Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-08

several States where neither States court MOI
United States court can or will arrest Demo
crat The Republican party now has the legiti
mate power under law, and it has before it the
duty under honor, to even up things in this
country and to give Republicans as many right:
as Democrats, and think it is going to do it.
SOMETHING OF A KICKER.
Congressman Butterworth, of Ohio who,
next to Major Mckinley, is the most promi.
nent memDer of the Buckeye delegation,
believes that the next Congress will have a
Republican majority, and is not inclined to
join with some of his colleagues in support
OF several measures now under consideration
for close supervision of elections in the
States by the Federal Government. He
said:
The result of the approaching light will hinge
largely on the outcome OF labors still to be CON-
| pleted by this Congress. The tariff is part of
this work, but equally important is the cry for
such other legislation as will aid the farmers of
the country to lift the heavy burden now upon
them. The present majority in Congress can
insure similar one next session by passing
wise measures to this end, and / think the bill
| to prevent gambling IN farm products to be a
step in this direction. As for the tariff have
no doubt that If we pass a bill that will not
| merely shift extravagant duties from one
article to another but will be a careful revision
| of the tariff schedules; if, say, stand by
our tariff platform pledges l have no doubt
that the country will sustain us.
The Republicans now have 16 out of the
q members from Ohio. "Do you expect to
see as many returned this fall?'' 1 asked.
| He replied:
Why not? A Democratic Legislature is en-
deavoring to gerrymander the States so as to
! shut out as many Republicans as possible, but
do not entertain any fears on that score, 1t
/ has invariably been the case in Ohio that the
| party responsible for an unfair gerrymander
| has suffered defeat at the polls for it. The
| Democrats will slip up as surely as they at
tempt it. That is one reason why ! do not
believe in the McComas bill to prevent re-
districting except after each census. Not only
in Ohio, but everywhere, the people believe in
fair, square fights and they hate foul play and
believe their spirit of fairness will always up
set such schemes as the Ohio Legislature now
has in view. We ought to keen the national
Government as far away as possible from inter-
ference with the States. You can add that 1
believe we will have a good working majority
IN the next House. and that the present session
will present record on which the Republicans
can well afford to ask for continuance in
power.
YOUNG, BUT AMBITIOUS.
Henry Cabot Lodge is one of the younger
element now pushing to the front in Con-
gress and in the Republican party through
out the country. This is his second term in
Congress, but next year is likely to see him
back again. There has been good deal of
gossip about the effect OF the Mckinley
tariff bill, and especially the clause, now
thrown aside, admitting hides free of duty,
so far IS the Bay State is concerned. Con-
gresham Lodge was among the first to pro-
test against this, and now that the error has
been correc ed, he is sanguine that the next
delegation from Massachusetts will have at
least ten Republicans out OF the dozen that
represent it. Mr.. Lodge said:
see no reason to fear defeat next fall OF
u1of,.
people is still in formative state and Impos-
sible to gauge public opinion with regard to it
until it has had wide discussion in its completed
state. / think it is little early to Judge how
the people will take the tariff bill or any other
measure; but before we adjourn 1 have no
doubt that they will see that this Congress
has done more and better work than many of its
predecessors. 1t is important, to my mind. that
some steps De taken this session to prevent men
claiming seat In Congress who have no right
here except that established by fraud and in
t1midation. We should provide for fair cleo
tlons and free expression of the peoples WILL
don't know how many Southern districts
would return Republicans were the elections
conducted fairly, but there would certainly be
a decided increase. Coming back to New En-
gland, you can say that the Republicans there
seem to be contented with the outlook. This
appears to suit them.
MAN FROM MAINE.
Congressman Seth L. Milliken, who
comes from Name. voiced pretty much the
same sentiments as Mr.. Lodge. Said he:
Maine's delegation will be solidly Republican
and made up of about the same men. The
people are Just as good protectionists as ever
My opinion is that this holds good all over New
England. for of the "a Representatives from
coming from Boston and one from Connecticut
understand they will make an effort to have a
clear sweep in Connecticut next fall,
There are only two members from Rhode
Island. Both are Republicans, and both
tell me that there is no danger Of Demo-
crat slipping in. Warren o. Arnold, who
is serving his second term in the House, in
discussing the claims of the free traders of
great gains in the State, declared that the
men who are prating and prophesying so
loudly are the same that have been at it for
years past, and he has no evidence that they
have increased in numbers. He said:
The recent elections brought defeat Simply !
because ofinattentions through overcontidence. |
There was no issue of consequence before the |
run itself. 1t neither reflects nor affects the |
sentiment of the voters on the tariff or any |
other national issue. / am in constant com |
with my people, and have yet to |
That shows they satisfied with it as a whole.
Some of the manufacturers NAV desire a |
change IN the wool schedule, but they are ready |
to give the wool grower the same protection |
they ask for themselves. 1t can be said |
think, that the same feeling exists throughout |
New England, and that the Republican control |
of the Government will be indorsed by the re-
turn of as many Republican Congressman from |
the New England States as there now are.
COMING BACK AGAIN.
John A. Quackenbush relieved Demo- |
crat from duty in the Troy district, and he |
is likely TO hold the seat another term at
least. He thus expressed himself:
side of Troy. The farmers of Washington and |
Rensselaer, counties raise more potatoes than |
In any other spot in the country and more than |
many entire States. Canadian competition has |
been hurting them, and MIR. Mills proposition |
in his bill to reduce the duty solidifed them |
course. we have a worse gang than Tammany |
Hall "heeers" to meet In Trov. Tney stop at |
nothing in the way of election frauds. Ii they
can be watched closely the Republicans can |
win without doubt.
Congressman Browne, of Indiana, said:
If Republicans support their own candidates |
we shall have ma ajorlty of the Indiana delega- |
tion next time. There are several close dis |
tricts, and local troubles more than any dissat-
sfaction on national questions may affect the |
result. The spring elections have nothing to do |
issue was involved. 1 have no dol 1t that we |
will have control of the next Congress.
Congressman Frederick Miles, of Con-
1ecticut, only had a plurality OF six votes |
over his Democratic opponent last time. The
district went Democratic in 1886, though |
Mr.. Miles served two terms before that. The |
contest, therefore. will be an
interesting and somewhat exciting occasion,