Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-17
PARTISAN OUTRAGE.
The Villainous Schemes of the Re-
publican Managers
For Retaining National Power.

Pittsburgh Post: Heretofore Speaker
Reeds rule of counting in quorum
has been mainly applied to the rascally
business of stealing seats of Democratic
representatives, but few days ago he
used it to consummate possibly the
most important act of government, SO
far as the House is concerned. That is
the admission of new State INTO tne
Union. The Idaho bill only received
129 votes, or 81 less than the quorum
the constitution calls for. 1T Is well un-
derstood number of Republican rep
resentatives refrained from voting for
this caucus measure because of their
opposition to some Of the un-Amerlcan
features of the Idaho constitution.
If the bill becomes law as passed by
the House last week it will be tested In
the courts, and a judicial determination
had, if the question can be reached, as
to the constitutionality of the speakers
autocratic assumption of power never
before held to be in the hands Of one
man In the, American congress. Here
are $4,000 people, few more or less,
giving representation in the Senate, for
a partisan purpose, the same as Penn
syivania with its 5,000,0OO or New York
with its 5000, 900.
And in Idaho some 10000 of the pop
uIation are disfranchised and held to be
,ineligible for holding Office or jury duty
because of their affinity to the Mormon
church, and not because they are them
selves polygamists, for all accounts
agree that very few of the Idaho Nor
mons are, This is the constitutional
point involved in the acceptance by
congress of the Idaho constitution,
which will be consumated, if at all, by
the speaker voting 20 members as pres
ent to make quorum-a proceeding ne
has himself denounced as unconstitu-
tional. lawless and revolutionary, with
Sneaker Blaine, President Garfield Sen
ator Hawley and the whole body OF the
Republjcans in Congress, on the record
as holding to the same opinion.
The Republican plan for the reten.
tion of mower involves the admission oi
ak new States, with twelve senators
renresenting q population by the last
cansus not more than half that OF Alle-
sheny county. The next step is the
1iacing of the congressional elections
under Federal control; the agents to be
rascals of the Quay, Dudley and Ma
hone caliber and liberality. Then comes
Ehe hin to make Republican gerryman'
ders of States permanent, or at least be-
vond the power of the people of State
to modify for 10 years.
Add to these damnable usurpations
the creation of pretorian guard, oj
pension plunder and other schemes Q
extravaganza, and we have what Is al
ready fully developed, we oeiievt
there are in some of these measures
elements that may eventuate IN civi
war, for they involve the control o
elections at the north in opposition tt
the will of the people of these States
and cap this by handingsouthern States
over to carpet-bag and negro domlna
And all this is to be done by Speaker
Reeds patent plan of counting In
auorum,n and passing laws on his in
dividuai say so. 1t seems to US this i
very dangerous business. There Il
no telling where it will end. The su
preme court may find a remedy, or thu
neople may protest at the coming elec
tions with q force and emphasis tina
U will call halt. But the develish vii
lainv NAV be consummated before tn
elections. and the usurpation main
tanned hy the power of fraudulent!
constituted Senate against the protes
ofthe people in the election of a Demo
cratic House of Representatives in ls9
or a Democratic President in 1885,
There is trouble ahead. The Quay
Mahone-D Dudley Reed crowd, north an
south, that are managing the Republl
can party are riding for big game. lik
bepgars ON horseback, or for fall tha
will annihilate them. They will &c
the fall. The people of America are nc
ready to accept the plans of Louis Ns
poleon, backed, as his were, by perjury
fraud and violence.