Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COM.
MiTTEEs SOON TO MOVE TO
HEADQUARTERS.
WON'T AWAIT ADJOURNMENT
Republicans and Progressives Hope to
Profit by Tolls Repeal Flsht-Lat-
tor Intend to Have Candidates
In Most Districts.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

the Democratic and Republican politl.
cal managers to maintain COMPRESSION
al committee headquarters here until
congress adjourns. but MIR. Wilson has
put legislation ahead of politics and so
the committees secretaries and lieu.
tenants will be sent into the center OF
things probably long in advance of the
departure OF the committees chair
men, who are members of congress.
! President Wilson's inslstence that
antitrust and rural credit bills shall
/ be passed before he will consent to re-
lease congress from its labors has
forced senators and representatives of
the three parties to the conclusion
that campaigning work must begin
after the regular order of things. even
II they cannot get away to help in the
work of supervision.
The headquarters tents of the chief
tains of the congressional committees
OF the Democratic and Republican par.
ties soon will be struck and be moved
either to New York or Chicago. The
camp Of the Progressives, which has
been maintained in Washington for
some time, also will be moved to one
or the other of the cities named. The
| campers are tired of waiting on the
adjournment Of congress.
Hope has come to the Republicans
and Progresslves that they may profit
in the campaign by the opposition to
the administrations stand for repeal
OF the tolls exemption provision OF the
Panama canal act. The Progressives
had issues enough perhaps without the
one which has been added recently,
but to the Republicans it has come as
an offer Of frankincense and myrrh.
The Democrats, however, say their Re-
publican opponents will get nothing
but a smell out of it. At any rate, the
raising of the issue has stimulated the
Republicans into seeming belief that
they have chance of maintaining
their present membership in the house.
even II they cannot add to it.
Democrats Sec No Danger.
The Progressives in congress for the
most part are opposed to repeal, but
none of them has expressed anything
like the confidence shown by the Re-
publicans that the issue Is to be par
ticularly profitable. The Progressives,
however. will use it in connection with
their other issues, and they hope to
benefit provided any beneflcence can
be wrung from 1t.
Democrats in Washington, whether
they are in accord with the presidents
position on repeal or not, say that
their differences OF opinion on this
subject will not affect the campaign
in the least, and therefore will not in
any way jeopardize their chances OF
success. They fully expect to increase
their membership in the next house
and some of them unhesitatingly say
that II the antitrust bills are passed
and a rural credit system shall become
a fact, everybody will have forgotten
about the repeal row in the house,
with Clark, Underwood and others on
one side and the presidents followers
on the other side.
1t Is rather hard to find out after
talks with the chief Republicans
whether or not, way down in, they
have really strong hope that the re-
peal Issue is to help their party ma.
terially. A good many of them say
frankly enough that the chief hope for
a Republican majority in the next
house lies in possible reconciliation
with the Progressives, and they do
not yet seem to know how amalgama-
ton with the Armageddonites is to be
hrnrnhf oil - he
are working to the end of recoEcilia-
ton and others seem to be willing to
let the thing work itself out and to de-
pend upon Democratic blunders to re-
store the Republicans to power.
Moose Plans Unchanged.
Republican leaders are still hoping
that the Progresslves will not put can.
didates for congress into the field In
every district. It was six months ago
that the new party men said that they
intended to do this, and from the
Washington headquarters of the party
comes the information that the Pro |
gressives are OF the same mind on
the subject today. Moreover, they are
making preparations everywhere to |
live up to their word.
1t still seems likely politicians of all |
parties say, that there will be a Pro |
candidate for congress next |
fall in every district in the land ex- |
cept some few districts in the South. |
The Republicans maintain that there
Is a certain business unrest in the |
country, due to the tariff and to trust
legislation uncertainties, that will |
benefit them, and that while they may
not secure a majority in the next .
house, they will add largely to their
present representation,
Daniels Blow at Rum.
The new order of Secretary Daniels
prohibiting the introduction of intoxi.
eating liquors in any navy yard
Is the result of what may be
called evolution. Years ago OF only
In the warships but in the mer-
nha NJ fNan l. |