The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-12
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National Chairmen McCombS and Hill.
les Optimistic Over the Outlook.

the Republican national committee
made their first official predictions
regarding the 1916 election. says
New York special to the Washington
Post. They didn't issue statements
be it understood; they suffered them
selves to be asked what they thought
of prospects and they gave their
hopeful opinions. 1t wasn't much
like the year preceding the campaign
of four years ago; in fact, each of the
chairmen was rather startled at sight
of a reporter. However, recovering,
they said:
Hilles-"We have every eXpecta-
ton of winning. The country is dis
satisfied with the Democratic admin
istration, getting more so every day.
and is ready to return to the republl-
can party. Every report | get from
all parts of the country indicates this.
So does every election that's held
McCombs- there is some
decided change in the situation 1t
will not be necessary for either par
ty to establish headquarters next
year. The result is a foregone con-
clusion, as things stand now. The
Democratic party is enjoying an un-
exampled prominence that is not
likely to be lost for many years.
Hope for United Party.
Apparently politics has reached an
''impasse" like that of the war cam
paign on the German-French border.
Each chairman admitted his conf
dence rested on a united party next
year. Hilles expects Roosevelt to be
regular" next year; but doesn t
know, he said. McCombs hasn't any
doubt that Bryan will be regular
but says he doesn't know.
1.-The fight will be made on domes-
| tic questions" said Hilles. The
whole country is standing behind the
president on foreign questions. No
fault can be found with the manner
in which all our public men have
lined up in his support"
There are no domestic issues that
the people will listen to possible for
the Republicans to raise" said Nc
Combs. LAS for disregarding for
eign questions, thing the people are
thinking about all the time cannot
be disregarded.
Watch President Wilson.
THE chief foreign question re-
ferred to, of course, is the manner
in which President Wilson has han
died the situation brought by the Eu-
ropean war. AS for domestic issues,
perhaps the tariff is meant. Well
If Congressman Dingley were called
back from the grave he couldn
write a tariff schedule protective
enough to make particle of diff
ference in American business al
fairs
Filed away in mis- Office
Chairman Hilles has stacks OF
figures on elections that have
been held since the last presidential
election. They show, he says, tina,
the country is swinging back to It's
ancient Republican majority. Every
normally Republican State will be
Republican next fall. he declared, and
he named Maine, New York, Ne"
Jersey. West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
Nebraska and Nevada as stray sheer
he expects back in the fold. He con
fessed considerable satisfaction IN
the figures that have been filed away
in St. Louis since the election ol
1912, when the Democratic majorit!
was 10000 until the election Of this
summer, when the Republican ma
iority was 129. The significan'
thing, he said, is the steady gain
through three elections in st. Louis
not the last majority. Republican:
hope to carry Missouri in conse
quence. he asserted.
Bound to Capture Senate.
What l don't understand sale
the optimistic chairman, lis the
statement attributed to Boise Pen
rose and made by some others thai
there is a chance for us to capture
the senate next year The fact is
if it's a Republican year we're boune
to capture the senate. We only have
to win in Republican States to viii
back a majority of the senate. Ane
it'll be a Republican year I am con
fident.''
Chairman McCombs said figures
scarcely are worth talking abou
now, indicating he had deskful i
they were needed.
THE only possibility of a Repub
lican party being contender as i
looks now. is restoration OF tn'
entente with Roosevelt and his per