Fergus County argus., 1890-11-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. Z, 1890.

| WASHINGTON, Nov. Z, 1890.
| The president, like the rest Of the Repub
licans, is both surprised and disappointes
at the result Of the elections. lie knew, o.
course, that under the circumstances il
would have been little short Of q miracle
for the Republicans to have retained con
troll os the house of representatives, but the
very large gains made by the Democrats
| ast onished him ms much ~ il did the Dem.
ocrats themselves, and he is deeply disap D.
pointed tn think that the result has been
obtained solely by the votes of l,epubli-
cans. who have taken advantage Of the op.
portunity to vent their spite. personal nd
otherwise, by voting against their part y
aud their honest convictions.
lie does not regard the result NJ in any
sense u rebuks to his administration, hut
| rather A. the effort Sf misguided Rspubli-
cans to get even" in an 'oif year." when
he Democrats, by controlling the house.
can do themselves no good and the country
no harm. Of course, il all the Republics ne
who voted for Democrats or rensifisd at
home Nov. 1 had really aba ndone,l the Re
publican party there would he serious cause
for alarm. but such is not the case. IL is
only repeating history for the admisistra-
tios party to lose it's first congressional
election-thsre has been only ONE exception
to this rule since the foundati~n Of the gov
ernment-and when 1892 rolls around the
Republican party will with unbroken ranks
march to victory again.
Mr.. Blaine was asked il he thought the
election pOrtended Democratic victory in
1892. Not at ALL" he replied. "Ow the
contrary. it makes a Republican victory in
that year almost a certainty" Secretary
Noble says he does not see any thing in the
result to discourage Republicans. and shat
lickings are sometimes very salutary topo-
litical parties as well as to obstrepsrous
boys.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, who IL here consult
ing with Secretary Tracy about the manu-
facture Of the new nickel steel armor plates
for the navy, expressed himself ~ follows
on the election: 1T is simply "a case Of his
tory repeating itself. There was never yet
n triumphant party that did not feel the
effect of reverse wave during the middle
of it's success. Politics il simply combi-
nation Of reactions. They come in cycles
of two years. and fortunate is the party
that gets the benefit Of the reaction that
comes in years when it counts. It's u see-
saw. and you can easily see how I'd rather
he on the end that's Down when the bump
comes. II hurts To be ON the other end
when the board breaks. As to this elec-
tion. it seems to me that there was re-
versaI OF things on account of personal
chickering's that had To be fought to finish.
They have brought their result. and now. I
am sure, they will he healed. Two years
will bring about IA complete change This
storm will then have given place to n calm
within our ranks. Now. Ms to the tariff
there cannot well he any more legislation
on that subject between now and SS2
and the Mckinley law will have long before
then rindicnted itself. working out it's own
as it were. don't seem down
cast. do l? And yet am II good Republi
can. No. think the result of the election
means salvation for the Republican party"
Secretary Tracy has decided that the new
Maine shall be launched on the
| >th inst. His granddaughter will ,hristen
the new vessel.
Everybody here knew that there were
about ninetynine chances in II possible
hundred against the election Of Maj. Nc
kinley in his gerry wandered district. but
50 strong were the hopes Of his friends
all Republicans are his friends that he
would somehow pull through, that his de-
feat was n surprise to them, and words of
sympathy for him are heard on every hand.
But. rs one gentleman put it. ohio is too
proud Of Bill Mckinley to allow him to re.
main long in private life"
The congressional apportionment bill in.
troduced in the house by Representative
Dunnell provides that ls0,OOO shall bs the
basis for each member of the house. but the
bill was prepared with the expectation that
the census would show n population Of at
least "a, 900. 900. The Official returns be-
ing |, 800. 900 short OF that number. it will
be necessary to change the basis Of repre-
ssntation. should Ia, 900 be adopted, as
now seems probable, Virginia would be the
only state that would lose member, while
the following would gain one each Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri,
New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Wis
consin; Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania
and Texas, two each; Nebraska. three. At
Ieast seventeen Of the new members will lie
Republicans.