The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-03
ROSEATE OUTLOOK
 FOR REPUBLICANS Chairman Mckinley Believes His Party Will Win
LETTER SENT TO TAFT
NIT. Mckinley Says That Prospects for Party in Power Are Vastly Diff ferent From the Prospects
 Last July

Washington, November 2.-President Taft today made public a letter from Representative W. B. Mckinley, chair man of the republican congressional cam paign committee, in which he takes most roseate view of republican pros poets at next Tuesdays election. MT. Mckinley has been optimistic from the very outset of the campaign. He de- clares that what some people recognized as democratic year in July will turn out to be a republican year in November. MT. Mckinley indicated that in his opn- ion the democrats have not the slightest chance of gaining majority in the next House.
 The making public of the Mckinley let ter, it is said, will be the last act of the President in the present campaign. It was reported today that MT. Taft might write letter on the situation, but no confirms ton could be obtained at the White House. MT. McKinleys letter follows:
 Chicago, october 2S 19le
 Dear MT. President: It gives me great pleasure to inform you that every sign points to republican control of the House of Representatives in the Sxty-second Congress. This information is based on what I believe to be reliable reports from practically every one of the so-called doubtful districts. We have made and are making substantial gains in districts which were lost in the election two years ago by narrow margin.
 Three months ago pessimistic republic ans and optimistic democrats expressed the belief that this was democratic year. The prediction was not shared by yourself or others charged with respon- sibility for carrying forward the repub- lican campaign. 1 am pleased to advise you that there has been a decided change in sentiment in the last few weeks. Dem- ocratic hopes are fading, and republicans generally are now enthusiastic in their belief that while this may have been a democratic year in July, it is a republican year in November.
 "In 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 country to have a republican party con- trol of legislation for the next two years and further redeem Its promises or to enable democratic majority in the House of Representatives either to im- pose veto to republican measures or formulate and pass bills to carry out democratic principles. Your clear and just analysis of republican principles and your brief outline of the great work to which your administration Is commit ted was adopted by the republican con gressional committee as the slogan of this campaign.
 ''The differences within the party which were manifested in the two sessions of the present Congress have been quieted tl,A l~Ar3 .afx lat r,Rt1t tant and united party is approaching the biennial election with confidence of de- served victory. AS you well predicted, the party as a whole is showing Itself practical and patriotic in subordnating individual opinion in order to secure real progress.
 "Following your suggestion it has been tho aim of this committee to emphasize the differences in the government eff ciency and capacity of the republican and democratic parties. We have sought to make this a campaign of education, and while in some districts the real is- sues are obscured by local questions and personal animosities, I am convinced that our literature and our speakers have brought home to the voters as a whole a realization of the fact that democratic success in the congressional elections this year would be a. staggering blow to na- tional prosperity, would impede, if not prevent the enactment of all useful and progressive legislation and would make legitimate business the plaything of pol itics for two years.
 ',I take this opportunity to thank you for your genuine and valuable co-opera- ton with the committee in this campaign We have made a clean, straightforward fight for the great principles of the re- publican party and I am looking with the greatest possible confidence to the result. Sincerely yours,
 'WILLIAM B. M KINLEY,
 Chairman.