The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-28
VIII They Heea the warnineY


Reed. Mckinley. Lodge and the rest Of
the republican leaders of the House who
have returned to Washington say that the
disastrous defeat which their party suffered
! in the November elections will not cause
them TO change in the least ths course which
they marked out at the beginning of the
present congress. Mckinley says that the
pc Iple will approve his tariff when they get
a better understanding of it, and Reed and
Lodge insist that the Senate shall go right
ahead and pass the force bill. They propose
also TO pass an apoortionment bill by which.
IN all probability, they will endeavor to get
some advantages for their party.
They are not, however, in as happy a
frame of mind as they pretend tn be- They
recognize that thew have bssn severely con-
demned by the people, and they are trying
to hide their real feelings by claiming that
the overwhelming defeat of their party does
not mean that there has been a permanent
change in the political sentiment of the
country, and, hence, hasn't much signifi-
canoe. They say That the democrats, hav-
ing such large majority in the next House,
will m mage 50 badly that the people will be
! disguised. and will send a majority of re-
publicans to the II )use in the Fifty-third
cong ress. They even go so far as to assert
that if the de nocrats obstrucS legislation
this winter the President will call an extra
session i'll the spriag, ami that the respon-
sibility for such session will rest upon the
democrats
All this sort OF talk means nothing. The
n no nd of
congress will not be as ag gressive a ID over
bearing as they have been. Although they
will not admit it. they have been taught a
lesson. and although they may make show
of passing the force bill, they will take good
care not to do so. The President may urge
the passage of that bill, and the republican
leaders may insist that it shall be passed,
but they will see to it that it does not reach
a vote.
The republicans will, of course. attempt to
pass an apportionnent bill ba sed upon Supt.
Porter's census, but it is far from certain
that they will succeed in doing so. Unless
they offer very fair bill, the democrats
will oppose it, because it is notorious that
the census is incorrect. New York had
her population enumerated by the police,
and found nearly 100000 more people than
Supt. Porter's census gives her, and Balti-
more, also, not satisfied with the
work of the federal enumer-
ators, had her population enumerated
by her police. Her police found many
thousands more people than Supt. Por ter's
enumerators. Indeed, in all parts OF the
country there Is complaint about the incor-
rectness of the census. Senator Jones, of
Arkansas. declares that he believes that
300 200 people were missed in his state, and
Senator Vance, of North Carolina, says
that his state has been cheated out of at
least 10000 Of her population.
1t is somewhat remarkable that in demo-
cratic strongholds Supt Porter's census
shows the population to be much less
than it is believed to be- Commenting on
this condition of affairs, Senator Vance
says that it looks as if there was a conspir-
acy to reduce the democratic representation
in congress and in the elect )rial college.
In the facs Of so much evidence that the
census Is incorrect it would be mantle silly
unjust for this congress to pass an appor-
tionment bill, and the democrats will pro-
test against any such bill, notwiths landing
the threat Of republicans about an extra
session of congress in the spring If the
democrats do what they ought to, and what
the country will sustain them in doing,
they will demand that another enumera-
ton shall bs made. What is wanted is a
a correct enumeration, and the whole coua-
try will sustain a demand for it.
Notwithstanding the assertion Of the re-
publican leaders that they will not heed the
warning they received Nov. 4, it is quite
certain that they will not carry things with
such big hand as they have bsen doing
They are not 80 foolish as to treat the warn
ing with contemptuous indifference.