The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-18
Republican Committee Pre-
pareS Estimates
REGULARS ARE IN DANGER
Of Defeat Aiding Observation-Disclosures
of House Vindication of Cannon.
Adam Bede's Little Story of
the Protesting Farmer.

Washington, Oct. lS.-The Republican
congressional committee within a week
or two will publish its official forecast
Of the result Of the coming congress
sionaI elections No reason exists for
believing that the committee will change
its mind greatly from its present view,
which is known to be that the election
will be extremely close, but a Repub-
lican House may be looked for, unless
serious slumps occur in New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Within few
days the committee has learned from in
side sources that, in the local judgment,
almost the only district in serious dan
ger is that of John Dalzell, VINO is be-
ing opposed by DR.. Black, a very strong
candidate with the labor element. Dali
gell was almost beaten in the primaries,
but a legal injunction conveniently Sc
cured prevented full recount of all the
votes cast and Dalzell was declared re-
nominated He is as strong as ever
with the moneyed men of Pittsburg, but
he never has been opposed among the
masses bv candidate with any taking
qualities or who could mold out any hope
Of success. As a consequence OF this
languid state Of things, his reflections
in the past have been as sure as those
nf Joseph G. Cannon, Serene E. Payne,
james S. sherman or any other OF the
little group Of regulars who are accus-
toned to run the business Of the House
through him. Dalzell is now in real
danger He knows it and the insiders
know il everywhere,
The estimate Of the Republican con-
gressional committee undoubtedly will
he honest. but it may not be based upon
On exact knowledge Of all the facts.
Indeed. q movement to defeat insurgents
is going on throughout the West after
an emphatic reputation of it by the
committee. This Is nothing more or less
| than the direct assistance of Democratic
candidates where they are opposed by
insurgents. Even the men engaged in
this movement assert honestly that the
committee ii doing the best it can %
aid every Republican in the field. NO
doubt the committee is handicapped by
the requirement of some of its large
contributors that not a cent OF their
coin shall 90 to aid an insurgent In
surgents hurt business, they say, how
Z ever good their morals, and they prefer
4 good business to better government
4 fsut even with these handicaps the com.
mittee is playing fair Speakers are
assigned with the utmost care and in
accordance with the wishes of the can
didate of whatever stripe they may be-
4 The real movement which threatens
I the House In the West is one engineered
/ by the friends OF Speaker Cannon, wnC
very truthfully declare that the speaker
can be vindicated only by a popular
reputation Of the insurgents at the
polls. A Democratic House, they say
would bring such yindication, hence
there is reason to believe that the Demo
1 cratic congressional committee viii be
able to find plenty Of money to aid
/ Democratic candidates where an insur
gent may be defeated, Conferences re-
lating to negotiations Of this kind have
been held by various men, and other
have sent messages which have hllet
the Democrats with hope. It may o.
nav not have been upon business O
this character that Representative
James NJ. Miller Of Kansas, regular
defeated for denomination, mad con
ference with Chairman James ]. Lloyd
Of the Democratic congressional commit
tee IN the auditorium annex Sunda!
evening, Oct. 2.
That this movement Is Of SOM
breadth cannot be doubted Kansas 4
a particularly inviting field for politica
trades, for no less than four regular
went under there before the insurgen
Iyolley. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska
Iowa and other western states togethe
present chases enough for the defea
al insurgents 70 make the House Demo
cratic. The roseate view of results T.
) which the official forecasters have bee
inclined has not taken into account an,
deliberate outside attempt to defeat Re
publican insurgents for the vindieatiol