The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
NO CHANCE AT ALL.
Mckinley Says Democrats Have Not
the Least Show to Win.

Washington, Nov. 3.-PreSident Taft
has made public a letter from Repre-
sentative w. B. Mckinley, chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign
committee, in which he takes q most
roseate view of the Republican pros
poets at next Tuesdays election. Mr..
Mckinley has been optimistic from the
very outset of the campaign and his
letter to the president regarding the
situation is enthusiastic to a marked
degree. He declares what some people
recognized as a Democratic year in July
will turn out to be a Republican year
in November. Mr.. Mckinley indicates
in his opinion the Democrats have not
the slightest chance of gaining ma
jority in the next house.
The making public of the Mckinley
letter, 1t is said, will be the last act
of the president in the present cam
paign. It was reported that Mr.. Taft
might write a letter on the New York
state situation, but no confirmation
could be obtained at the White House.
1T gives me great pleasure to in
form you that every sign points to
Republican control of the house of rep
resentatives in the Sixty-second con-
gress," wrote Mr.. Mckinley from Chi
cago, October %. This Information is
based upon what 1 believe to be re-
liable reports from practically every
We have made and are making sub
stantiaI gains in districts which were
lost in the election two years ago by
narrow margin.
Three months ago pessimistfc Re-
publicans and optimistic Democrats ex-
pressed the belief that this was a Dem
ocratic year. Their prediction was not
shared by yourself or others charged
| with responsibility for carrying for
ward the Republican campaign. I am
pleased to advise you that there has
! been decided change in sentiment in
| the last few weeks. Democratic hopes
are fading and Republicans generally
are now enthusiastic in their belief
that while this may have been Dem
ocratic year in July, it is a Republican
| year in November.
| I'm your letter to me of August 20,
| 1910, you state that the question was
not what complexion of Republicanism
| one prefers, but whether it is better
for the countr to have a Republican
party control the legislation for the
next two years and further redeem its
| promises, or to enable Democratic
majority in the house either to inter-
pose a veto to Republican measures, or
| to formulate and pass bills to carry
out Democratic principles. Your clear
and just analysis of Republican prin-
ciples and your brief outline of the
! great work to which your administra-
ton is committed, was adopted by the
Republican congressional committee as
| the slogan of this campaign. The diff
ferences within the party which were
manifested in the two sessions of the
| present congress have been composed
| on the basis of your letter and a mill
tant and united party is approaching
| the biennial election with confidence of
deserved victory. AS you well predict
! ed, the party, as a whole, is showing
itself practical and patriotic in SUBJ
ordinating individual opinion in order
to secure real progress.
II take this opportunity to thank
you for your genuine and valuable CO.
| operation with the committee in this
campaign. We have made a clean,
J STRAIGHTFORWARD fight for the great
principles of the Republican party, and
/ am looking with the greatest possi-
| Bile confidence to the result
| When the letter was given out, II
was accompanied by the official state
ment that Mr.. Taft would take no fur
| ther active part in the present cam
| paign.