Evening star., 1914-07-18
Congressional Politics 0ccu-
pies Attention of Managers
of Coming Campaign.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL
OF RESULTS IN MAINE
Returns in That State Usually Re-
garded as Indicative of General
Political Situation.

Congressional politics is occupying the
attention of the managers, and the cam
paign for reelection of the next House
is already under way.
The democrats have sent a flying
squadron of workers to Maine. where
the congressional election is held in Sep
tember- The republicans are opening
headquarters in Chicago. to take care OF
the middle west and there will be other
offices in New York to handle the east.
Deep anxiety is felt by the democrats
over the coming Maine election. from the
fact that the returns in that state are
usually regarded as Indicative of the gen.
eral political situation in the country at
large. 1t is essential. in the opinion of
the democratic managers, that Maine
shall not backslide on account of the
moral effect which might be thereby
produced in other states.
The democrats do not expect to make
gains in Maine. They have only one
man in the House from that state but
they are very anxious not to lose their
one eve lamb So. in point of fact they
are on the defensive at the very outset
of the campaign.
Leaders to Go on the Stump.
All the oraterical big guns of the
majority party in the House will be put
on the stump in Maine and vigorous lit
erary campaign will be waged as well.
The leaders feel that if they not only
save their man. but increase his plurality,
It will be a wonderful incentive to the
1althfui all over the country to gird
themselves for the big fight in November.
Ihe democratic national committee.
the management Of Thomas ]. Pence. has
oeen at work for several weeks on the
general campaign. The committee sends
out a weekly broadside for the use of
prepared and edited
The last few issues have been devoted
70 refuting the republican charges of
calamity and business depression charge
aDie oy the enemy to the democratic leg
islatIon and administration All the ia
vorabie business news that can be COL
Iected Is spread out triumphantly in tue
weekly poster, TO be echoed by the demo-
cratic press.
Change From the Old Days.
The republican CONGRESSIONAL commit
tee has headquarters in the Riggs build
ing, but thus far has not entered upon
an extensive publicity campaign. The
republicans compain of empty war bags.
This is in marked contrast to the good
old days when the republicans used to
have slathers of money and the demo-
Gratis We're always poor as a church
mouse.
One effusion of the publicity depart
ment of the republican committee a few
days ago caused a near-riot among the
republican old guard in the House. The
committee sent out. under official author
tty of the republican national congress
sional campaign committee. criticism of
a democratic conservation measure, now
pending in the House. The document
quoted Representative Lenroot as saying
that not in the palmiest days of Aldrich
and Cannon had such vicious legislation
been proposed.
As Uncle joe Cannon is running for
Congress in Illinois under the auspices
Of the republican congressional commit
tee. such an utterance coming officially
from the committee amazed and enfu-
rated his friends in the House.
The document was passed around, and
after the regulars read it and commented
upon it the air in the House and lobby
was so full of sulphur that people
thought the place was being fumigated.