The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-23
In n Sorry Plight.

The great Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives is in sore
trouble. 1t is divided against itself.
The Hill-Cleveland-Mill wing has re-
ceived a terribly black eye; and the
South and free silver wing is in the sad
die. The feeling Of bitterness against
the Hill-Cleveland wing is illustrated
by the following dispatch, sent from
Washington two days before Crisp's
election, to the New York Times, a
strong Cleveland paper:
Gen. Villas, Don NJ. Dickinson, and,
later on, and in his own way, Senator
Palmer, have expressed the opinion that,
If the caucus should nominate Crisp for
speaker, the party might as well give up
all hope OF hereafter carrying anything In
the Northwest. The disruption of the
Democratic Party In Illinois" will be but
a part OF great disruption. There is now
intense indignation among the Democrats,
who have been convinced that the Crisp
candidacy has been scheme of marplots
like German and Hill TO wreck the Demo
cratic party, and the intimation gwen to
some of the weak congressman, that they
would expose themselves to Iaking at
home next fall If they presumed to lun for
Congress, has led them to halt in their de-
termination TO support the candidate OF
the Atlantic and Gulf states as against the
candidate of the whole country.
But here is another dispatch-full of
dependency and even more significant
than the other-from Washington to the
st. Louis Republic, another Cleveland
organ:
The pressure from the outside is still
very great. Cal. Brice, who ravors sub
sides, fat appropriations and high tariff
on the industries in which he is interested,
has his agents here working for Crisp.
Senator German is in active charge of the
ri oil
b. Hall, of New York, are squirting on
Crisp's followers. In tact, everybody who
has an interest in the lobby, who favors
big appropriations and liberal steals and
retr0grade movement on tariff reform on
the part OF the Democratic party, is back
ing Crisp. Senator Carlisle, a far-Seelng,
prudent, conservative man, said last night
that the election of Crisp would cost the
Democratic party 500, 900 votes at the next
national election. 1t is believed now that
the danger point of Crisp is over, and many
of h hackers, especially his chief hackers,
are still working with might and main,
with every influence ut their disposition to
defeat Mills. They know that the Texas
statesman is the foe of iObbery in every
form, that he is the foe of tariff robbery, and
that public plumber would have poor
chance under his administration of the
House of Representatives., But the CO.
hesive power OF public plumber is very
great, and con 5equt ly Mills friends are
still apprchensive though hopeful.
So we have it on the authority of SEN
ator Carlisle. "a far-seelng, prudent
conservative" Democrat-that the Dem
ocrats will lose 500, 900 votes next year
on account Of the election of Crisp. AS
the loss of 500, 600 Democratic votes will
give the presidency 10 the Republicans
beyond peradventure, the Republic
ans are especially thankful for the cleo
ton of Mr.. Crisp. Five hundred thou
sand votes is great help in times like
these, and will put the Republican par
ty square on its feet.
The editorial wall of the Newport
Times, since the election of Crisp, is in
this pathetic language:
The election of Mr. Crisp by the coali-
ton of the demagogy of Hill, the spOils
mongering of Tammany, the protection
ism of German and Brice, the half-corrupt
Mathematical free silver movement and
old South. must inevitably "give pause to
the men who have believed that the DEM
Ocratic party would be fit inStrumentali-
ty for the accomplishment Of tariff reform
and for the clean and honest administra-
ton of the government