Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-13
GO Iii CUURihn..
A.TIoMPsoS. y. AssMIrlf. i! T.y5AYSEs..
BY THOMpsON, SMITH Il JAYNEs.
THURSDAY NOV. is, 1890.
Taking the hearings.


The sweeping success 81 the Domo-
Gratis inTthe late election was as unex-
pected as IL was unprecedented. The
most satisfactory returns show that the
IS House OF Representatives In the Fifty
second Congress will contain 1870 Demo
crats, % Republicans, ard 80 Alliance
"a men.
The present Republican majority in
,,GStEhe Senate is fourteen, including the four
new Senators from Idaho and Wyoming.
Anti Republican legislatures have been
elected in Illinois, Kansas, Now York,
Now Hampshire, Wisconsin and South
Dakota, which will elect Senators the
coming winter. There seems I be a
little doubt ABOUT New Hampshire; tho
s others seem assured. Should New Hamp-
shire have an anti-Republican majority,
five Democrats will replace i've Republi.
&soans after March a, 1901, making q diff
ference Of ton votes, reducing the Repub-
lican majority to four.
Thus It is that the Republicans even
now need sorely the count Of Senatorial
noses from tho new States admitted by
them last winter, since these Senators
alone prevent n Democratic majority in
the Senate. }E
Tks Northern and Western Democrats
made q clear gain of SO Congressman,
while tho Southern Democrats gained 81,
and tho former did the hardest fighting
for their victories, and are entitled to tho
highest praise and the bestowal of the
greatest honors. In the 52d Congress the
3 Northern and Southern Democrats will
be about equally divided, counting Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri rs Southern
States. j:t.
Tho political responsibility resting on
the Representatives from tho South is
!. greater than it has been for years, and
tho future good of II party and country
demands that they and all of us learn
tho lesson ut once. Such q degree of
prudence and conservatism must be
shown as viii stay up tho hands Of our
party associates in the North, East and
West. Great inroads have beer made
into tho Republican rank in nearly all
tho States. Take as illustration the 49,
600 voters in Pennsylvania who declined
to endorse the methods of Quay; the
i 20, 200 men in Massachusetts who Oh.
dorscd the pluck and craftsmanship OF
Wm. T.. Russell; the 10000 mon in New
Hampshire who protested against the
Rcpublicanism of Blair and VIM. f.
Chandler; tho $4,000 men in Ohio who
refused to sanction such q system OF
itemized robbery rs tho Mckinley bill,
and tho 100, 900 mon in Minnesota, Mich.
gan and Wisconsin who havo reversed
their delegations in Congress. This
shows the reserve power of tho people
in q most encouraging light.
1t is evident that the Alliance has con.
tributod in n worry largo measure to the
crushing defeat of the Republican party.
1t is almost certain that n large majority
of the Alliancemen elected to Congress
will vote steadily with tho Democracy, and
when they could not elect their own man,
thoy contributed to tho election Of q
Democrat. Titus ft ecomes tic Domo:
cratic party to study tho suggestions OF
tho Farmers Alliance for tho hettormcnt
of the financial and other interests OF
tho people. 1t might DO worry unfortu.
nate for the Democracy should tho Ali.
anco fall away before tho Presidential
election in 1902, because of discourage.
mcnt, disappointment, or failure tc
obtain in some measure the relief FOX
which the farmers have banded them
selves together.
Let us hope that in wisdom and con
servatism tho Democratic leaders may
not DO found wanting.