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Show ' The Republican party is split from coast to coast and this is going to 1 help the Democrats immensely." Then hear what Secretary Hay-ward, Hay-ward, across in G. 0. P. quarters had to say: "They talk about tho split' in the Republican party, but I tell you there is no split. In some sections of the country the people want men of the progressive type and in other sections they want the conservatives, and each sec-tion sec-tion will pick out the men it wants and will send them to congress. But they will all be Republicans and will stand together on the big party measures and will support the party platform." POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS OPEN. Both Republican and Democratic headquarters for the congressional congres-sional campaigns have been opened in Chicago, and from both tho outpourings have begun of the brand of optimism which political campaigns always create in quantities to suit. Simultaneously the messenger boys rushed out of suite 1314 in the Congress with Democratic Demo-cratic dope and out of the Auditorium hotel headquarters of Republicanism Repub-licanism with Republican dope which on comparison had a remarkable remark-able similarity. Both predicted victory great and overwhelming. ''Democratic prospects never looked better," said Chairman Lloyd with Democratic ardor. Then he added: "Conditions were never better or more hopeful than at present. Few dissensions are heard of within the Democratic ranks and a reunited harmonized party will be seen working out victories in the fall. In every state in the union the Democrats are stronger than they were two years ago, with the pos. sible exception of Tennessee, where local conditions are off color |