The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-23
Both of Big Parties Intend Max
ing Active Campaign in
Many Districts.
DEMOCRATS AFTER The HOUSE
Champ Clark Believes the Party of
jefferson Will Win Out-Republi-
cans to Make Roosevelt Poll
cies an Issue.

palSn committees nave begun active
preparations for the campaign next
fall. The democrats are going into the
fight with a supreme confidence i'm
their ability to get control of the next
house. The republicans admittedly are
on the defensive. and will continue to
be in that position until the campaign
closes
"The next house will be democratic
by a safe working margin" says
Champ Clark 1--WE will make gains
al along the line"
1--WE will retain control of the
house." is the word which comes from
the office of Representative William
II. Mckinley, chairman of the republi-
can congressional campaign commit
tee. Each side has many reasons with
which TO substantiate the claims for
victory.
'"This congressional campaign will
be made on the issues of tariff and
Cannonism," said Champ Clark. "Hu-
man ingenuity cannot change that
The republicans may attempt between
now and the date of adjournment to
bring forth some new issue for the
purpose of beclouding the damaging
effects of their tariff law and Cannon
ism, but when the campaign is on i'm
full swing the people will find that
there are only two real issues, and
they will be the two l have named. In
some sections of the country ship sub
sidy will be feature of the cam
paign in other sections financial leg
islation will be a minor issue, but
Cannonism and tariff will be before
the entire country and on these is
sues we will win"
Clark and his followers in the house
have been going over the congression-
al districts very carefully They have
already tagged enough districts to
give them control of the house In
Missouri. of the six republicans from
that state for instance, Mr.. Clark ex-
poets that all will be defeated by DEM
ocrats, except Richard Bartholdt,
chairman of the house committee on
public buildings and grounds. Bart
holdts district is safe by so wide a
margin that the democrats regard il
as hopeless. The FIVE other districts,
however are remarkably close. and
at the last election only one of the
five members had a majority of 1000.
The election of c. c. Dickinson recent
ly to succeed Judge ID Almond by
majority twice as large as any re-
Gently given De Almond is regarded
as highly significant OF the sentiment
in his state.
There are now three republicans and
two democrats from Oklahoma. Clark
expects that the next house will have
four democrats from that state and
possibly five. "The Central and Mid
die West" says Mr.. Clark, "will prove
a fertile field for the democrats in the
next campaign. We will come East
with enough victories TO give us con-
troll of the house by a very slight ma
jority. We will get a comfortable
working majority in New York and
New England. Take Massachusetts
for instance. The last election for
governor i'm that state cut down the
republican majorities for governor
and lieutenant governor in such a
fashion that if members of congress
had been running at the same time we
would have carried some of the dis
tricts now represented by republicans.
1t is not so long ago that the third
district represented by Washburn. was
represented by John r. Thayer. a
democrat and there is good chance
that a democrat will represent that
district i'm the next congress. The fifth
district represented by Butler Ames,
is debatable territory and with Ames
running for the house and senate at
the same time a good democrat ought
to be able TO win out there Rhode
Island will certainly give us one dem
ocrat. / have never believed that the
voters of the first district of that
state intended that a republican should
represent them and il was only the
decision of an elections committee
that gave Sheffield his place in the
house. We will control the next house
Just as sure as you are born"
Republicans Admit Danger.
Prominent members OF the republic
can committee admit that there is
danger in New England and while they
will give that territory close attention
il is in the West that they will put
forth their best EFFORTS. The plans al
ready being made by Chairman Nc
Kinley are sufficient to justify the
prediction that the coming campaign
will be the most stubbornly contested
In the history Of the organization
Contributions are already being soli
cited. and there viii be more speakers
on the stump than ever before.
The republican spell binders viii
go before the people with the declar-
alton that congress is carrying out
the Roosevelt policies. They will de-
fend the tariff law and millions Of
copies Of President Tafts tariff