Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-10
II NEXT HOUSE.

The Republicans claim to find . large de-
gree Of solid comfort in the cutting down
OF the Dsmocratic majority OF the next
House OF the National Legislature. They
are welcome to all the jubilation they may
choose to indulge in over it. They hold it
a. evidence that Mr.. Cleveland's admin
istration is not endorsed. The Democratic
party believes differently and maintains
that the preservation Of any majority is q
sufficient v~indication Of the administers
ton. The Democrats have made gains
where their candidates distinctly declared
themselves to be the supporters OF the ad-
ministratlon. Mr.. Tcole ran upon q plat-
form which endorsed it, and defeated a
candidate whose only political stock in
trade was a TRADE of abuse OF Mr.. Cleve-
land and his subordinate officers.
A glance Of the election returns from the
various States shows that Democratic
losses were incurred in districts where a
candidate Tor reelection to Congress bad
given to the President a lukewarm support
or openly ~sntagonized him. 1t would,
however, be idle to deny that the discon-
tent OF disappointed Office seekers has
played a prominent part in the contest
just closed. Many Democrats, long ex-
cluded from lositlons Of trust and honor
under the Federal Government, felt that
they had fairly won such recognition at the
hands of q Democratic President. Two
things stood in the way OF gratifying u q
desire. One was the civil service policy OF
the President. Hence the disappointed
bitterly denounced hat system. ard did
their best to array other Democrats
against it. Next came the fact that there
were not enough Offices to satisfy all the
applicants. Consequently every Congress
man who did manage to secure appoint
ments for some Of his constituents pleased
only one man and angered several Others.
To this cause is chiefly due the defeat Of
many Democratic Congressman for renom-
nation by their constituents.
The question which was really settled at
the congressional elections on the End inst.
was whether or not the dissatisfaction that
inevitably follows the accession Of a new
party to power would be strong enough to
cause the Democrats to lose control of the
House. The Republicans hoped that such
would be the case. and they have industri-
ously sought to stimulate the dissatisfac-
ton of all ~malcontents within the Demo-
cratic party, though at the same time they
tried to weaken the President with other
classes OF voters by accusing him OF q fail
ure to obey the Civil Service law.
The election of week ago yesterday was
the country's answer to these efforts. It
demonstrated that they have failed and
that despite q dissatisfaction that must
steadily subside, the people Of the United
States stand by the Democratic party and
President Cleveland. II this is true this
year it will be much more true in 1898,
when q Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency will again call out the full vote OF his
party and hold accessions that have come
to it during the past two years.
There is one thing that the recent cleo
ton proved beyond all controversy, and
that is the country is permanently Demo-
cratic, and that the Republican party can
only hold possession Of one branch OF the
legislature by sending Republicans to the
United States Senate from Democratic
States, whose legislatures they control by
unfair anil dishonest apportionment of
districts made when the party was in the
full flush OF it's power. But this old and
threadbare method of defying the peoples
will cannot last much longer.