Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-10-03

Reed, but the Republican party; that u
was not Mr.. Mckinley, the chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee, but
that wing of the Republican party that
bought the election In November OF 81.
They had no more power In that chair and
| In that committee, as to the course they
should pursue, than a ship in freshet
or food. There might have been more
regard for the presidents OF the past,
and more courteous feeling to ward their
colleagues. This course WAS not the ont
come of 1888, nor Of the necessities OF
the future The minority was In a
position to prevent certain Legislation,
and no member of the majority could op
pose the caucus rule without being rele
gated to obscurity. No man could refuse
to pass any force bill presented by gem
tlemen who had made the election posi-
BILE, and whose mandates must be carried
out faithfully as reward A quorum Is
a majority of all chosen to that House.
That quorum can be revealed on the call
of one-ffth of the members, and this
provision was not put In by our fathers
by haphazzard or careless means. We
have too much faith In them to believe
that our Congress was formed after the
model of the British Parliament and 1t is
an egregious and dangerous error to
create this impression.
The silent Minority.
The House is composed of Representa-
tives from 1853 Republican districts and
1871 Representatives from Democratic dis
tricts, and 1t takes 1866 Of these Represen.
tatives to make quorum. On all ques
tions that minority would not appeal to
the mode IF procedure Of remaining
quietly in their seats and not voting but
upon the introduction of any matter or
measure that was msnifestly unjust, that
minority. by keeping silent and refusing
to vote, appealed to the intelligence OF
the m jority, hoping that there
were three Republicans who would
remain silent with the minority.
That appeal of the l6l was
valid and prevented outrage. 1t was for
this reason that the speaker adopted his
extraordinary mode OF procedure, count
ing their silence as sign of their consent.
tried to cause the Democrats to do the
dirty work the decent Republicans refused
to do. 1t was to be expected that out of
1853 Republican gentlemen gathered from
all parts of the United States that you
could find three conscientious gentlemen
who would refuse to become the willing
1
man pity most In these United States is
the man who allows his party caucus to
drive him to regard with silent complai-
sancy any action that he considers detri
mental to the people he represents. The
Republicans knew there were q
certain number of their members
who were so conscientious that
they could not be depended upon
under all circumstances. and 1t was
necessary to make us efficient instru-
ments of the party caucus in the consid-
GRAFTON Of measures the decent Republi-
cans refused to ratify. The Force bill
was to make the matter certain that the
Republican legislation was not TO be
} baked by the conscientious element OF
it's own representatives, and by unsear
ing Democrats aud putting in Republi-
cans la their places, make the work of tbs
caucus doubly sure. And to cleansi
themselves the party in power WASHED
! themselves in invisible water, with in
} visible soap, and took every means I,
carry out those acts which were to per
petuate the Republican party in power
J and paid back the parent that begot hin
by the pay that the parent demanded a
his hand
This was not tsriff bill, but bill t
: give the Republican party an unllmite
: lease Of power. There might come
: time when q few of the Republican
: would vote with the Democrats, and
: only took four Republicans to give th
2 Democrats a majority. They could no
7 run the risk Of having four Republican
! vote with the Democrats, and therefor
they began to turn out our men to put il
: reliable Republicans. You know wha
: reliable" Republicans mean. 1t mean
men who will stand by their party il
every emergency and for every measur
Z good or bad, and abide by the creed ant
], the whip Of the caucus. There was no &C
passed IN caucus which could not be passe
in open session by counting enough silen
Z Democrats 20 make up for the homes
Republicans. or by turning them out an
I seating Republicans in their place!
! The manner in which Mr.. Venable an
: and Mr.. Elliott were turned out is proc
!, of this Why it is even said that til
!. Speaker counted hats in the cloak ROOF
:. on one OCCASION probably believing this
!, they could legislate as well with th
; heads out of them as in tn m. I'll
J, charge | make in the contested electio
cases is that it required no proof
statement. They did not hesitate I
p uuSbAb u representative OI ulhbIlCl Ill
/. seat man to represent them whose idel
10 we're utterly foreign to the wishes Of b
If constituency, / cannot conceive how I'll
lie Republican House of Representativ,
" could act in such an unprecedented man
% ner. Under a republican governmeI
re every representative represents a certai
Df constituency and not certain party. an
IS no matter what party is in the msjorit,
10 that man is the peer of any man in I'll
le House, and his right there belongs to Il
err people of his district. The right of Il
at people to choose their Representatives
Of one Of the fundamental principles Of
r. republican form Of government, and al
body Of men who try to rob the people
- this power are aiming at the assassinati,
4 OF the republican form Of government
! When any man, no matter who he mi
~ be, has become so debauched, no censu
of is too severe to put upon him. But Il
M whole truth of the matter Is that Il
he Republican party is
We Afraid of the American People.
he And the American ballot box and are e
tic trenching them selves In power behii
e the Senate For this reason they ha
brought in Idaho and Wyoming, and tn
Is like Boss Tweed, say TO the Americ
u people. What are you going to do abo
to it," They think they are 50 entrench
IN that the people are not powerful enou
he to dislodge them from behind the Sena
an A body where the Bayards made tn
presence felt, and where there were f
men whe were the equals of the Bayar'
Of who so ably represented the people of I
littla Dalaw.ra. "A nnlauseA a hodv an