Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1874-10-21
It'd Cong -44th Cong =


Here is a loss of thirteen members in
these States to the Republicans, and if
Nwe York and Pennsylvania do not check
the current of adverse results, there will in
all probability, be Democratic majority
in the next House Fifty-two gains to
the Democracy are necessary to accomp-
fish this. and of this total the Democrats
claim they will gain twenty members in
the Southern States. With the gains
already made this will make total of
thirty-three, leaving nineteen to be
gathered from the other States. The
next election to be held for Congressman
will be in South Carolina on Wednesday.
On November Cd and 3D. the great mass
of the new members will be chosen
twenty-thRcc States holding elections on
these days, so that the political complex
ion of the new Congress can then be ac-
curatcly asecrtaincd, as members will
afterwards remain to be chosen in bu.
four small States-New Hampshire
Rhode Island, Connecticut and Califor-
nia-which have, in the aggregate,
thirteen members. The whole House
consists of two hundred and ninetytwo,
and the present Republican majority is
one hundred and four.
Whilst there have been a number of
causes conspiring to effect these political
changes, all of which have, perhaps,
had more or less influence, there can be
but little doubt that in Ohio and Indiana
the overthrow Of the Republican party
was mainly brought about by its position
in reference to the currency and the re-
sumption of specie payments. In Ohio
the Democrats were unquali6edly in
favor of imitation, and quietly, but per-
haps not less strongly, in favor of the
Pendleton theory of reputation in In
diana they declared by their platform
frankly and broadly for both. What is
understood to be the real meaning of the
Democratic successes in these States is
frankly stated by the Cinein1's, = =. -
s,,,;.s..,;.-, ~ chi Of uIe party IN the West
1t answers its own question, what doe:
the result of this election mean y by
saying, 1T means opposition to tho
National Bank monopoly. 1t means
that the volume of the currency SHOULD
be enlarged in accordance with the busi
ness interests of the country Itmeani
that the greenback should gradually BE-
substituted for the National Bank cur
rency." And following this with al
eulogy of Mr.. Pendleton, the father o
the reputation theory, it berates Senator
Thurman in this style: In marked ant
painful contrast was the conduct of Allei
q. Thurman, who, failing in his effort
to force the gospel of Wall street upol
the honest Democracy of Ohio, turnet
his back upon our people, sought refug,
in the midst of Eastern capitalists, Will
those who elected him were in a dealt
struggle with the money power. " Thel
it closes by writing his obituary as fol
lows: "'liad we adopted his Wall stree
platform, and made him the fgure-heaC
of the canvass, we should have beer
most disgracefully beaten, instead of be
ing able to record this magnificent vic
tory" 1t is well that the ground upol
which the battle was fought should b.
thus boldly acknowledged, and the mean
ing of the success gained claimed witt
such entire openness. 1t should be un
derstood that not only political Demo
cracy triumphed, but also imitation, re
pudiation, and the worst of financial
, heresics triumphed with it.