Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
LEADERS DISCUSS
PARTY OUTLOOK
Democrats Will Combat Re-
publican Plans for Control
of the House.
OUTLINING THE PROGRAM
FOR CAMPAIGN OF 1916
Attitude of the German-Americans
+ Toward President Wilson Is
Giving Concern.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.


Doremus of the democratic national
congressional campaign committee and
Fred B. Lynch, democratic national
committeeman from Minnesota. held a
long conference here yesterday on the
democratic political outlook. Mr. Lynch
who has been in the east practically
all the summer and fall is one of the
leading spirits in the national demo-
cratic management, although he per-
sistently seeks to avoid notoriety as
such.
He is gun shy" of publicity, although
in inside democratic circles he is dis
cussed as the possible next democratic
national chairman in case of reorgani-
zation of the national committee.
Chairman Doremus of the congress
sional campaign committee and repre-
sentative of the Detroit district in the
House of Representatives is concerning G
himself mainly with undertaking the
next campaign for the election of a
democratic majority in the house. the
ground work of which will be laid at
the coming session of Congress.
Republican Plan of Attack.
Word has come to the democratic
managers that the republicans are
planning to strike their hardest blows
in the congressional campaign next
fall; that in spirit of saving some
thing from the wreck" the republicans
will bend every energy to electing a
republican House, especially if Presi-
dent Wilson's popularity continues at
high tide for another year. According
to the information received by the
democratic managers the more astute
of the republican leaders realize that
n y rf f1a
tinuation of the war and his personal
popularity. will be hard to defeat for
reelection. but feel certain that re-
publican House can be elected.
They differentiate. 1t Is said. between
the personal following of the President
and support of the democratic party,
and believe that this can be demon
strated in the wiping out of the demo-
cratic majority of twenty-nine that
controls the House which assemblies
next December
The democratic managers are not
willing to concede this differentiation,
however. and will not let it be sus-
tained by default Of action on their
part, at any rate. While they believe
that a landslide which would return
President Wilson to the White House
in 1916 might naturally be expected
to sweep in a democratic House. they
realize that the reunfting of the pro-
gressive and regular republican vote
umn many districts now represented by
democrats as the result of republican
factional fights in 1912 and continued
in 1914.
Considering the German Vote.
The democratic managers are also
taking cognizance of the attitude Of
the German vote in its increasing hos
tility to President Wilson, threatening
extension to the whole national ad-
ministration. Chairman Doremus
brought to the eastern managers full
details of the extent of the German op-
position in the west. 1t may be re-
called that The Stars dispatches from
Michigan early in September. told of a
meeting of German societies at Jack
son, Mich, which not only bitterly de-
nounced President Wilson. but contend
ed for the extension of German ideals"
in the United States and teaching Of
the uerman language in the public
schools.
Chairman Doremus read in the morn
ing papers today dispatches from
Massachusetts, telling Of anti Wilson
feeling in the Bay state. where at
Worcester yesterday forty-six organ
izat!ons of German with a
mem bership of 10000, adopted reso-
lutions to "unitedly discuss the ques-
tion of gubernatorial candidates" and
also declared themselves as firmly
opposed to the reelection of Woodrow
Wilson as President of the United
States.
The meeting was called by John AL
brecht Walz. professor of German lit
erature at Harvard University and
state chairman of the National German
Alliance. The purpose was said to be
to induce Americans of German descent
to take more active interest in po-
litical affairs.
Republicans Aiding suffragists.
Several republican politicians of ma
tional note are also in town or here
abouts. Senator Borah of Idaho and
Representative. Mondell of Wyoming
are In the state to help the woman
suffragists. They spoke here Saturday
night and are now up state. Repre-
sentative Campbell of Kansas, in his
flight to help the Mccall gubernatorial
campaign In Massachusetts,. paused
long enough to picture glowing re-
publican prospects In Kansas.
Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma is here
and said that Senator Weeks made a
strong impression in that state on his
visit a fortnight ago. and that the
Weeks presidential boom is taking
well. He added. however, that there
is strong demand for Elihu Root, in
dicating. to his mind. that the senti-
ment in the middle west is for a re-
publican candidate of conservative
type.
James b. Reynolds. secretary of the
republican national committee, got back
to town yesterday from a long western
trip. The Stars correspondent, who
struck Mr.. Reynolds trail at several
points In the west at that time, under
stood that Jimmy was passing the
hat" Delicacy forbade inquiry upon
this point today, but as Mr. Reynolds
started this morning down to 56 Mai
den lane, to call on National Chairman
Charles D.. Hilles Of the republican
committee he wore the look of the cat