The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-20
THOSE WHO GOT LEFT,
E1RoYnp 40 STAY ~ HoMn.
Slaughter Among the Democratic States
msn-TWsuty-sOven House Chairmsn
WhoFallsd to be RsnomlRRtsd-AIa
ming and tho Mission of Austria.


wAguISeToN, September ls.-A glance
over the list Of defeated Democrats Of the
House shows that early representations
Of the changes on the Democratic side Rrs
being more than verified. Itwas well uu-
derstood from the manifold additional pO-
litical responsibilities thrust upon the
Democracy by reason Of the change Of po.
lItical power in the Executive branch Of
the Government that q good many DEM
ocratlc leaders must succumb, The ex-
tent Of this break in the South especially
Is moro disastrous than was believed pos
alble, Most OF the nominating @nveu-
tIons have been held, and 90 per cent, Of
the Democratic leaders in the House have
been showed under, Twenty.three Demo
cratic chalrmen have been defeated for re-
nomination, or have retired before the
certainty OF defeat, OF these are; Ran
dolph Tucker, Virginia, Chairman Of the
Clmmittee on JudlCiaryi James F. Miller
Texas, Chairman Banking and Currency
E, s, Bragg, Wisconsin, Chairman Mill
tary Affairs; Thomas H, Cobb, Indi'
ana, Chairman Public Lsndsi olin We'll
bourn, Texas, Chairman Indian affairs; j,
w. Throckmortou, Texas, Chairman
Pacific Railroads; j. Floyd King, L9uisi-
ana, Chairman Lsvees and improvements,
Mississippi river; D, Wyatt Aiken, South
Carolina, Chairman ElucatlOn; O. L.,
Mitchell, Connecticut, Chairman Patents;
| N. g, Eldridge, Michigan, Chairman Pen.
sions; George W. W.aeddea, Ohio, Chairman
War Claims; John s. Barbour, Virginia,
Chairman District Columbia; r. T, Ben.
nett, North Carolina, Chairman Expendi.
lures In State Department; 7. A. Robert
son, Kentucky, Chairman Expenditures
in War Department; Seaborn Reese,
Georgia, Chairman Expenditures Post.
office Department; Eustace Gibson, West
Virginia, Chairman Expenditures Depart-
ment OF Justice Lewis Beach, Nav York,
Chairman Expenditures Public Buildlnga
dead; o. R. Singleton, Mississippi,
Chairman Lbraryi 3. Barsdale, Missis.
sippi, Chairman Printing; w. r, Cox,
North Carolina, Chairman Civil Service
Reform; A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania,
Chairman Investigation Labor Troubles; !;
W. ], Greene, North Carolina, Chairman
Ventilation and Acoustics.
These are out OF the way. There are
ak other chairmen who are liable to be
defeated, but whose nominating conven.
tion have not yet been held: A. 3. Willis,
Kentucky, Chairman Rivera and Harb0rs;
Perry Belmont, New York, Chairman
Foreign Affairs; N. Muller, New York,
Chairman Militia; A. J.Caldwell, Ttnnes.
see Chairman Election OF President and
Vice President; O, A. Boyle, Pennsylva'
MIA, Chairman Pan. Electric. No more
than two, possibly, Of these six will sue.
ceed. This leaves 70 representative Dem.
ocrats Of the House retired politically and
| dead, and 27 chalrmen out Of o possible
So. It Is possible q few may be defeated
at the polls. Looked upon as the direct
and sole action OF their own political
party, the fate oil these members iB signi-
flcant,
The retirement! OF SO many Of their ex.
psrieACed leaders will have the effect OF
leaving the Democratic majority III the
party geta majority in q very weak state.
| II Ia possible that this slaughter OF chair
men is singular coincidence, and that
tho proportion OF change will not continue
throughout the list Of Democratic mem.
bers. From conventions, held, however,
and changes certain, 1t seems likely that
at least 50 per cent OF the Democrats in
the next House will be new members.
With greatly reduced majority there
will have been no precedent Tor such an
yerwhelming change Of tho complexion
OF the party in the House since the uprls-
ing the North which buried the Republic
can salary grabbers. That was for the
most part wrought at the polls. The &C.
cession Of the Democratic party to Fed
eral power is the direct cause OF this
revolution. Democratic leaders who get
in by abusing the Republican executive
administration have lost their occupation.
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