Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-13

The 1HaHta Constitution, on Saturday,
speaking editorially of the election, says ::
The Republican leaders in the National
House of Representatives will feel
lonely. Only two of them remain, Tom
Reed and Henry Cabot Lodge. But the
leaders left at home will feel more lonely
still. Mckinley, Mason, Cannon and
Rowell will have plenty of leisure for
reflection. They have food for thought;
no doubt about that.
They were under the impression that
they had Russianized the Republic
They made big mistake. A few days
ago these insolent chieftains saw their
party securely entrenched in the lower
House of Congress. They had a ma
iority of a score or so, and confidently
expected to see it increased last Tues
day The election was startling sur
prise. 1t not only wiped out the Repub-
lican majority, but gave the Democrats
a majority in the House Of perhaps $50.
Talk about cyclone or tidal wave.
If a word is wanted to tell the whole
story why not call it revolution. A
revolution it is-a peaceful uprising of
the people, overwhelming with shower
of ballots the conspirators who were
preparing to make the land bristle with
luC ltJublltdil ltdtitlSY oilC
and all-Reed and Lodge, as well as
their defeated comrades-should reflect
upon the conditions leading to this fam
ing outburst of triumphant Democracy.
In this quarter of a century there has
not been such an upheaval, such sud-
den change. Democratic States that
were weak and doubtful suddenly tower
ed up strong and aggressive. Republi-
can States that were bloated with power
in day dwindled to mere nonentities in
their party and swelled the Democratic
column.
What does it all mean? the batfled
and defeated leaders ON the losing side
will ask. 1t means that the American
people have an inborn love of fairness and
justice, and may be trusted to redeem
the Republic and restore honest govern
ment when they have time to bring their
second sober thought into action. 1t
means that the masses, whether Demo-
Gratis or Republicans, want peace, pros
perity and reunited country and will
no longer follow the lead of ambitious
partisans who would restore worse than
war taxes, old war issues and bayonet
rule when and where it suits their
pleasure. 1t means that this is the
United States and not Russia. The fall
len leaders will now see that corruption
wins not more than honesty"
Our millions of toilers in the North and
West as well as in the South utterly alb
hor the domination and the methods OF
a branded criminal like Quay, in Pennsyl
vania, and they will not submit to his
control. Their love of justice and peace
made them revolt when Reed travelled
from State to State threatening the loya
South with bayonets. Their indignation
was aroused when they saw that the part,
in power now proposed to hold the Gov
ernment forever by squandering the pub
lie money and by imposing a tariff tina
made every poor mans dollar worth i
cents less than it was before the McKinle,
bill became law.
There is no end of material for Re
publican reflection. The revolution o
Tuesday makes it plain that the voter
of the two parties are determined to re
buke and brand and destroy the 'maile,
hand' and the "blocks of five" business
1t means that they will not stand ga
rules, false Quorums, and despoti
methods in the House, where their rep
resentatives meet to make laws for
common country. All these lessons ar
taught by the work of Tuesday-tha
red letter day in our calendar.
This clean sweep of the Democracy
from the snow line to the orange, belt
from Orient to Occident, inaugurates 6
| brighter era in our history; it unites the
| sections, buries the old war passions, re-
stores the Government of our fathers
and gives every tireside in the land a
promise of peace and prosperity.