Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-28
Political Paragraphs.

The next Speaker OF the House o
Representatives will be a Democrat
that's as much as we care to know.
The Republicans are wasting time
in trying to locate the Jonah. He is
everywhere that an advocate of the
new tariff law exists.
No one can now be found so humble
as TO be willing to do 'obeisance to the
dethroned Car, otherwise known as
Speaker Reed.
Senator Quay isn't getting much
sympathy from the Republican press; /;
in fact one has but to read between
the lines to see that mary Republican
editors are really glad Of his downfall.
Men are being mentioned now as
Presidential possibilities who will act
ually be entirely forgotten before 1892.
Too much previousness" has been the
death of more political booms than any
single cause.
Let the Democrats OF the House
elect their ablest and strongest man to
he Speaker, and good Democrats will
not ask or care what State or section
he halls from; weak man in the
Speakers chair can do the party ir-
reparable damage.
The speeches at the "Old Roman
Banquet" given in honor of Hon. Al
len G. Thurman, at Columbus, Ohio,
on the 18th, inst, represented all that
is best in Democracy, and are worthy
OF being preserved in permanent book
form for the edifcation of future gene
rations of Democrats.
We boastfuliy speak of this Govern
mcnt as being of, by, and for the peo-
pie, and of this country as being con-
trolled by the majority of its voters.
In both we are, to a great extent mis-
taken. Here are the facts let us care
fully consider them, for sooner or later
the time will come when this very con-
dition OF affairs will endanger the very
existence OF this republic. On the 4th
day of November, 1890, an unprece-
dented majority of the voters rendered
a most emphatic verdict against the
Republican Congress and administra-
ton, by electing more than two-thirds
OF the House of Representatives. In
monarchial Great Britain such an elec-
ton would have compelled an immedi-
ate and entire change of administra-
tion, with the exception of the Queen,
who is after all but an expensive and
almost powerless tigure-head for that
government. What is the result here?
Practically nothing, so far as the policy
OF this government is concerned. The
newly elected House will not meet un-
til the first Monday in December, 1891,
more than year hence, unless called
together in extraordinary session by
the President before that date. And
when it does meet it cannot dot an al"
or cross a at" i'll any law upon our
statute books without obtaining the
consent of the President and major
ity OF the Senate, power which not
withstanding the rebuke of the people,
still exist to thwart the will of ma
jority OF the country's voters. The
House of Representatives of the Fifty
second Congress although more than
two-thirds Democratic, can do little
more than furnish the country the evil
dence of the good intentions of the
Democratic party, for even should
there be Republican Senators enough
who would vote with the Democrats 10
modify or repeal the obnoxious and
unpopular Mckinley tariff law, which
is extremely doubtful, the Republican
President, whose term lasts exactly as
long as that of the Fifty-second Con
gress, would be certain to veto all such
measures. 1t will require another VIC
tory in 1892 TO enable the people to re-
alize the fruits of the one just won
over the Republican party. This will
never be a real Government, of, by and
for the people, until such changes have
been made as will enable the response
to the popular will, on the part of the
governing powers. both executive and
legislative, to be immediate.