The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
THE DEMOCRATIC PRE- IS.
sAvnNNA. WEDNESDAY. Dec.sI,1sso

The State Legislature convenes next Monday.
FREE silver coinage is the bug g-a-boo of the
present administration.
Mr.. BENJAMIN HARRISON was greatly disap-
pointed not to find the Force bill in his stocking
Christmas morning
If the bill reducing the pension attorneys
fee. for obtaining an increase of pension. to 50.
be defeated in Congress the old soldier will
know how much honesty there is In the love for
him expressed by Republican speakers.
EUROPE is slowly catching ON to American
ideas. Vienna has just extended its limits,a la
Chicago. in order to take in all the populous
suburbs. and now she has population of ,3l5.-
$780,
THE public sentiment of the country is over
whelmingly with the Democratic Senators in
their efforts to defeat the Force bill. and will
continue so. no matter what tactics they may
adopt to accomplish the desired end.
BETWEEN the gold men. the silver men, and
the bond men, the United States Senate cham
Der is almost as lively place as Kilkenny, Ire
land, and the Republican leaders, if that de-
moralized party can be said to have any leaders
at this time, are in state bordering on dis
traction. In the meantime. the country suffers
for legislation to relieve the financial distress
REPUBLICANS in Congress fear a discussion OF
the tariff more than anythin else that can be
brought up. and for that-reason Mr.. Mckinley
has Withdrawn his resolution providing that
hetarif law shall not abrogate the Hawaiian
treaty. Hawaiia is like all the rest of the world
shut out; and from present Indications it will
remain in that condition until the Democrats
get chance at national legislation.
THE future of the Democratic party never
looked brighter than it does today. and the rank
and file of the party look. as they have righ
to look to the leaders of the party to exercise
the greatest care to see that no step is rashly
taken that will have tendency to mar the
brightness of that future. If such care be taker
we have reasonable right to expect not only
to control the House of Representatives of thu
Fifty-third Congress and elect the next Presi
dent. but also to have a majority in the Unitet
States Senate after March 4, 1859.
SENATOR GRAY. of Delaware. has some sensi
bic ideas about reciprocity. and he has intro
duced resolution in the Senate authorizing tn
administration to open negotiations for tn
purpose offraming reciprocity treaties betwee
the United States and Mexico and the Unite
States and Canada. Notwithstanding the fac
that reciprocity treaties between those tw
countries would be of more real benefit to tn
people of this country than all of those propos
ed by Mr.. Blaine with the South and Centrs
American Republics. there isn't tke slighte;
probability that the Republican Senators wi
support Mr.. Gray's resolution. 1t isn't lie;
reciprocity that the Republicans favor, but onl
an imitation that will serve for the time bein
to blind the voters of this country,
SENATOR STEWART is so far the only Republ
can who has dared to stand up like a man. al
tell his colleagues that ne would not be bul
dozed into supporting the Force bill, which
believes can only make trouble. and very ser
Gus trouble, if enacted into law. His speec
which was mainly addressed to the Republics
Senators. was q strong arraignment of the b
from Republican standpoint. There are Sc
era1 other Republican Senators who think wi
Mr.. Stewart. but it is not probable that any
them will follow his good example by open
attacking the bill, although Senator Paddock
said to have told Mr.. Harrison that he intend
to vote against the bill.