Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
WHO WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN?

Who will lead the Democratic hosts
during the coming four years? This is
question which the New York Herald
has asked Of the Democratic congress
men. The following is the result Of its
| Inquiries: No opinion on the subject 45,
and 25 decline to say, while IS think
there will be no leader. OF the remain
der % say Cleveland will be the leader,
1 I dec for Whitney, II for Randall,
3 for Carlisle, s for Hill and l for Mills.
Representative Mills is reported as say
ing: You might just as well ask me
when judgment day is coming Rep
resentative Robertson, of Louisiana,
thought that the party was Sin a meta
phoric state" Representative Barnes,
of Georgia, had mo more idea than the
man in the moon. l can't tell the posi-
ton that Harrison will put us in" Mr..
Dougherty, of Florida, thought that
there were ''too many leaders IN the
Democratic party" Mr.. Taulbee, of
Kentucky, said that the trouble with the
Democratic party was that for four years
it had followed an artificial leadership"
Mr. Clardy, Of Missouri, said that sew
erything is in chaos" and suggested that
an advertisement be put in the New York
Herald: WANTED, a leader for the DEM
ocratic party" The most of the senators
were non-committal. Senator Hampton
expressed the opinion that 1.-The south
will ioin with the western states on a
man from that section" Senator Pugh,
of Alabama, said: 1--WE are in great
want of a leader. But he has not been
found yet. Our recent defeat is charga-
BILE to want of leadership" Senator
Kenna, of West Virginia, said that
this was the hardest question that
could be asked him" Senator Voor-
hees pooh-poohed 1.-The idea Of ask
ing such a question" Senator Vest
didn't know anything at all about it, "
and the great majority of Democratic
senators expressed the same degree of
miserable ignorance. Senator Butler. of
South Carolina, for instance, suggested
that "if YOU will tell me who struck
Billy Patterson, I'll tell you who is the
leader of the Democratic party" That
certainly narrows the decision of the
question down, though of course, not
Knowing who was the assailant in this
well known case. we cannot give the
name of the nAxt man whom the Demo
Gratis will put up to be knocked
down in 1892 We might suggest
Mr. Carlisle. who has had some ex-
perience in the art of getting himself
knocked out: or Mr.. Bayard, who be-
came pretty well used TO grief in the
diplomatic business: or, better still.
! Mr.. Garland, whom his Pan Electric
record ought to nave knocked out three
years ago.
a caucus of the Democratic members
of the Tennessee legislature decided,
| day or two ago, to do little gerryman-
| dering in couple OF the congressional
| districts of that state. the Third and
Fourth. Two Republican counties will
be taken off the Third district (Which is
always very close), and Will be repre-
scented in the Fifty-first congress by II.
Clay Evens (Rep.), and added TO the
Fourth, represented by Benton McMil
lin in the Fiftieth congress, and which
gives 1900 Democratic majority. Two
| Democratic counties are 10 be taken off
the Fourth district and attached to the
Third, making the latter district Demo-
cratic beyond question. But the desper-
ate expedient will not avail that party
anything. The gain of one member-if
they gain him down there-will hardly
offset the gain of five new ones to the
Republican party from the four new
states admitted by tie last congress, 10
say nothing OF other gains sure TO occur
IN number of other quarters.
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