Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-10
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Congressman BoIden and Flower ON
the I>olfGicaI Outi00tx

the E>oiiticai Outlook.
WASHINGTON, July 7.-Reprssentstive
Roswell p. Flower and James j. BeldeI
have paired with each other on all i'm
portant questions and have gone home h
lay out tho coming congressional CAM
psign. Mr.. Flower Is chairman OF the
Democratic congressional committee aud
Mr.. Belden officiates In q like capacity
for the Republican committee. Before
leaving Washington they expressed their
views upon the political outlook for the
coming elections. Congressman Belden
said: 81 believe that the Republicans
will hold their own in tho next congress
sionnl elections, and that the next House
of Representatives will be Republican"
The issues upon which the com ing
campaign will be fought. in Mr.. Bsiden's
opinion, will be the nav mode of pro.
cedure In the Honse, end the passage of
the Disability Pension bill, the Tariff
bill, the Silver bill and the Fa.lernl Elso.
tons bill by the Honss. The Pension
bill, he saya, in wiss and honest meaq.
ure, the Tariff hill az coed bill a. could
be produced In ons session, the Election
bill justi6ablo, and regarding the silver
measure he says:
s'The Republican party Ia the Hou1o
has shown itself to 10 the conservative
party on the silver queatiou, aod the
action Of tho Republicans in the Rouse
In preventing freq Mivar coinage will
commend tho party to the cnuniry and
give no a great advantage Ia that rsspset.
The Democrats, ~ a party, votsd for
free coinage, and think that will hurt
them. 1t is true that the Silver bill ID
not yet out OF hand, sut the Republicans
Of the House have taken their position on
it. 30 far they have managed TO s1olads
the free coinage provision from tho bill,
and think they Will be able TO exclude
that feature ultimately"
Congressman Flower agrees with MR.
Belden ia saying that the record of the
House will be the issue, bat hs naturally
expects widely different resultR. He says:
"In my opinion there will DO two great
questions constituting Issues In the COM
ing campaign. Tney will be the tariff
and Federal control Of elections. In the
present session OF Congress the uouss Of
Representatives have famed and passed
q tariff bill SO ubiquitous in it's provisions
that it fails OF support at the hands Of
some of the most pronounced protsotiop
lists in the party. The bill was framed iE
the committee Of ways and meens, and
every Questionable feature ia 10 wa
stoutly oombAtted by the Democratic
minority OF the COMMITTEES. To-day the
bill rests in the Senate. 1t has pRssnd lhs
House, thanks to Republican majority
and party discipline, enforced With tn,
iron hand Of Bismarck and the tyranny
of GEAR"
or the effect Of the Election bill in thi
coming contest he makes this prediction
1.-THE indignation Of the people Of thu
country at the passage by the House
the Federal Elections law will find OF
preston at the polls next November
From the present outlook It is difficult to
indicate what will be dene with the bill
in the Senate, but the RapublicAn party
is none the less on record in favor Of q
force bill which 10 characterized by the
most outrageous provisions"
Mr.. Flower thinks the Democrat
should gain eight Representatives in
Ohio, three In Massachusetts, three In
Missouri, two in New Yosk, aud similar
number In Connecticut, Maryland and
Iowa, and one In Rhode Island, New
Jersey and Minnesota. These gains, IL
realized, would give the Democrats q ms
iority of about 80 in the House.