The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

words, what Is called the great democratic
victory In the northern states Is a vic
tory due TO the fact that the republicans
stayed away from the polls The land
slide in favor of the democracy was only
made possible by republican apathy.
The total congressional vote OF 1890 i'm
the states named will be found to be
very much less than in 1888, while the
republican vote in some of the districts
is reduced by one-half. Why that vote
was reduced 10 will be for republican
statesmen To ascertain.
Applying this test locally, or accept
ing IL comprehenSively, republicans may
find still greater encoura cement. The
democratic party, with its huge major
rity i'm the house, may be relied upon to
make a sufficient number of plumbers
between this time and November, 1s92,
10 make at least every republican ready
TO turn ont and do his best for its defeat.
As the correspondent who notes Senator
Germans philosophical observation says,
already the democrats are engaging in
fractional contests over the speakership
of the Fifty-second congress, the house
offices and the presidential succession.
The very size OF the democratic majority
places that party in greater peril, FOR
with such an unwieldy majority IT VIII
be scarcely possible for the democratic
leaders To keep the turbulent factions
within their party under control. And
in the Fifty-sscond congress that party
will not have the counsel of Samuel j.
Jandall TO keep them from mistakes.
Democrats who have not completely lost
their heads over the unexpected and
overwhelming victory which they have
4, IL 10, of, faa1
adullamites of every description and the
temporary Indifference of republic
cans, are beginning to ask them
selves the question: What shall we do
with our tremendous majority in the
house of representatives." IRON the
south and portions of the west comes
the prompt, hearty, unanimous response
of Mills, Crisp, breckenridge, Bynum,
Springer. and their coadjutOrs and fol-
lowers. Pass a tariff bill framed on
radical free trade lines; that is what our
victory means and we must hasten TO
gather its fruits" There can be no
doubt that this demand will be enforced
by Mills and his followers, who sincerely
believe that the voters of the United
States have experienced a conversion
from protection To free trade i'm the
of Mills in the Mills bill never wavered
even i'm the darkest November days Of
1SSS. For about seven months past he
has neglected mis- duties as legislator
in order TO preach free trade crusade
in every state and congressional district
in the north and west in which he found
any encouragement TO labor; and no man
in his party to-day dares To claim as
much credit for the present revolution
in the house OF representatives as does
the sage of Corsicana. He is not only
confident. but bold and aggressive 10 q
fault He will be elected speaker if he
desires the honor: if not, the
man Of his choice will be chosen,
and he will be a man who will so organ
izc the ways and means commit
tee that it will promptly bring
in and pass a tariff bill compared with
which the dark lantern" bill of two
| years ago was moderate and conServa-
tive measure. The democratic majority
is under bonds TO do no less, and Mills
and his coadjutors will see to it that the
! pledge is redeemed without any unnec-
essary delay. Cool-headed and far-See-
ing democrats have already taken the
alarm and begun to utter warnings
whict will be needed even less than
were like warnings in the Fiftieth con-
gress. With more than three times as
big a majority in the house as it then
! had, the democratic party is bound to go
much further than il did in 1SSS,
and If Gov. Hill or any other democrat
attempts 10 stem or moderate the free
trade tide, he will be quickly engulfed.