The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
THEY FEAR THE PEOPLE.
The Dying Cry of the Party of Deceit and
Corruption.

The Dying Cry of the Party of Deceit and
Corruption.
That the Republican party sees the
handwriting on the wall, prophesying
its defeat before the people in the gem
eral Congressional elections this fall,
there can be ho doubt.
The best evide.ce that the Admins.
tration party is afraid OF the people 10
found in the desperate efforts the Re.
publicans in Congress are making to
thwart the will of the people, as it will
be expires sed in the next elections.
Only few days ago an Ohio repre-
sentative introduced bill in Congress
to require the next election of Congress-
men from Ohio to be made on the same
district apportionment by which they
arc now elected. The Ohio Legislature
is Democratic in both branches, and,
with Democratic Governor the party
Of the people will undo the Infamous
apportionment the Republicans of that
State made to keep the Congressional
delegation in the hands of that party.
By outrageous gerrymandering they
have succeeded in electing five or six
more Republican congressman than
they wero entitled to.
Now that the Democrats have con-
troll of the State and will make the new
apportionment on the census OF 1890,
the Republicans are driven to the
desperate alternative of losing several
Congressman, or of resorting to the un-
precedented and dangerous expedient Of
Federal legislation, to enable them to
retain their hold on tho Congressional
delegation of that State.
Another instance of the same sort,
bat general in its nature, is the bill in
troduced by Senator Hoar. This meas
ure provides that in all States Congress-
men shall be elected from the districts
now prescribed by law, until Congress
apportions the new districts on the
basis of the census of 1890: "Any law
OF such States hereafter to be passed to
the contrary notwithstanding"
Senator Hoar expresses the fear that
an attempt will be made to make the
new representative districts take effect
at the next election, and that some
States will gerrymander their redistrict-
ing for partisan interests.
Of courne, the Republicans will make
a desperate effort to pass some such
law, for they have given evidence Of
their determination to leave no stone
unturned to make the best use of their
control of the legislative and execu.
tive departments of the administration.
Such revolutionary and high-handed
proceedings as the Republican majority
in Congress are resorting to will be re-
buked by the people, and the Admins
tration leaders realize the fact they are
playing their final engagement.
'Afraid of the people!' - their dying
cry echoes through every State in the
Union. Well might they grasp at the
drowning mans straw, for the waters Of
defeat are closing around them.
Afraid Of the people! God grant that
this country will never again witness
such infamous proceedings in its Nation
al Congress as now characterizes the
deliberations of the representatives Of
the people of this great republic. The
party that refuses to trust the people
will not be trusted by the people.
Afraid of the people-no wonder the
Republicans in Congress are trampling
on the sacred rights guaranteed by the
constitution, for the verdict of the peo-
pie, made in accord with that grandest
of all bulwarks of human liberty, will
soon reinstate the party of the people
and restore the country to the hands of
those who love country before party
Atlanta Constitution.