The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-01-05
Gen. HarrisOn's Warning to the Dem
Ocratic Conspirators.

OOA dI1o OVuop1A dIO4os
The desperation with which the
democrats are still fighting for the
coutrol of the next House is the most
important and ugliest of political
facts. The contest is hopeless one.
for many reasons to which we shall
allude, not the least being that in
every State where certificates have
been unjustly given to Democratic
candidates the exposure of the frauds
committed has been swift, complete
and convincing, while the Republi-
can leaders of the next House are de-
termined that the honestly elected
Republican majority shall exercise
its legislative powers.
In spite of the giving of certificates
of election to several Democratic can
didates who were not honestly elect
ed, 1853 Republican members of the
next House have received certificates
and only 159 Democratic candidates
have their certificates.
But the outrageous action of the
Governor of West Virginia in giving
certificates to the Democratic candi-
dates ia two districts. while refusing
certificates to, the Republican candi-
dates in two other districts who were
unquestionably elected, shows that
this self-disgraced official is either
displaying unusual depravity be-
cause it is "his nature to" or knows
that the Democratic conspiracy to
capture the next House is still hope.
fully cherished and prosecuted.
This extraordinary display of Dem
acratic desperation has called out an
expression by the indianapolis Jour-
nal that, if not official as regards the
President-elect, unquestionably ac-
cords with his sentiments and shows
that he is as much in earnest as the
Md1 and Express has been in the
determination to resist and defeat
any revolutionary conspiracy against
the honest and rightful organization
of the next House. 1.-THE plan of the
Democrats" says the Journal" is
revolutionary. It is a manifest and
direct attempt to overthrow the will
of the people as expressed at the bal
lot-box. In their calculations the
Democrats have forgotten one very
important factor that is essential to
its success. They have forgotten
that Presidential election has just
been held and Benjamin Harrison
, was the. successful candidate. The
Republicans elected to the House.
they being a majority of the body,
will meet and organize in the next
House by the election of Speaker
and other officers, and will notify the
President thereof. Should the Dem
Ocrats attempt an organization it
Will be for the President to decide
which body he will recognize. and
the prompt recognition, of the legally
elected body will cause sudden col.
lapse to the Democratic revolution"
1t is in the last degree improbable
that such definite and decided ex-
pressions as these, in regard to Gen.
Harrison's sentiments, would appear
in the journal that is edited by his
private secretary, without previous
consultation. The Democratic Gov
ernors who have been "recognizing',
defeated Democratic candidates for
the Honse seem to have forgotten
that the Executive of the nation has
some discretion and power in the
way of "recognizing" the justly
elected majority, and that Gen. Har-
rison is peculiarly qualified to dis
charge his duties in this direction,
with courage, calmness and decision,
in case it is manifest that a wide
spread conspiracy to capture the con-
troll of the House by dishonest means
has been carried on to the point where
the President would be compelled to
recognize the honest majority, the
only majority that is known to our
laws or that the President should re-