Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-09

Representative Hermann, Of Oregon, had
| thoroughly digested the election returns when
STAR reporter encountered him last night, and
the joy they gave him seemed to have become
diffused all through his system. He was quiet
ly but deeply enthusiastic at the result and at
the prospect opened up by 1t, especially for his
own section OF the country, the Northwest.
II gave the democrats of the ways and means
committee fair warning" he said, "of the out
come Of their fooling with the tariff 1 told
them the manufacturers of the country would
not quietly stand by and see their interests en-
dangered and the profits Of their business cut
down or wiped out entirely by a reduction of
the tariff. told them, too, that the employees
OF the manufacturers would vote with their en-
ployers against any interference with their
means Of subsistence"
well, what are the republicans going to do
completely in their hands?" the reporter
inquired.
Hermann answered, will be to make several
new states, expect. They will admit Dakota
probably as two states, thus giving us four
more Senators, and perhaps six new Repre-
sentatlves. Montana, too, is ready for admis-
| sion. and there we will have couple more
Senators and a Representative. Then Wash
1ngton Territory, which, with Oregon, has gone
II,
enough population for it; and there we get
still another pair of Senator's and one and per-
haps two Representatives. This will make the
party so strong that there can be nothing to
fear from the solid south for years to come.
But this is not all. In the south itself we have
already begun to make gains, and under re-
publican administration and a protective tariff
several states now democratic will undoubtedly
become republican. West Virginia, think,
has already been captured. Old Virginia has
ho1 l.
year or two, as her iron and other industries
are developed. Maryland is rapidly moving in
the same direction. Indeed, l am not certain
that she does not now really belong in the re-
publican column. Since the Reform Club pro-
cured the adoption Of the registration law the
most nothing, indicating that gigantic and sys-
tematic frauds have been resorted to in the
past to retain the state for the democrats"
The republicans count on making gains IN
other sections Of the south. also, don't thew"
the reporter suggested.
wherever new industries are being devel-
oped IN the south We are gaining" Mr.. Her.
mann resumed. Tennessee will be republican
in very few years. Alabama is opening her
iron and coal beds and wants protection The
thousands of new men pouring into Birming-
ham and the other manufacturing towns of
Alabama are mostly republican. and the state
will soon be split up between the two parties
In Georgia similar conditions prevail and the
result Will De the same. Ana this Will be the
best thing that ever happened to the south or
to the country
What was the cause Of the big republican
gains in Oregon?" The STAR man inquired as
he prepared to go.
The Mills BILL" Mr.. Hermann answered
Gorgeous two greatest industries are wool and
lumber and both were put on the free-list by
Mr.. Mills. When the sheep raisers came in
with their last clip the buyers told them that
they would have to take less for it because of
the Generalization of the market produced by
the tariff agitation. The wool men couldn't
stand that, SO even the democrats among them
turned around and voted for Harrison"