Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-10
No One Has Worked Harder for
the Democratic Party.
Wherever He Expended the Gospel
OF Reyenue Reform He Can Point
TO Coed Results.
BE Is the Rest known Democrat In tho
County and Has Mingled Mora With
the reopie-Judge Hare Is ks.
MILLS TO THE FRONT.


WASHINGTON, Nov. ga prominent
Democrat TO night SAID that Tuesdays
elections was d big feather in Congress
man Mills cap, as the victory was won
said the gentleman, was To-day this best
known Democrat in congress, "a he had
mixed with the people all over ths coun-
try, and the prominence thus gained
would be au influence In the speakersnip
contest.
The Post this morning in leading ed
itorial, entitled "Mr. Mills In the Cam
vass,'' SAYS: III the lesson of the late
election be- interpreted 10 mean that this
people OF this country are not in favor of
revising the tariff upon that line OF pro-
lection which, while it enriohas the few,
imposes
ADDITIONAL TAXES on THE MANY,
there is not one man iu or out of con-
Eress who can claim 10 be so fully vim
dcated by the result as Roger Q. Mills
OF Texas. Mr.. Mills has put in more
time sud made more speeches during the
past year in favor of tariff reform than
any other Democrat iu public life. start
ing out in defense OF the measure which
bears his name, he has gone up and
down tho country from state 10 state end
citv TO city and hsmi TO hamlet, es-
pecially throughout the West and North
west, preaching with laborious industry
and Outspoken courage the gospel of
revenue reform. In the meantime he has
been laughed Ut and derided as an
APOSTLE OF FREE TRADE
striving 10 breathe fire into piecs OF
the lost cause, and members of his own
purity who have hitherto PLAYED the part
of obstructionists to tariff reform legisla-
ton, but are now scrnmbling to the front
for a share in ths SIP lis OF victory, were
among his coolest oomforters. But now
il is the Texas Statesman $ turn to lsugh.
Wherever he has been he can verify
claim TO have secured an Endorsement of
the principles he proclaimed. Wher-
ever he has sown he can point to a
harvest of conquests. All along the line
of march lie trophies OF his warfare he
has waged. no rindicstion could speak
louder for him than house of reprsseu-
tatives with 240 members, every man OF
whom would vote for the Mills bill to-
morrow in preference TO the Mckinley
bill IL called upon to make their choice.
JUDGE HARE TALKS.
The Sunday Gazette, the leading DEM
ocratio paper here, publishes the follow
ing interviews: Representative Silas Hare
of Texas was in Washington yesterday
aud III response to inquiries OF the Sum
day Gazette ss to the causes of the poiiti- |
cal landslide said: ''Yes, the returns
are all coming IN. At the present rate
there will not be enough Republicans
left in the house for seed. The returns |
read like b tale from the Ara bian Nights. |
They remind one OF Aladdin g wonderful |
lamp. You want to know the cause! |
Why, there were several causes, but the |
tariff was the chief one. The Mckinley |
bill affected the entire country. The |
people wouldn t stand IL, as the returns |
plainly indicate. Then again the silver |
legislation had its influence in the West. |
The depletion of the public treasury and |
the enormous increase OF pensions had |
weight with the people. The |
adm Illustration in q great measure helped |
TO bring about the defeat. !
Tho men who spent their money |
and worked for the election of |
they expected, and took revenge by |
bill mad Its effect in solidifying that Sec
change III other sections of the country. |
Under Cleveland administration the
South was beginning to disiutegrate !
politically and q spirit of Independence
began to spread among the people. Ie
" ouid not have taken g great while be-
fore the two parties III that section would
have been about evenly divided, but the
Republicans in the house proceeded TO
consider the force bill and at once the
South is frozen over again, and it will
require long time before the Republic
cans will regain their losses In that sen-
ton There have been revolutions
equally as wonderful as that OF Tuesday,
but they came with the sword. regard
Cleveland as the father OF this grand
Victory. He started the ball in 1888
With his tariff message, and We now
,ave these splendid results. In my
opinion Tuesdays victory will make
Cleveland our standard bearer and next
president, and would not DO surprised
I the Republicans .ehould nominate
Blaine in 49,.
Judge Hare said he attributed War
wick election 10 the efforts made IN his
behalf BY Governor Hill. The large vote
,ollec by Mckinley, he said, was due to
hat gentle man 8 popularity and not to
he tariff bill. In reference to the organ
cation of the next house and the contest
or the speakership, he said it was too
'arly to discuss the situation. He also
aid that In his judgment Hon. David u.
Iulberson would be the next senator
rom Texas.
PAN.REPUBLICAN CONGRESS-.