Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-10
DEMOCRATS IF
 GOLDEN STATE
 EXPECT ID WIN
Turmoil in the Party of the Opposition, with Two Rival Candidates, Make Situation Look Good.

(Special)-"California will elect a
 Democratic governor owing to the
 rabid dissensions in the republican
 party, as there are in every con
 gressional district two republican
 candidates. a staEdpatter and an in
 surgent"
 This is the interesting statement
 made today by Chairman James
 Lloyd. of Missouri. of the democratic
 congressional campaign committee,
 who has just arrived from the west.
 He added:
 The democrats will capture from the republicans three congressional
 districts in California in the next elections. The Kansas convention.
 which will be held the latter part of
 this month, will follow the lead of
 Iowa. which so strongly rebuked
 President Taft. Insurgency in the re- publican party in growing every day. It has been said there is no insur- gent strength in Missouri, my own stsxe. As a matter of fact, according 10 the primary returns of last Tues day. the republicans of the Kansas City. Mo. district, the fifth, have nominated the insurgent. Howard F. Lea for Congress, defeating l. D. Kimball, the regular candidate. In the fourteenth district the race be- tween the regular and insurgeat is so close that 1t has not yet been decided"
 Mir Lloyd is confident that the re- publican party Is shot to pieces, and he hands out this information with smile. indicating his conviction that his party will have a big majority in the next house of representatives
 Insurgency" he said, 'is rampant throughout the midle west It is im- possible to see how things could be growing worse any faster for the re- pubiicans. The standpat element knew as long ago as two weeks that the insurgents would dominate the Iowa convention which ran away from the republican reservation tho other day.
 One of the most encouraging things to democrats is that the feel ing between the two wings of the republicans is so bitter that the res ulars would rather see democrats elected than to suffer defeat at the hands of the insurgents. With these in mind, I don't say what will happen. but you can easily fig ure out that the final result may be the swelling of the democratic vote. ]"
 Crisis in BalIinger Case.
 A crisis in the Ballinger case is fast approaching. The presidents mail is being flooded with letters from republican politicians, who de- clare the presence of Balinger in the cabinet is a handicap. Ballinger does not want to get out, and the president is unwilling to ask him to leave. It is not doubted the presi- dent would be relieved if he were to go. Ballinger's view is said to be calamity for him to quit. He takes the view that for him to quit would be to allow his enemies to cry that they had won a victory. and that t would be accounted a triumph by the which MT. BaIinger classes | as of the undertaking type. He thinks 1t would give too much encouragement to those magazines for him to go.
 One view is that Ballinger will stay long enough to see that the Gun ningham claims are patented. and then will drop out. These claims have gotten far enough along in the Department to be almost ready to be finally acted on. That some Of the regular leaders have to bring Ballinger to realization of the fact that he is a burden to the administration is pret- ty generally believed here. Moreover it appears the president has at least tacitly consented to it. The situa- tiOn recalls the occasion when Alger. as secretary of war, was urged to get out of the Mckinley cabinet by Hobart. Alger refused at first to believe Hobart spoke with the sanction of Mckinley. It was at the time when the scandals concern ing army administration were bring ing forth much criticism. Neverthe- less Alger left the cabinet, finding it too embarasing to remain.
 The Honduras Trouble.
 The political situation fin Honduras, particularly in CeIba and Puerto Cor tez. has made no impression on the state or navy departments. No warship has been sent to protect American interests. and none will go until it is asked for by a con- sular officer. Advices from the seat of the latest disturbance were com munjcated to the departments last nigh and today. but while they were re6 ved with interest. no comment Q made except that the American 2 suls were free to call for a boat if they needed it, and any cali would be quickly responded to by one of the vessels now in the Caribbean.