Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-19
FEAR OF LOSSES IN HOUSE
President Distressed by Possibility
of Defeat of Legislation.
CABINET MAY TAKE TO STUMP
Corporation Lawyers Spokesmen for
Criticism Likely to
Change All That, Says N. o. M.

| NEW YORK, October 19.-President
Tafts attitude toward the New York
campaign is as if he would say
| Go ahead. boys, and put it through /.
you can. But 1 don't think you can
do it,
am told that President Taft thinks the
jig is up in New York state and that his
party might az we'll get ready to repair
| to the woodshed for sound licking.
! The President is distressed, however,
over one feature of the situation. That is
the possibility that a democratic land
slide in New York might carry away six
or seven seats in the national House of
Representatives, when every seat is
precious.
| The President is anxious to have re-
/ publican House. His legislative policies
| have not been enacted in full. He does
not want to have a hostile House on the
| eve Of the presidential election Of 1912.
Indifference to Situation.
| But, as these dispatches have pointed
out. there is amazing apathy ana
Indifference among republicans toward
the House of Representatives The rank
and file do not seem to appreciate the
anxiety of the leaders in this regard. Big
men In the party, who do understand Ii,
appear cruelty Indifferent.
Another angle of that proposition is
the election of a democratic House would
be construed a failure to indorse the
Taft administration, especially II by
chance the republicans should win In one
of the close states.
These considerations are likely to lead
to more active participation In the cam
paigp by some members of the admins
tration from this time on.
The fact that the congressional district
of Vice President Sherman is regarded
as in doubt is a significant commentary
upon the attitude of the public toward
indorsing the administration.
Corporation Lawyers Stumping.
A big man in the democratic party.
but who is not active in this campaign,
walked into democratic state headquar-
ters yesterday afternoon and remarked:
What in thunder. do You fellows mean
by sending out as your stump speakers
only corporation lawyers? Look at your
big guns, Alton b. Parker, Edward NJ.
Shepard, Martin w. Litteton and the
rest of them All corporation lawyers
pleading for the cause of democracy.
Roosevelt is going TO get after you, first
thing you know.
The irate gentleman's remarks set the
lcdutTS tIllHhlls. II Is SdlU tndl from
now on the comntttee will send into the
field men who are not connected with
corporations.
In point of fact, some big democrats
are getting little bit sensitive about
their corporation affiliations The op-
position press, including Hearst's papers,
is beginnisg to warm them up on the
subject by cartoon and otherwise.
The connection of Democratic State
Chairman Happuch with the wall paper
trust is played for all il is worth
Talk of Big Contributions.
All sorts Of reports are circulating about
contributions of big corporations to the
democratic campaign fund. They have to
be discounted on account of the strict
ness of the state law regarding contribu-
tions and publicity.
For this reason credence is placed
in the persistent report that big rail
road corporation told Boss Murphy he
could draw on its treasury up to S3OO.OH.
1t is we'll known, of course, that the
New York Central and the Pennsylvania
railroads have a big stake in the election
in this state, and are concerned over the
selection of the governor. The appoint
ment of the public utility commission. the
chartering of the new tunnels and all
that sort of thing are important to both
these roads.
Ii is well known. too that keen rivalry
is on between these two railroads. The
Pennsylvania has finally entered the
heart of Manhattan, and is reaching out
for better communication with New Eng
land. The Pennsylvania is preparing to
nrest some of the Chicago Cleveland
and st. Louis traffic from the Central
with its better facilities in New York city.
1t is quite probable, therefore. that both
roads are making goo-goo eyes at Boss
Murphy and his machine, with view to
establish friendly relations. in event of
democratic victory. 1t is doubted whether
either road will put itself in the position
of being caught slipping a big wad to
the campaign fund.
Nothing New in Situation.
However. this is not a new situation in
New York politics We all recall the
fight in the nayoralty campaign last year
between the rival traction interests for
control of the board of estimate. There
has not been campaign here within the
last dozen years when the fine Italian
hand OF the transportation corporations is
not TO be traced somewhere in 1t.
But II is not likely that these considera
uonS Will make any difference with the
rank and file of the democratic voters
or frighten many of them into spasms.
As a matter of fact, democrats of the
plain people order with whom / talk
seem rather pleased than otherwise at the
thought of the alleged corporation affila-
tions.
II gives them a kind of coZy feeling
to know that they are well housed in
| this campaign. and 10 see the republi-
cans out in the cold. gazing ruefully at
| the comforta BILE home they once occupied.
''Tammany and the ticker crowd" is
! RooSeveltS latest epSram directed at
the enemy. 1t Is for upstate consump-
tion. entirely. YOU will understand
In this city tho feeling of the average
man toward the ticker crowd. p" referring
| Ia Wall street, is wish to make a salts
| factory combination with them, on the
! right side of the market
Stjmson is turning out TO be a better
| campaignet than his friends expected He
! Is proving himself TO be "a live WIRE as
| Martin W. 1ittleton found when he got
| into controversy with him over Charles
| W. MoGe.
He has a terSe, tart way of speaking
| and aims TO copy Roosevelt methods.
| y. Q. NJ.
Russian Fugitive Overtaken.