Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-27
1t is Loaded.

Representative McComas, of Mary
land, who has prepared a bill to prevent
redistricting and to create state return
ing boards, is in the same boat with
Representative Wickham and his bill
has the same object-to keep from be-
ing legislated out of congress. But his
scheme will fail even if it should pass,
which is doubtful. OF the AZ states In
the union % have Democratic Cover
nors now and by next fall one other
Indiana-wilI have. Those % states
send 200 representatives to congress,
while the other 10 send 12i. AS 166lis
a majority of the house of representa-
tives those states-Alabams, Arkansas.
Delaware. Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana. New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
-haves43 members more than ia quo
rum or majority IfNthe Republicans
contina ae'in their revolutionary course
an emergency may arise which would
require those % governors, from purely
patriotic motives, to certify to the elec-
ton of 2O9 Democrats to the fifty-sec-
ond congress- In case worst came to
worst. of the 10861 state troops in the
entire union el,ss6 are sworn to obey
the call of those governors, an aggregate
equal to the remainder of the militia
and nearly all the United States regu-
lars besides, while they are so situated
as to be force much Superior to all
liother available troops. This fact is only
mentioned, however, asa mere hint at
very remote possibility, since it is al
together unlikely that the Republicans
will push matters to extremes when it
is once understood that the Democrats
will stand up for their rights.
Tn case the returning board feature of
the McComas bill should find favor in
Republican eyes, it will be found to be
q tive edged sword, If it is depended
on to secure q Republican mem bers
from Ohio the solid Democratic return
ing boards from other states could find
sufficient Irregularities and frauds to
offset that Republican gain offs men,
bers by Democratic net gains of19 in
New York, 4 in Missouri, in New Jer-
sey, 8 in North Carolina, in Virginia
and so on until the total Democratic
net gain could be raised to 43, or nearly
nine times what the Republicans would
gain in Ohio. Moreover % Democrats
now represent districts in the 10 Re-
publican states and the next election
willundoubtedly increasethat number.
The odds, therefore, are overwhelming
ly in favor of the Democrats In case the
Republicans challenge to unusual COM
bat and federal controls of elections
would only aggravate the Republican
case without affording the hoped for re-
lief l21rn .~@tx 2ttt
4, Wedo not believe that either the Hoar
bill or the Wickham bill or the McCo-
mas bill, even with willing clerk to
make up the roll, would avail the Re-
publicans to retain control in the next
federal house of representatives. The
Republicans will probably see this and,
while they have no respect for the con-
stitution, will be convinced by the logic
of the situation and will quietly drop
all those bills into some sequested hole
where the light Of day will never reach
then. Pain Dealer.