The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-19
REPUBLICANS IN
OCEAN Of GLOOM
AND REALIZE t
is CONGRESSIONAL CAM.
PAiGN HEADQUARTERS.
They are Merely Hoping Against
Hope-One Campaign for Insurgents
and Another for Stsnd-Patters Puts
Things out of Whack. \.


place III this town is the suite o.
rooms on the 18th floor of the st
Jmaes Luilding occupied by the repub-
lican congressional campaign commit
tee. The men who sit at the desks
there are without exception, employees
of the national house of representa-
tiyes. They are a part of the Can
non organization.
If the next house is democratic
they viii be out OF work. Most Of
b EN- are already casting about foH
4eS lit-us oil activity Nothing Of az
encouraging nature is corning 10 tie
committee. Tie men Who are man
-.-ing Il will Je 4reatiy surprised if
the democrats shall fail to captu'o
the house.
Republican congressional cam
paigns have been managed from the
same floor for u years. The late
JOIN Oyerstreet, member of congress
from the Indianapolis district, sue
cessfully managed three campaigns
from these headquarters.
In the days when the party wts
pulling together-the days before in
surgency and stand-patters were
claWin9 at each other-tle headqG1H-
ters was place of action. Speakers
were dropping in by the score every
day to receive instructions and t.
impart encouraging information; the
long distance telephones were kept
busy; if there was need of money an
officer OF the committee put on his
coat and went down into the iindn-
cial district and made a touch" for
whatever amount was needed. t,.s
publicity bureau was daily shipping
out tons of reading matter. telling
the voters how important it was TO
keep the republican party in power
in congress.
Now it is Different.
Ny, how things have changed! The
few employes-not one fourth as
many as in previous campai ms ir
in most of their time discussing bad
views that drift in.
How does it look?" asked one Of
the officers of the commit - of a
former member of congress who
d"orned in to get his speaking assign
nents
'BaC," was the one word reply tie
former congressman gave hin.
is there any place that isn't demo
cralic this year?" asked The c0rlrll:-
tee officer.
The question brought no response
flOm tie eX
The G." n)lttee has had p:i'i eti-
cally hard time getting any sort of
campaign under way. 1t isn't doing a
great deal now; it does not see how
it will be possible to do much. In
the past its activity was three-sided
1t raised money for the use of can
didates in close districts: it sent out
a great deal Of literature" ana it
Put many speakers in the field. This
year it has found t3e business of
raising a campaign fund exceedingly
difficult.
A few Of the old guard have clipped
in. but sources to which it used to
90 have not been open. | am told
that even the benefciaries Of a high
tariff have not shown a willingness
to contribute; that they have said
they preferred to see a democratic
house elected, tecause that would
prevent any changes in the tariff for
two years at least, assuming that the
republicans retained control of the I
senate.
From all accounts, Coneressmau |
William y. Mckinley. Of Illinois, be
chairman of the committee, has oeen
money to meet the eXpen- /
ses of the organization.