The Washington times., 1910-09-23
Republicans Find Price Com
plants Hard to Con
tend With.
WORKMEN READY
2 TO CHANGE VOTE
Pent-up Insurgency In New Eng
land Another Obstacle 10 Sue
cess In Congressional Fight
By JOHN SNURE

SEsW-YORK, Sept. 23.-When all IS
said and done, the high cost Of Hvins
Is the ttiuE that Is caUsins the Repu5-
lican Congressional campaign leaders
/, the fmost trouble this year.
They md il hard TO contend against
Campaign literature and the usual cam
paign arguments are Of little avail in
-disPosfuE of 81 The Democrats, Of
= coarse. are making the most OF it and
fome1a1ing as much discomfort as pos
si5Ie.
II the Republicans lose the House, as
II is perfectly clear they are in great
d. danger Of doing, il Is not unlikely that
the high cost Of living VIII be found 10
be the real cause Of IL
II Is more likely TO be this than in
sursency- That Is 10 say. there is evil
dence Of deep-seated dissatisfaction
over living conditions III many sections
where the spirit OF insurgency or pro-
gressiveism has little real hold.
II was entirely logical 10 expect when
the tariff bill was passed that New
England and other parts OF the East
which got high tariff duties they wanted
would be entirely satisfied with what
the Republican leaders in Congress mad
done, and that for any. loss OF Repu5-
liCan strength one would nave 70 look
elsewhere, as 10 he Middle West But
this has not proved to be the case
Losses In the East.
Tt has been a great and painful sur
prise 10 the Republican Congressional
leaders that the East VIII probably
throw more seats in the House 10 the
Democrats than any other part Of the
United States. They had TeStSoIlet l llS
the East would not merely be satlsIleu
with what il got IN respect 70 taTiiL, Dug
that Il would be up IN arms al me Inelc
idea OF turning House control over 20
6o1JbtIess thew would have been righ-
in their reasoning had the hISn cost OF
living not entered into the Sllu'-llgLl e-iLI
proved 20 be so great FACTOR tllls taI
Il the affairs Of the average family:
II is the big weekend grocery Oil liat
is making il almost impossible IOr me
Republican leaders IN the Consresslol.1L
campaign TO stem the rapidly running
uqes o. .S--fsf7ls y-bz II is the Repub-
leans are going TO lose IN numerous
Era1es where ( here are many tL-5-
PROTECTED industries and WneTe Jile- 2
fsiuius their livelihood from ll--
,771srries that are sheltered py nl7tl
f. IS costing him more 70 I'VE ll,1.t
before he Is not likely TO q aIIltl-e p
10 the argument that employ IlleII IoL
him has been made posslple Only oS II II
Panubiicar policy Of protection he
becomes dissatisfied and leaps 20 the
conclusion that II is tine for a change-
s-,r5ftions IN this Congressional cam
Tafzu do not hesitate 10 say that night
here is found their greatest QlIhcuLty
in the way OF keeping a mold on the
OF course. the Republicans are making
use Of the argument that the average
- d41+fes is lower under the new taTIm
law than the old They take a Speclnc
article. the price OF which has gone up.
and they are able TO show. perhaps thar
The duty has not been increased Hence,
fhev argue, the tariff in this case has
nothing 10 do with the higher price
The Democrats are getting around TINS
nv arguing that the high cost OF living
is not 50 much matter Of whether
the tariff Is 2 little higher or a little
lower or a Eiven product, but that me
difficulty rests in the whole vast fabric
Of the protective system as II has Deen
wrought out by the Republicans
Republican politician lnt1ma telS
concerned witt the conduct of the Con
esressioraI ga npaiCn said the situation
this year was not like the one that
followed the enactment Of the MctSln-
ley Law Then. the Democrats pTonted
by the discomfort Of the public and cap
rured the House. II Is true BuJ IN Ihal
case HE election followed close on the
eDaefrneaT of the new tariff measure
The public had not time to get acquaint-
ed with it,,
In this instance. the people have had
over a year to get acquainted with the
workings Of the new law From some
points OF view, as for instance that Of
revenue. II has TO be admitted the law
use Is II 10 talk To a voter about now
good the new tariff law is when that
voter IS Ieehng agsEle.vea aI-C Us Is
ETUntled because he Is thinking hard on
how much more II costs him now TO
keep his family than II used to cOst2
Insurgency An Obstacle.
The. spread of insurgency OF pro
zrsssivism Is obviously one Of the
leading causes Of the present dis
couraging outlook for continued Re
publican control OF the House
But the Congressional campaign
leaders say It Is not sQ great an OBJ
stacIe to continued Republican con
troll as many imagine In some cases
II VIII be only By reason o. progressive
ascendaucy that the voters will con
sent longer 10 stay in the Republican
party. This IS quite generally true OF
the states where the progressive move
menJ Is strongest and best organized
as in Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and
the like.
Il IS chiefly in states where the pro
gresSive movement has been beaten
down and FepTeSSed. and where Il has
not had organization and "a chance foI
crystal liZatiou- that 1t i going To lead
to large OBJECTIONS To the Democrats
New Jersey Is an instance OF state
where this IS likely 10 be The case
There. at the recent Republican State
convention iu Trenton the regulars
rode rouEh-shod over the proSreSSiveS
go scored M the 0Ta-lzs fI.er yy-a-r-.5
IN the platform, one on the direct pri-
mary being among them. and ieered al
and aSSsiled them in a Wav that is
almost certain % throw many votes
10 woodrow Wilson. the Democratic
nominee for governor. and the Doten-
fiaI nominee Of the Democrats FOR
President in 1872
It + true that much IS heard Of regu
lar Republicans in districts where they
have been defeated. throwing thei1
strength TO Democrats for the 7urpos'
Of Furnishing insurgents T-DdOubtedls
there viii be q good deal Of this.
knitting IS Denied.
But the Congressional campaign lead
ers deny there viii be a. much OF il a.
is generally believed The declaration
OF Representative Henry Sherman BOu
tell OF Chicago that ne viii run inde