Evening star., 1915-04-04
COP. GOOD CHEER
A CAUSE OF WORRY
Democrats Taking Stock of
Their Chances in Next
Years Campaign.
HOPE END OF THE WAR
WILL START BIG BOOM
Party Leaders Accept denomination
of President Wilson as Fore
gone Conclusion.

| gone Conclusion.
| Democratic national leaders are tax
| ing stock these days of their political
assets and liabilities, looking forward
| to the work that Is ahead of them for
the preli1ninaries of the next campaign
| for the presidency, the House of Rep
! resentativeS and a section of the United
| states Senate.
| Upon one feature of the prospective
| situation there is unanimous agree
| ment-that President Wilson will be
renominated by acclamation. 1t is
| doubtful, it is said. whether even a
complimentary vote will be proposed in
| the convention for Champ Clark and
oscar Underwood. The disposition.
which is understood to be shared by
| these gentlemen themselves, is to pre-
\ sent no other name than President
Wilson's to the convention
! No democratic politician at this time
| considers the possibility of Mr. Bryan
| becoming candidate for the nomina-
| tion. While the belief is widespread
that Mr.. Bryan will retire from the
| cabinet before many months have
! elapsed. that conviction is not based
upon any assumption that he VIII go
| out Otner 1ndn q HTnl supporter ol Tie
| President and with no intention to
| start a backtire against him.
November Vote the Thing.
| The political managers are concern
| ing themselves with the prospects of
victory at the polls and this subject
alone gives them cause for sufficient
solcitude to keep them wide awake
Recent activities among the republ
cans are worrying the democrats. The
knowledge that the republicans are in
tent upon nominating man acceptable
to big business and waging their cam
paign upon an appeal to prosperity
and the full dinner paif' causes con-
Germ. 1t is not forgotten what success
followed the "educational efforts of
the republicans along this line in 1896.
The Republican National Publicity
Associations contemplated work in be
half of this undertaking is being fol-
lowed with keen anxiety by the demo-
Gratis. They say they have information
that this association has been highly
successful thus far in raising money
from its members for the coming CAM
pagn of publicity and that it has as
surances of a tremendous fund for it's
publicity work.
Taking into consideration the fact
vote of Taft and Roosevelt exceeded
the popular vote of President Wilson
by about 100000. which is construed
by the republicans as indicating the
can ma ajority, the democrats base their
hopes for success upon two main pos
sibilities.
Two Democratic Hopes.
First, that the ending of the war iii
Europe will be followed by tremendous
expansion of business in this country,
unprecedented exports of manufac-
tured well as agricultural products
and a big boom in good times" Thus,
the democrats would expect to take
away from the republicans their pros
perity candy and appropriate unto
themselves the full dinner pail" as
set.
Second: The fond expectation that
somehow, in some way, Roosevelt will
again gum up the cards for the re-
publicans or, failing that. the republic
can candidate and platform may be
open to the charge of standpatism and
domination by the reactionaries.
The second mentioned anticipation
has been receiving some rude jolts
in the past fortnight. however, as In
dications from a number of different
sources have developed, agreeing upon
the probability that Roosevelt will
| join hands with the regular republic
cans under certain conditions; the said
conditions not being by any means be-
yond fulfllment
One feature of future events which
the democratic managers are also TAX
| ing into consideration at this time is
the work of the next Congress They
appreciate thoroughly the fact that
every effort will be made by the re-
| publicans in the coming long session
| democrats and to effect disunion and
| factional schism If possible And they
| realize that opportunities may be pre-
sented for such an outcome of the
| sessions work
Plans for Next Session.
The only legislation of Importance
expected to be brought In at the next
| session Is the rural credits bin and
| possibly resurrection of the ship pur-
chase bill. The democrats propose to
| enact rural credit law and to get
prestige therefor Brief discussion at
| the last session indicated wide di-
vergence of views upon rural credits
among democrats and between some of
them and President Wilson.
| The understanding is now that Pres
! ident Wilson intends to press his ship
| purchase bill, and to engage in cam
| paign of education In behalf of it this
| summer and fall 1t is realized that
| the same elements of opposition to the
| plan developed in the last Congress
| will exist in the new body Moreover.
| in the House that opposition will be
vastly increased by the sweeping re-
| duction of the democratic majority and
| the presence of the big republican
vote.
/ The democratic managers are not un-
| aware of the feeling of supreme con-
| fdence animating the republicans over
| the outlook for the presidential cleo
| ton of 1916 and knowledge of the ba-
| sis upon which the republican hopes
| are founded is stimulating the demo-
| Gratis to unusual watchfulness and
| early preparation for the coming fight
I There is no mistaking, it is said, that
| the republican confidence is practically
| bouRdless
| To Be a Hard Fight.
OF course. the democrats do not ad-
| NIT the soundness of the arguments
| which the republicans advance in sup
| port of their expectations and con-
| fidence, but that does not serve to les
: sen their admission of the necessity of
| girding for the battle and preparing to
/ lay on nightly No democratic politi-
| clan of prominence deludes himself
| with the idea that the outlook for 1916
| is as favorable to the democrats as the
| conditions under which the campaign
! of 1912 was fought.
William B. Wilson, Jr., Ill.
| wILLIAMSPoRT. Pa, April s-wil-
liam b. Wilson, jr., son Of the Secretary
| Of Labor, was operated on here today for
appendicitis. He came here to make an