in
Awkward Position.
NEW YORK GETS THE MONEY
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

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CHICAGO. H., November Just an
whether the republican party is to be
perpetuated in power" as they say out
this way. or whether the democrats are to
have a chance to run the House of Rep
resentatives and get into trouble with a
republican Senate. a republican President
and a solid republican administration.
The republican managers apparently are
not worrying about the chances of the
democrats carrying the House of Rep
resentatives. The democrats themselves
are doing that
All that is necessary to demonstrate
this is to drop into democratic headquar-
tiers in the annex and announce in q
loud, cheerful tone that all ind. cations
point to the overwhelming defeat of the
republican party, and to democratic
majority of about fifty i'm the House of
Representatives in the Sixty-second Con-
sreSS.
instead of this glad news being greet
ed with loud cries of joy, Representative
Lloyd OF Missouri, chairman of the demo-
cratic congressional committee, and South
Trlmble of Kentucky, who used to be in
the House some years ago and who is
secretary of the committee this year.
VIII shake their heads mournfuily, sigh
heavily and respond in gloomy tone, "Yes,
1t does look that way" 1t isn't really
difficult to understand this attitude on
the part of the democratic managers.
What are We going to do with the
House when we get it?" is the ques-
ton they most often ask themselves.
And they would like wonderfully to
have the query answered.
If these democratic campaign man.
ayers could have their way they would
undoubtedly wish the House republican
h.
sufficient to enable the House to be
called republican, and to place the re-
sponsibility for whatever happens on
the G. .. p, and not sufficient to per-
init Of legislative s tive efficiency or Of co.
with the Senate and the republican ad-
ministration.
But any one who thinks that the demo-
cratic leaders in the House view with joy
the prospect of this predicted democratic
landslide two years in advance of 1912
is certainly wrong to marked degree.
Chairmen All at Sea.
The extremely vague and indefinite
forecasts given out by the republican and
democratic chairmen Saturday really re-
fleets the condition of mind Of those gen.
tlemen. With all the sources Of in
formation at their command they are all
at sea.
At both headquarters there is a sincere
belief, privately expressed, of course, by
the republicans that the House of Repre-
sentatives in the Sixty-second Congress
will be democratic. Further than this
there are no real tangible ideas in the
premises.
AS said in a previous dispatch. the
republican congressional campaign COM
m.ttee has been unable to collect any ap-
preciabie amount of money In the west
this year. There is a very interesting
reason for this.
Western republicans have been dump
ing their cash into the democratic war
chest in New York to aid In the defeat
of Theodore Roosevelt. This is not talk,
not idle speculation, not mere conjec-
ture. 1t is fact.
Dozens of times the appeals sent out
from republican headquarters here to
prominent and wealthy republicans who
heretofore have been generous campaign
contributors have been turned down be-
cause these republicans had given all the
cash they could spare to help elect Dix.
Here Is a concrete example. 4 was
introduced to a wealthy republican busi-
talked very long he gave me a frank
statement of his views.
Two years ago." he said, Il contrib
tted $4,000 to the republican campaign
fund. / have always been a republican
have always voted the republican ticket.
/ have urged my employees to do the
same. But this year / not only did not
give a cent to my own party, but con-
tributed $1,000 to Dix i'm New York.
own friends who have done the same
thing this year. We are afraid Of Roose-
welt"