The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Republican Majority Threatened with Direful
Things if the Minority Is Not Given the
Charmanship of Certain Committees.
Cause of Delay in Naming a Successor
to Pension Commissioner Tanner.
Where Indiana Knights Templars Will Be
CHARTERED During the Coming Conclaye-
Importation Of Lead Ore from Mexico.
A WHINE FROM DEMOCRATS.
They Suggest that Minority Representati
Should Be Established I'm Congress.

They Suggest that Minority Representation
Should BE Established in Congress.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Politically speak
ing, it makes a great difference whose OK is
gored. During the past three Congresses
the Democrats in the lower house of Con-
gress have run rough-shod over the minor
ity. There never was such thing men,
toned during the past six years as minori-
ty representation. The Republicans took
their medicine like brave men. They
simply warned the Democrats that the in
discreet and unjust things which were be-
ing done would return to them like bread
cast upon the dead sea. The Democrats
snapped their fingers and made wry faces
ut their friends in the minority on the other
side of the House, and run rough-shod with
all sorts of legislation intended to carry
out Democratic principles which would
have worked great injury to the busi-
ness interests of the country. There
was not single instance in which
the interests of the minority were con-
suited. 1t is true that Speaker Carlisle. in
his effort to be fair, gave the Republicans
an opportunity; and the late Sunset Cox
often appealed to the majority to give che
Republicans an opportunity topresent their
side of a case to the country. although they
would be defeated when it came to vote.
This condition of affairs has changed
front. Every Democratic member who
comes to Washington now talks about the
rights of the minority" and threatens the
majority of the Fifty-frst Congress with
direful things In event the minority IS not
given representation. These Democrats
have wonderful nerve. Col. Oates. OF A la
bama, is the only man who has the frank
ness to say that the Republicans should
conduct their affairs with partisan intent.
but he has in the same breath announced
any final legislation intended to help the
Republican party.
The Democrats go so far as to even sug-
gest that the Democratic party should be
considered in the makeup of committees,
and that in some instances Democrats
should be placed at the head of unimpOrt-
ant committees There are a number of
Democrats who ought to know better, and
who have had experience to lead them to
more profitable thinking. who even GO so
far as to suggest that it is time regular
minority representation should be estab-
lished in both branches of Congress. There
is going to be a lively time when the House
meets in December and organization is be-
gun. 1t is now evident that the Democrats
are fully determined to agree upon do
nothing policy with the full intention OF
defeating all general legislation of a parti-
purposes of the Republicans. Every Re-
publican who arrives nowadays announces
that the time has come for the Republicans
to take the bull by the horDs inaugurate a
system of rules which will enable the ma
jority to complete legislation, and, while
yield no point which will interfere with
the work before the Republican party.