Evening star., 1916-09-27

are also sending missionaries into the
western neld. but Willard Salisbury.
United States senator from Delaware,
sticks pretty closely to the headQuar-
ters tent and therefrom does his direct
ing of the field forces. 1t is impossible
to hnd any real traces OF serious demo-
cratic worry over the general senatorial
situation. The party managers, with
knowledge that at present they have q
majority Of sixteen in the upper house,
do not seem to think it is possible that
they can lose control. They are work
ing like nailers. however, to prevent the
enemy from overcoming them.
Senator Lewis in Northwest.
James Hamilton Lewis. United States
senator from Illinois, is talking to the
northwesterners, In part. in behalf OF
Wilson and Marshall. but perhaps in
greater part in behalf of a continued
democratic majority in the upper house
The picturesque Mr.. Lewis is popular
personally in the far northwest, where
once he lived. One Of his collateral
forbears was Meriwether Lewis of the
Lewis and Clark expedition, and James
Hamilton has been following in consid-
erable part the trail of the two Virgin
ians whom the third Virginian, Jeffer-
son, dispatched on a perilous errand of
exploration.
1Icoiucut WILSON mas spoken al
length in defense of his conduct of the
eight.hour affair. His Shadow Lawn
speech on this subject is being made
the subject of attack this week by re-
publicans in the west who have made q
study OF everything that led up to the
alleged coercion of Congress-, Of the al
legged coercion itself and of the results
that are promised will come as a Sc
quence to the alleged coercion. The re-
publ1cans are making more and more
n 10 hi, o1e ~
In the west of the eight-hour affair. 1t
took only a casual reader of the
speeches Of the democrats on this sub
1ect to know that until the President
spoke good many of his defenders did
not understand the eight-hour and pay
subject. Democratic managers realized
this and 1t Is said today they are re-
1oiced In spirit because the President
has defended himself and his act, and
has supplied material for his party cam
paigners to use in rebuttal of republi-
can testimony and argument.
Conditions in Middle West.
At both democratic and republican
headquarters reports come in daily
die western states. National commit
teemen and state committeeman and
men who are no committeeman at all
call daily at one or the other of the
big directing camps. In view of the
reports which come from other parts
OF the west Of possible progressive
detection to the democrats. it is Curl
GUS, and perhaps amusing to some folk,
to hear that in Kansas the republicans
fear standpat detection to the DEM
ocrats. and that the democrats believe
that the republicans have good cause
for their fear.
Everywhere through the country
ever since the days of the republican
convention 1t is heard that the stand
pat republicans were forced to NOM
mate Hughes. and did it only because
OF necessity 1t has been taken for
granted. seemingly. that all the stand
patters will support Hughes. and that
the only fear is that some of the pro.
gressives may balk.
From Kansas comes the report that
a good many of the standpat voters
did not agree with their eastern breth-
rem that Hughes must be nominated,
and that today some of them are in a
mood to let the Kansas progressives
elect Hughes IL they can. It's a queer
yarn. but queer things happen in
Kansas.