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CONGRESSMAN LLOYD, head of the demo
cratic congressional committee, has made
the following statement on tho congressional
situation: "Our campaign has been in progress
sinco March 1 and prospects are encouraging
for a democratic houso of representatives. Wo
expect to mako decided gains in all tho Missis
sippi valley states, but at present will not mako
known tho districts which wo expect to win
over. Our principal gains will bo west of tho
Alleghenies and gains on tho Atlantic seaboard.
Wo have hopes of carrying republican congres
sional districts in tho east, but at present tho
prospect is not so encouraging as in the west."
THE REPUBLICAN party appears to be in
desperate straita, for it seems It must go
to Japan for support. Tho New York Herald
recently printed a dispatch from Tokio stating
that the entire Japanese nation, himself in
cluded, regarded America as a real friend and
that In the event of tho election of Mr. Taft to
the presidency these bonds of friendship would
be drawn even closer. He believed, ho was al
leged to have said, that such would bo the re
sult because, after three lengthy Interviews with
Mr. Taft at the time of the latter's visit to Japan
ho felt that they reached in the course of their
talks a mutual understanding of the purposes
and attitudes of both countries that would mako
that end.
LATER THE Herald printed this cablegram:
"General Viscount Terauchi emphatically
denies any intention of discussing tho effect of
Mr. Taft's election from an international view
point. He declares that tho portions of tho
cabled Interview placing him 4n that attitude are
duo to a misunderstanding and mistranslation of
his remarks relative to his personal friendship
for Mr. Taft. The viscount denies using the
expression, 'Mr. Taft's election means peace.'
Count Terashima, explaining tho personal rela
tions of Mr. Taft and Viscount Terauchi, said:
'The friendship was of several years' standing
and they had a mutual high regard. When Mr.
Taft was last here ho fully discussed the immi
gration question and also Japan's post-bellum
policies with Marquis Salonjl, Viscount Hayashi,
Count Katsura and Viscount Terauchi, tho lat
ter phase particularly with Viscount Terauchi.
There was a strong bond between Mr. Taft and
Viscount Terauchi, as both were war ministers
and both the strongest advocates of peace. Vis
count Terauchi's quoted statement that he and
Mr. Taft had a complete understanding was with
reference especially, to the broader .questions
of policy.' "
UNDER DATE of Chicago, August 17, the
Associated Press carried this dispatch:
"Declaring that prospects for democratic victory
were never more bright In a presidential cam
paign John W. Kern, democratic vice presiden
tial candidate, was an unexpected visitor this
afternoon at tho democratic national committee
headquarters, which were formally opened at
the Auditorium Annex by National Chairman
Norman E. Mack. After a two hours' confer
ence with Mr. Mack on the general situation and
the discussion of tentative plans for a speaking
campaign, Mr: Kern left tonight for Charles City,
Iowa, where he will address a Chautauqua meet
ing tomorrow. Before he left Mr. Kern con
fided that his speech at his notification in In
dianapolis would, as a precedent, be much brief
er than Mr. Bryan's speech at Lincoln. Coin
cident with the opening of the headquarters of
the committee, Congressman James L. Lloyd of
Missouri, chairman of the democratic congres
sional committee, selected headquarters for his
committee In the Auditorium Annex, and stated
that he Is prepared to continue actively the con
gressional campaign which was launched in
Washington early in March. Congressman
Lloyd says that the outlook is bright for the
election of a democratic congress."
UNITED STATES Senator William B. Allison
. died at his home at Dubuque, Iowa, on
the afternoon of August 4. A Dubuque dispatch
carried by the Associated Pross, says: "The
end camo as the result of a serious sinking spell
duo to a prostatic enlargement complicated with
kidney disease and during a period of uncon
sciousness which has lasted sinco Saturday
afternoon. Two weeks ago tho aged senator left
his homo in the city to escapo tho heat. Ho
wont to tho home of Mrs. Fannie Stout, a friend
of tho family living on tho Asbujy road a fow
miles from tho city. For a fow days his condi
tion seemed to improve, but ho later began to
grow worse. Medical advisors urged that an
operation be performed to relievo the prostatic
enlargement which was bringing his condition
to a crisis. Saturday morning the senator was
brought to his homo in this city. Soon after
wards he relapsed Into a condition of almost
unconsciousness.. With brief spells when ho re
covered somewhat he remained in this condition
until death came to his relief at 1:33 this after
noon. News of the serious illness of the aged
sonator was kept from tho public as much ni
possiblo and his death camo as a sudden and
almost totally unexpected shock to his thousands
of friends residing in this city. Only tho most
intimate friends of the family wore aware of h'u,
critical and unconscious condition since his re
turn to tho city Saturday morning."
A SKETCH of Sonator Allison's career Is
given by tho Omaha World-Herald in this
way: "William Boyd Allison was born at Perry,
Ohio, in 1829, lived on a farm in his boyhood
and was educated at Allegheny and Western Re
servo colleges. In 1850 he was admitted to tho
bar. He married Anna Carter at Ashland, O.,
and he practiced law in Ohio to 1857, when ho
removed to Dubuque, Ho was a delegate in
1860 to the national republican convention. Ho
was a member of tho governor's staff and raised
troops in the civil war. Ho was in congress from
18G3 to 1871, was elected United States sonator
in 1873, and continuously re-elected. Hla pres
ent torm wou'.J not havo oxpircd until 1900.
Sonator Allison declined tho londor of ofllco of
secretary of tho treasury from Presidents Gar
field, Harrison and McKinloy. Ho was chairman
of tho Amorican dologation of tho international
monotary conforonco at BruHBells, and wan
a candidate for tho nomination for tho presi
dency of tho United States in 1888 and 189G.
Ho was chosen at tho prlmarios a few months
ago as a candidate for tho senato to again suc
ceed himself, tho contest being mado notablo by
tho opposing candidacy of Governor Cummins
and a primary campaign tho most hitter prob
ably that was over carried on In Iowa."
1 N ATTEMPTING to explain the hold William
X J. Bryan has on tho United States, a writer
in tho London Dally Nows says that it is "moral
purposo" that-gives his mind "its slmplo unity
and coherence which has mado him tho most
powerful popular orator in tho English-speaking
world." Referring to tho abovo the St. Louis
Ropubllc says: "This comes close to an ex
planation in full. It is noaror to It than any
which has been before condensed into a sen
tence. If moral purposo did not oporato through
knowledge, through growing intelligence of tho
meaning of tho history of tho world that grows
daily out of tho past into tho future, It might
result in unity and coheronco, without which
increasing knowledgo threatens to end In brain
storms. But it would not reach far. It might
bo worth more in its reach than tho best knowl
edge of loaders such as somo of thoso who havo
attempted to take John Bright's place in Eng
land, knowing moro than Bright knew, but
lacking his moral purpose, and so ending In
moro incoherence. We have them in this coun
try, learning more and moro of politics without
moral purposo, to their own confusion and tho
confusion of thoso who do not havo moral pur
poso enough to escapo their influence."
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