Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1884 — AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN. [ARTICLE]

AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN.

Important Caucus of Republicans to Organize a Congressional Campaign. [Washington Telegram to Chicago Inter Ocean.) A -Very full ‘caucus of Republican Senators and Representatives was held in the House chamber, for the purpose of selecting a Congressional Campaign committee. Senator Edmunds presided. On taking the chair, he made a brief but forcible speech, in which he said the Republican party had not for fifteen years entered upon a campaign - under more favorable auspices or with brighter prospects of success. He expressed the utmost confidence in the result, believing that the party would presentan unbroken front, with harmony and good fueling all along the line. .In offering the resolu-. tions Senator Hoar also made a few remarks of a similar purport. The entire committee was not announced, some of the State delegations not being ready to report, but all existing vacancies will be filled atujnce. A meeting of the committee for organization will be held this week. It is proposed to take active measures at the ( very outset and make the campaign an aggressive one. The committee, as far as made up, is composed of gentlemen of the highest personal and political standing, and the important interests confided to them will be wisely and safely administered.