The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-15
coLFAx GRANT PARISH NOVEMBER

worst of all, the Mckinley tarit
law, theWeight of which has beel
felt by everybody, although it i
only month since it became a law
The Democrats expected to carr,
the House Representatives by
good working majority, but the,
were hardly prepared to see th'
party win such an unprecedented
victory in every section of tn,
country, electing more than twt
thirds of the House and carryins
Republican strongholds like Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Penn
sylvania, Kansas Michigan, Ne
braska, and Wisconsin. IF evel
there was good reason for holding
a Democratic jubilee it certainly
exists now, and it is not strange
that the Democrats here are in the
widest state of enthusiasm.
The returns proved to be toe
much for Mr.. j. s. Clarkson, the
gentleman who took hold of the
Republican Congressional Com
mittee, with the announcement that
he would win the fight, and he has
gone South to recuperate his shat
tered nerves. He also wished to
escape the impertinent questions
of those he persuaded to contribute
considerable sums of money, and
was also anxious to avoid an inter-
view with Mr.. Benjamin Harrison
until that gentleman has time to
smooth his very much ruffled feath-
ers. Clarkson is responsible for
much of the suffering Mr.. Harrison
is undergoing now. Last summer
Mr.. Harrison, like q man of sense,
had made up his mind that the
Democrats would control the next
House, and although deeply regret
ting the outlook, he had ceased to
worry to any extent over it. Then
Clarkson- came along and with
rainbow stories convinced the old
gentleman that the Republicans
were bound to win in the Congress
sional elections, and that it would
be great scheme to have the idea
passed along the Republican lines
that the election was to be national,
and vindication of Mr.. Harrison
and the administration. It was
lone, and that's why the heart of
Mr.. Harrison is heavy. He realizes
hat Clarkson got him into fight
hat he might just as we'll have
xept out, and that the people have
on him and his party with
heir heaviest shod feet, and he
would like to talk to Clarkson
bout it. He has a suspicion that
Jlarkson knowingly got him into
his scrape for the purpose of hay
ng him knocked out, so as to help
he Presidential aspirations of Gen.
Alger, to whom Clarkson is pledged.
dr. Wanamaker was asked what
le thought of the result, but he de-
lined to talk further than to say
hattie knew nothing about politics. |
70 news in that.
Millionaire Carnegie, who is here |
ooking after some Of his fat con- |
racts with the Navy department,
ays in an interview that he re-
ards the results of the election as
be salvation of the Republican
arty, and that he is glad of it.
fr. Carnegie is probably the larg-
st individual beneficiary under the
lcKinley tariff law in the country,
nd necessarily a Republican, and
is the passage of that law and
le results of the election that have
ecome mixed in his mind, when
Q says he is glad of it. As to
aviation, if the 'sg. o. p" gets a
w more doses of the same kind
J that administered last Tuesday.
will need the services of an UNDER
,ker.
Secretary Noble and Attorney
eneral Miller want to be provided
r before the general break up, ]
hich they see ahead, and are both | /
'inging all the pressure they can ,
to bear on the man in ,
Q White House, for the purpose ,
securing the vacant place on the I
'nch of the Supreme Court 4
The Democrats are fortunate in s
wing so much good material at {
md to select the next Speaker of q
9 House from. Among the names !
ready mentioned are Messrs. :
ills, Crisp, Mcmillan, Brecken- I
ige, Ky. Bynum and Springer. b
.ry few members of Congress are 4
W in this city, but somehow the
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