Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-13
MILLS THE MAN.
No One Has Worked Harder for
the Democratic Party.
Wherever He Expounded the Gospel
Of Revenue Reform He Can Point
to Good Results.
He Is the Best Known Democrat In the
Country and Has Mingled Mere With
the Feople-Judge Hare Ta.k-
MILLS TO THE FRONT.


Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a prominent
Democrat TO might SAID that Tuesday d
elections was q big feather i'll Congress
man Mills cap, as the victory was won
on the tariff reform issue. Mr.. Mills
said the gentleman, was to-day the best
known Democrat III congress, Us he had
mixed with the people al! over the coun-
try, and the prominence thus gained
would be an influence in the speakership
contest.
The Post this morning in leading ed
ltorial, entitled "Mr. Mills in the Cam
vass, says: If the lesson of the late
eleetion be interpreted TO mean thar the
speopie OF this country are not in favor of
revising the tariff upon that line of pro-
lection which, while 1t enriches the few :,
imposes
ADDITIONAL TAXES On TIE MANY,
there is not one man in or out of con-
gress who can claim to be so fully vim
dicuted by the result US Roger Q. Mills
of Texas. Mr.. Mills has put in more
time and made more speeches during the
past year in favor of tariff reform than
any other Democrat in public life. Start
ing out in defense of the measure which
bears his name, he has gone up and
down the country from state TO state and
city TO city and haml to hamlet, es-
pecially throughout the West and North
west, preaching with laborious industry
and outspOken courage the gospel of
revenue reform. In the meantime he has
APOSTLE OF FREE TRADE
striving to breathe fire into piece of
the lost cause, and members of his own
party who have hitherto played the part
of o5structionists to tariff reform legisla-
ton, but are now scrambliug to the front
for a snare in the sp lis of victory, were
among his coolest comforters. But now
it is the Texas statesman s turn'to laugh.
Wherever he has been he can verify
claim to have secured an Endorsement of
the principles he proclaimed. Wher-
ever ne has sown he can point TO IL
harvest of conquests. All along the line
of march lie trophies of his warfare he
has waged. No vindicatiou could speak
louder for him than house of represent
tatives with 240 mem bers, every man of
whom would vote for the Mills bill to-
bill If called upon to make their choice.
JUDGE HARE TALKS.
The Sunday Gazette, the leading DEM
ocratic paper here, publishes the follow
ing interviews: Representative Silas Hare
OF Texas was i'll Washington yesterday
and in response TO inquiries of the Sun
dav Gazette as to the causes of the politi-
cal landslide said: 'Yes, the returns
nre all coming in. At the present rate
there will not be enough Republicans
left in the house for seed. The returns
read like n tale from the Arabian Nights.
They remind one of Aladdin 3 wonderful
lamp. You want to know the cause?
Why, there were several causes, but the
tariff was the chief one. The Mckinley
bill affected the entire country. The
people wouldn't stand it, AS the returns-
plainly Indicate. Then again ths silver
legislation had its influence il the West.
The depletion of the public treasury and
the enormous increase of pensions had
material weight with the people. The
administration in great measure helped
TO bring about the defeat.
The men who spent their money
and worked for the election OF
Harrison did not get the offices
they expected, and took revenge by
stabbing him. In the South the force
bill had Its effect in solidfying that sec
ton, and il helped to bring about the
change in other sections of the country.
Under Cleveland 8 administration the
South WAS beginning to disintegrate
politically and q spirit OF Independence
began to spread among the people. 1t
would not have taken great while be-
fore the two parties in that section would
have been about evenly divided, but the
Republicans in the house proceeded to
consider the force bill ard at once the
South is frozen over again, and it will
require a long time before the Republic
cans will regain their losses in that Sec
ton. There have been revolutions
equally as wonderful as that OF Tuesday,
but they came with the sword. l regard
Cleveland as the father of this grand
victory. He started the ball in 1888
with his tariff message, and we now
have these splendid results. In my
opinion Tuesdays victory will make
Cleveland our standard bearer and next
president, and would not he surprised
il the Republicans SHOULD nominate
Blaine in '92.
Judge Hare said he attributed War
wick's election to the efforts made in his
behalf by Governor Hill. The large vote
polled by Mckinley, he said, was due TO
that gentle s popularity and not TO
the tariff bill. In reference TO the organ
izatiou of the next house and the contest
for the speakership, he said It was too
early TO discuss the situation. He also
said that In his judgment Hon. David b.
Culbersou would be the next senator
from Texas.