The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-16
Democrats Taking Offensive
While Republicans Are
on Defensive.
MINORITY LEADERS
FULL OF CONFIDENCE
Declare Country Has Given Sig
nifcant Demonstrations of
Voters Attitude.

Democrats are enthusiastically hope
fui. Republicans are desperately deter
mined
This expresses briefly the situation IN
the opposiag Congressional campaign
committees IN Washington. The fight
for the control OF the next House OF
Representative IS already under way,
and from now until election day next
November each side win strive TO take
advantage OF every political situation
Millions Of pages Of campaign htera-
Cure are being turned on the printing
presses and distributed broadcast
throughout the country The Democrats
are On the offensive, and the Repub-
leans frankly admitting that theirs Is
an educational campaign, are on the de-
fensive-
The general situation throughout the
country has not yet shaped itself sufh-
cientIy TO permit an intelligent survey
or even 70 warrant a guess at the out
come Of the election next November &C
cording 70 prominent Republican
leaders
Democratic leaders, on the other hand.
declare that the country has already
Given some very remarkable demonstra-
tons Of the state OF mind OF the voters
and they point out as significant Of this
contention the results in the special
elections in Missouri, Massachusetts,
and New york
Sixth Missouri.
The sixth Missouri district, TO be sure,
is a strong Democratic district. but
Democrats regard it as worthy OF more
than passing notice that Representative
Dickinson was elected 10 succeed the
late Judge DeArmOnd by majority
twice as great as any majority given
DeArmond, popular as he was
The Fourteenth district in MassaChu-
sets, where Eugene y FOss estab-
Hshed 1=e precedent Of being the only
Democrat ever elected from that dis
trict, Is another source Of qualification
TO the Demo rats, and IS being referred
TO as Indicative OF the state Of mind OF
the country at large
Nome important and significant in the
minds Of the Democrats was the election
in the Thirty-second CONGRESSIONAL dis
trict OF New York OF James 5. Ravens,
10 succeed the late James BTeck Per
t1ins- George Aldridze. Republican boss,
was supposed TO hold this district IN the
hollow Of his hand. but the Democrats
prevailed Each Of these special cleo
tons is re garded BY James T Lloyd,
gionaI committee as the fOrerunner OF
the success which he confidently
predicts viii attend the Democrats
party next fall Mr.. Lloyd IS looking 20
the North. TO the insurSent country IN
the Middle West, and 70 The Far West
for the gains which viii give his party
control OF the House in the Sixty-second
Congress
Gains Expected
We expect TO secure our gains" said
Mr.. LLOYD today. in the next Congress
from the following States Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut Rhode Island,
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin Min
nesota- Iowa, Kansas. Oklahoma Ne
braska. Montana, California
AT the present time we expect a ma
iorfty Of between thirty and forty mem
bers. The Republican majority at pres
ent IS f0rty-two, ard Indications now
are that this majority will be very near
u reversed"
While Mr. LlOyd's statement IS far
from specific as 70 the number Of Repre-
seutatives he expects to- gain IN the
States named. and with regard 10 the
Republicans now in the House whom
ne hopes 70 dlSnlaCe. the Republican
Congressional committee Is, 10 say the
least extremely Lacirurn-
I believe" said Chairman Mckinley.
OF the Republican Congressional cam
palgn committee. that the Republican
majority in the next Congress- viii he
the conditions throughout the country
have Yet shaped themselves sufficiently
10 Justify a more elaborate statement