The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-11-24
VIEWS AT WASHINGTON.

One OF the severest disappointments
to the managers OF the republicon CAM
paign is their failure to defeat q single
democratic member of the house ways
and means committee. The "fat-
frying" crowd marked Messrs. Mills of
Texas, Breckenridge of Arkansas,
Bynum OF Indiana and Wilson of West
Virginia as victims of their hate. Mr..
Scott of Pennsylvania was not run
ming. They didn't bother Messrs
Mcmillan of Tennessee, Harris of
Georgia or Breckinridge of Kentucky.
They knew that it would have been
useless. Nothing that they could do
would have had any effect on the three
last named. But they poured money
into the other districts. They also
directed some attention toward Speaker
Carlisle, but early in the fight gave it
up as hop eless, as the indications W ere
that they couldn't bribe many people in
the sixth Kentucky district. 1t is said
here that at least $50, 900 was spent i'm
Mr.. Wilson's district in West Virginia.
He had plurality of less than 100 in
1886. but of course that was an off
year, and his nrrrow escape from defeat
was due more to lethargy Oh the part
of democrats than anything else. The
full vote was polled this year, and in
spite of the money used against him
Mr.. Wilson was reelected. He had
few votes TO spare, however. The
republicans were never sanguine of
defeating Mr. Cleveland, and they
relied on beating tariff reform con-
gresham in close districts, and hoped
to capture the house. The members of
the ways and means committee were
the men they wanted to beat worse
than any others. But for the increased
vote given him in Jefferson county-his
own county-Mr. Wilson would have
been defeated. Well do people
reside in this county and they are
proud of their able representative in
congress.
Before Mr.. Bynum left Washington
he began to feel the influences that
we're at work against him in the
indianapolis district, though never tor
a moment did he have any doubt of his
reelection. Representing Gen. Har-
risOn's own home district, he expected
the republican manipulators would do
their utmost to prevent his return to
congress. This was enough Of itself,
and to be tariff reformer at the boot
in large manufacturing district was
double Offense. The money of the
barons did not prevail against Mr..
Bynum, and he has the proud satisfac-
ton of knowing that he received more
votes in Marion county than the next
president of the United States got.
Mr.. Bynum is one of the brainiest of
all men in Indiana, and being only AZ
years of age, there are doubtless higher
political honors in store for him.
Whilst every democrat in this city
regrets seriously the defeat of Cleve-
land because with him down went the
control of executive affairs for the
democratic party for the tour years
succeeding the next 4th OF March, with
but few exceptions they do not see that
tariff reform received enough of act
back anywhere in the recent elections
to abandon in the least that great
issue. The republicans confidently
relied upon making larger congress
sional gains in the states Of Ohio, New
York, Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylva-
MIA and New Jersey than anywhere
else. Their gains, however, were in
sections where they least expected
them, and democratic losses were due
more to trades, combinations, knitting,
etc, than to loss of votss on account
OF the tariff issue. Senator Sherman,
who had been blowing so hard on this
question during the campaign, hasn't
yet been able to explain why the dem.
ocrats and tariff reform made such
large gains in Cleveland and Spring.
field, the great manufacturing cities of
Ohio. Every influence possible was
brought to bear against Mr.. Cultivate,
d.. in the Columbus district of Ohio.
Yet Mr.. Oulhwaite had larger
majority than ever. Ohioans in this
city say that the recent vote in that
state has greatly alarmed Sherman.
He can't explain certain ihings. lie
can't account for the fact that Harrison's
plurality is SO many thousand short OF
Blaine's in 1884. They say there are
breakers ahead for the republicans of
Ohio already and that something is
going to drop next fall, or at the first
election after Harrison's inaugural.
Blaine has all army OF personal follow
ers and admirers in Ohio. The incom-
ing administration will have to rccog.
niZe Blaine in some marked manner,
else there will be row i'm short OF der.
In "fixing" certain men in Ohio care
must be taken that the Foraker. Bushnell
crowd are treated well, or the result
will be that Ohio will most likely 90
democratic al the fall election of 1889.
IL is conceded already that Congress
man Campbell, if he lives, will be the
next democratic nominee for governor
OF Ohio he is strong man. He runs
r,.,1 .l.Ns
and well may be. Democracy from all
accounts is preparing to give the re-
publcans fresh rub in the year 1889.
The party is temporarily repulsed in
the struggle for supremacy in the
executive branch, but that defeat will
only make the party more determined.
In the language of the Massachusetts,
lrishman quoted few weeks ago, the
party has only been ''stunned for a
week"