| Show THE FALL CAMPAIGNS no system bas yet been inaugurated ADVANTAGE 01 DEMOCRATS they have the best Speak cra the new apportionment billue inter castins sensations floii our regular washington july the congressional campaign committees will necessarily be blow this year in annau gura and pushing alie work they have in hand it will not he possible for them to proceed with anything like system or intelligence until alie precise issue upon which alio contest is to be made arf determined and thai cannot be done while is still ing abent so important a matter as the national elections law of course there 13 tho general charge of the democrats eliat the republicans have been waste ful of the public money and alie general justification offe reil by alie republicans that the appropriations arc large the money will go into channels like pensions and public improvements from the country will get liberal returns but us a rule i national congressional la conducted on something more specific than eliat and at present with two still awaiting settlement of alie hands of the majority the tan IF and alie control of national election 6 there is much concern felt as to aich or hather both will by some enactment of lav mark the dividing line alie to great parties lien chev square foi action next fall the original intention as to erht llie battle on the tariff issue alone it seemed indeed as if at 1 ait tuaato be n national on amic issue later however the ke brought the national election ill forward i hd a halt was called the democrats thought it best to go no further with their plans until the full significance of alie new move e made by their antagonists was plainly revealed it bo necessary for them to face this new direction and if so all arrangements about a battle on alie tariff ground would naturally have to be abandoned and ao it is that on activity is observed on the part of cither committee the have yet to decide just what part the elections bill shall play in hie campaign whether as a law to be applied or as a measure they simply approve of and until eliat decision is i iacued the democrats can do little it is pointed out by the democrats that in alie coming contest they will have alie advantage in the way they will be able to distribute their best speakers fortunately for them they claim their congressional leaders are assured in advance of return here and hence can go to the relief of their friends in any part of the country who may he pressed closely the strongest of alie Ite publican speakers in alie will on alie other hand bo kept hu ay iy at home loorine each after his own individual fortunes but however alie issues may finally be made up alie campaign must now be a abort one it will not last over six weeks beginning the middle of september but it promises to be an exciting one from start to finish the question of n now appointment when it comes up in alie house will be an interesting one after evry census alie apportionment has been chinked to requirements of alie increase of population and the popular branch of congress has increased in membership accordingly now the house has members counting those from new stated though 3 55 was the number div pa by its last apportionment this was based on alie apportionment of one bep to every people alie total population of alie country at alie last census was nd this year it is estimated that it will approach 65 this large increase will make it necessary either to increase the basis ol 01 representation or increase the membership of the house or both alie question lias almost as many sides as the house lias bembera mem bera some who think alie present body too large ind bold eliat under no circumstances cum stances should alie size of it be increased others favor cutting down alie favor of the representation and allowing alie membership to run as aih as it could pointing nR out eliat the british house of commons lias about TOO mem bers and yet manages to do alie work required of a popular body between these extremes there are advocates ol 01 many other plans one of alie most talked of is to increase the basis of representation resen tation to or which would probably give alie house a membership of or this is done the increase would scarcely be sufficient to cut any state out of a representative strange sensation must come over mr blaine these days when ho notes the quarters from which lie is winning applause as lie acores point after point against the mckinley tariff bill and its fradera fr amera mr blaine hia shrewdness in endeavoring endeavor ins to get in line the tariff reform sentiment which hag strong even in his own party alie policy which lie advocates will work out the result for which democratic tariff reformers have EO long and although it will do it under a different name the same end will eventually bo attained |
