New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
CALIFORNIA FOR
THE REPUBLICANS
ABOUT THAT PROSPERITY,
SOME FooTNoTEs ON WAR
PALMER WANTS CON.
DENSED MILK PROTECTED,
HUGHES GROWING

Washington, July 26. Especial cor
tespondence) The fact that Congress
man Nick" Longworth of Ohio, is
- purchase silk tiles for all Dem.
os1Dc members of the Ways and
Means Committee Of the next Con-
sess, If the Republican majority OF
that body is not at least 100, has
caused great deal OF comment about
he Capitol as to the makeup OF the
Ssth Congress. Several other small
wagers have been made that the
House would be 50 Republican, while
oae man has figured that it will be
l2s. That it will be Republican is
conceded by many Democrats. OPP
timism among the Republicans con-
t'nues in regard to the Senate. The
belief is growing that the chances
are improving all the time for the
carrying of the upper branch Of Con-
yress.
There is a good deal of amusement
in the Republican cloak room and on
that side of the House chamber at
The boasts of Vance Mccormick.
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, as to the results of the
coming election, Especially is this
true among the Pennsylvania mem
bers, who recall that Vance was max
ing similar boasts before the last
election when he was running for
sovernor of Pennsylvania on the De-
rnocratic ticket. When the returns
came in, Mccormick was one of the
worst beaten candidates that ever ran
for governor in that state. As
prophet, Vance has never been
howling success and from all indica-
tions he is not going to improve on
his reputation along these lines.
Representative c. Bas :or Slcmp or
Virginia, who is chairman of the sub.
committee on speakers of the Re
publican congressional committee is
receiving many favorable responses
from members of the party who will
participate in states and other dis
tricts than their own in the SPELL
binding line during the coming cam
paign. The demand for speakers is
unusually great thus early and there
IS every indication that the Republi.
can campaign, national and congress
sional, will be one of the most
vigorous ever waged in the history of
The party.
Congressman Everis A. Haynes OF
fhe eighth California district. is very
optimistic in regard to the Reprbli-
can outlook in California. Represen-
tativc }'aynes is one OF the conser.
vative level-headed men of the House
who is not given to boasting or idle
TX and what he says naturally car
ries weight with it. Speaking of the
political outlook in that state, he
says: "We are once more united and I
working together in California. There
is nothing to it. You can look for an
old-time Republican victory in our
state in November. It is sure to
come"
The fact that Secretary McAdoo's
speech. will be sent all over the
as campaign document. and
will not pay postage. Several tons
Of Democratic publicity m.ttor VIII
be franked this year. If the Tx
payers delight in fiction, the Demo-
Gratis think they should pay the
freight.
The Michigan member of the Pro-
ressive National Committee is quoted |
IS being much peeved because his
party has gone into the discards and
he threatens grave things. If the
third party is not to have a ticket
of its own, he says, he will deliver
10000 votes to Wilson. 1t would be ;
to know the process by
which this will be accomplished. In ;