Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-09-30
II UIH uIIe " dsu iii 3 uOH Ospi '1OPs'
HOPES OF DEMOCRACY.
CONGRESSMAN McMILLIN's BRIGHT
FORECAST OF HIS PARTY's
SUCCESS.
REPUBLrCANIsM'S DEAD WEIGHT.
He THINKS TIE RECORD OF THE LAST
CONGRESS WILL BREAK THE PAR
TY-PosITIoN OF THE Press
TAXATION AND THE FORCE
BILL-"MoB
RULE"

the warmest terms of the New York State
Democratic convention, which he attended.
1t was immense in size, he says. and splen-
did as regards the personnel of the mem-
bers. 1t was very great gathering of
enthusiastic Democracy. Mr.. McMillin
gives the highest Endorsement of Mr.. Flow
er, Mr.. Sheehap, and the other Democratic
nominees.
81 think" said the Tennessee Congress-
man to Post reporter aS the Metropolitan
yesterday, ''that the election in New York
will result in great Democratic victory.
New York is Democratic State, to begin
with. 1t elected Democratic Legislature
and majority of Congressional Represent.
atives last fall. The wave has not turned
back. The nominations are strong. The
State, too, is with the Democracy on the
tariff, force bill, prodigality, and other is
SUES of the last and this campaign. In ad
dition to this the people of New York are
very much wrought up over the loss Of the
Worlds FAIR, which they lay at the door of
Mr.. Platt and Mr.. Fassett. | believe this
will lose Mr.. Fassett many votes. There is
no doubt that the determination of these
and other Eastern Republicans to carry the
Fair away from New York had much to do
with the defeat of that city in the contest.
aWhat do you think Of the Republican
boast of the detection in BroGklyn?"
"The Brooklyn Democrats, Hugh Nc
Laughin and all the others, are loyal
Democrats. Their candidate, Mayor Cha
pin, know, and he is both a scholar and a
gentleman. His people were very loyal to
him, but Mr.. Mclaughlin told Mr.. Flower,
Immediately after the latter's nomination,
that Brooklyn would roll up greater
Democratic majority than ever. He voiced
Of J., IaIo
calculations based on detection in Brooklyn
will lead to dslusion. The Democrats
there will stand by the ticket. In addition
pail these, the effort of the last Congress.
which was in a measure successful, through
the Mckinley bill, to destroy the commerce
upon which New York and Brooklyn SO
largely depend, will be rebuked. The in
crease of taxation imposed By that bill, and
the restrictions it placed upon trade, win
cause many New Yo:k Republicans to vote
the Democratic ticket, especially in the
cities | have named"
Concerning the Sponsorship Mr.. McMil-
lin would say but little. He is willing to
let his friends do all the talking on that
subject. Of the outlook for Democratic
success generally, the Tennessee Congress
man talked enthusiastically and he had 6
vast array of facts and figures ct his
tongue and fingers ends as the reasons for
Lis faith.
"The Democracy will be successful this
fall and in '92." said he. 1.-THE situation
could not be more favorable for our party.
Let me give you some Of the many reasons
upon which l base this statement. First,
the Democratic party was moro triumph
ant last fall than ever before in its history,
and it was triumph that had no parallel
in the political annals of this country.
That victory was won when the linss were
closely drawn and the issues more clearly
made than they had been heretofore. and
its far reaching effect on the destinies OF
the Democratic party cannot be whistled
down the wind by the airy persifage Of
Republican stump speakers That revolu-
ton against political laundering and pros
perity- wrecking politicians resulted in the
Democratic party eleoting large majority
of the governors of States, gaining part
cf the United States Senate, ard getting
the greatest majority it ever had in the
House. This was accomplished, it must
DO remembered, when the Republicans held
every branch of the Goyernment-the Su-
preme Court, the Senate, the House, anc
the Presidential chair, and when we had,
therefore, to assault every stronghold and
bad no allies. We carried the country,
counting results in the Congressional dis
tricts, by more than half million MAORI.
ty.
s'Another reason for my opinion is that
the press, that great educator and moldeI
of public sentiment is with the Democracy
more solidly than it has been in halfa cen
tnry. In almost every city the majority OF
the great dailies is either Democratic out
right or independent with Democratic ideas
Tn ~ tho tofa
there is no such thug rs Republican daily
paper. To illustrate: In New York city it
is estimated that about million three
hundred thousand copies of newspapers are
issued daily. Less than four hundred
Thousand Of them are Republican. The
others are either Democratic or Independ-
ent, and ars vigorous in their opposition to
force at the polls and the unnecessary re-
strictions on commerce. Again, it has
been proved over and over again that the
educators il Our colleges are with the
Democracy as never before. Therefore it
is not an exaggerated assertion that nc
party can long live when opposed by the
great majority Of these printing and cd lea
ting influences.
'sBut aside from these, the record of the
last Congress is dead weight for the Re-
publicans. It broke their party last fall,
AMI will do ii again in 1857. mat congress
was the most reckless and prodigal ever
seen. 1t spent moro than a billion dollars
-two.thirds of all the United States money
in existence. It was not the case Of one
p-odigal son, but that of a whole family
prodigal, Are you surprised at hard times
when by reason of these expenditures one.
third of all the money in this country, and
more than half that in actual circulation,
has to pass through the hands of Federal
tax CATERER every yealP This condition OF
things is not consistent with prosperity. To
make the people believe to the contrary a
schemiug, interruptions Secretary Of the
Treasury is resorting to the plans of the
fakir, the juggler, the cheat, snd the high
waymen, and By cunningly cooked debt
statements and bulldoz ng circulars to bord.
holders Is trying to patch up the great hole
in the armor of Republican integrity. But
shs lance of Democratic honesty has already