Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-12
A WARNING TO THE NEXT HOUSE.

When Commissioner Of Agriculture
JEREMIAH RUsK heard the news OF the
election he remarked, The dam has
busted and We are JohnStown."
II was vivid word picture Of the sit
nation, aud one which the next Demo
cratic House of Representatives will do
well to study. 1t will teach them the
majesty Of the people and that no party,
no matter how we'll ontrenched il may
seem TO be, can DEFY that majesty. II
will teach them how puny aud weak are
the pretenSionS Of political conSpiratorS
and bosses when the people rise up 70
rebuke them. For ten months Re
publican Congress has exhibited q spec
;acle Of wanton disregard for the rights
of the people that amounted to positive
tyranny. and has acted rs II supreme
power had been unreServedly entrusted
to il, and as {! q day ofreckoning would
never come.
The people remained quiet while all
the infamous outrageS perpetrated by
this Congress were going on, and their
passive attitude encouraged the con-
spirators in the hope that il was caused
by apathy and Indifference. They went
ahead In their reckless course, without
any thought as To the ultimate cOnSe-
quences. They acted as II there were
no such elements As the plain people,
As il there were no constitutional bar
rierS against the usurpation of power,
aS If there were no day Of reckoning.
The day came. however, and twill ever
after be regarded rs a dies irr6 on the
Republican calendar The people rose
up in their might, and down went
Strongholds, bulwarkS, pretenseS' cor
ruption, tyranny, and all the
schemes OF an intoieraut party. From
one end of the Union 90 the other, the
great Democratic tidal wave swept with
reSistless power. Nothing could with
stand 10. Even the most cautious and
conservative estimates utterly failed 10
realize the force Of the popular uprising.
The Republicans were rudely awakened
from their brief dream Of unreStrained
power, and were taught bitter, but
wholesome lesson. The people showed
them, i'm the plaincst manner, who are
the real rulers Of the country. The
election was grand vindication Of the
rights Of the American people, which
had been outraged by the reckless course
Of the Republican administration and
Congress. The people have very
effective way Of calling dishonest ser
wants To account.
The Democrats OF the next House Of
REPRESENTATIVES will have everything
their own way. They will have the
largest majority that any political party
ever had in that body.
But, if they allow their grand victory
To turn their heads, as their foolish Re
publican predecessors allowed their in
fnitely smaller victory 10 turn theirs
In they attempt to retaliate in kind
for the wrongs done them in the present
Congress, il they legislatc for the party
rather than for the people, they will
discover their sad mistake as the AFRO
CANT Republican majority hare discoy-
cred theirs-too late. The first thing
the next Congress should do after or
ganizing, is, repeal REEDS tyrannical
and un-American rules, and restore 20
the national House OF Representatives
its character as delibcrative body,
sent to the capital by the people 70 leg
islate for the people. They can afford
to do this. but they cannot afford not to
do IL. The Democratic PARTY IS the
party Of the people, and We firmly be-
lieye the leaders OF the next Congress
appreciate and understand tine true
meaning of their great victory.
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