Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-11
The Revelation of 1890.

The completeness OF the popular rev.
oiution against the party in power
can't be appreciated without anaiyzing
the vote in comparison with the forum
er votes of the revolutioniZed States.
The assumption of the organs of the
defeated party that this is an off year
and that the vote is light, is exploded
by the fact that there never was so
large vote polled in any off year in
the history Of the country, aud the Re-
publican vote is obviously diminished
not only by stay-at-homes, but by
scores of thousands voting the Demo
cratic ticket.
The Northern States which elected
Congressman on the 4th of November
gave. in round numbers, 10000 Re-
publican majority for Congress in 1888,
and the same States gave, in round
mum bers, 200, 900 Democratic majority
in 1890. Or these States only idaho,
| Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota,
! Ohio and Pennsylvania gave Republi-.
can msjorities this year, and four OF the
| six States thus voting elected onlv five
Congressman. Ohio gave only 1900
Republican majority, being about half
| the full party strength, and Pennsyl-
vania gave 81. 900. The only import
ant States in the ELECTORAL College Of
the whole North which voted in No
vemner in iavor of the policy of the ad-
rinistra ton, are Pennsylvania and
Ohio and Pennsylvania elected q Dem-
ocratic Governor and Ohio elected
Demt cratic delegation to Congress. I,
The impressive lesson of the late
elections In the election of members Of
Congress in the North is In the fact
that the Northern States which gave
4ln.0oo Republican majority in 1883
gave 100000 Democratic majority in
1890; change of over 100000 in the
popular vote and change that is
more sweeping revolution than has
ever before been accomplished in tie
history Of A merican politics. Should
not these facts teach the party leaders
in the present Congress that high taxes,
bewidering pfofilgacy and the policy
of Force must be fatal to any party
supremacy?
1t is simply begging the question to
offer the excuse that the eruption of
the Farmers A Ilianee uprooted parties
and caused the revolution. The Farm
ers' Alliance, the Union Labor, the
Wheelmen aua all the other forms of
organization the revolt assumed. all
started on the platform of Tariff Re
form and the reduction Of needless
taxes was the slogan that inspired
them to united effort. The fact there
was not single Democratic candidate
for Congress defeated before the people
in Democratic district by the Farm
) ers' Alliance, or by any of the other
anti-tax movements, in either the
North or the South ,conclusiveiy proves
that all these elements are in unity on
the vital principle that has called them
into organized political action; and that
vital principle will force cohesion in
: one form or another until monopoly
taxes are entirely eliminated from our
political system.
Aud all of these different factors In
the late revolution are equally united
against national prohigacy and against
5 Force legisla ton of every type. The
people who revolt against excessive
taxes logically revolt against the pro-
fiigate waste of public revenues; and
they as logically revolt against govern
: ment by force because such legislation
is always revolutionary, demoraliziDg
and the precursor of national bank
ruptcy. In short, there ia only one ex-
, planation of the revolution that has
thrown two-thirds OF the Electoral vote
Of the North against the party in pow
. er. II is revolution against the mo-
nopoly greed portrayed in the Mckin-
ley tariff; against the profigacy that
has caused the first Treasury deficit
, since the war, and against the resort
. 10 the policy of Force to legaliZe elec-
ton frauds and maintain power agains
the popular will. If the present lead
ers IN Congress don't SO understand the
lesson, it will be repeated to them with
increased emphasis in 1902 Phitddet-
Dhia Times