Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-30

Texans fortunes But, dear me! Mills
! goes far bevond the widest educational
visions of Grover Cleveland, while he is
| equally bent on committing his party to his
| opinions. Do not by this assume, nv dear
reader, that Mr.. Mills is a statesman of but
single idea. His repertory embraces q
| scheme for an income tax aud the free coin
age craze in all its sheenv glory He is a
crank on the general subject of legislation
Reversing democratic traditions, he be-
lieves the people should be allowed to do
nothing for themselves that Congress can
do for them. He is for all the rivers and
harbors and canals; for the Government to
reclaim the bottom lands of the Mississippi
by the construction of levees; for the scat
tering of seed corn and garden sass by act
of Congress; for running the cattle ranches
BY Governmental machinery; for butter and
egg laws to protect the dairy business, and
for almost everything under the sun that
tends to break the monotony of centuries of
conservatism.
If Mills were allowed to rewrite the Con-
stitution of the United States there
wouldn't be enough of the original docu-
ment left to make stickful of long primer.
1t Will be observed that Mills is man of
push, brains and ideas. When he is
Speaker, and 1 am assuming that he will be,
and gets that big Democratic majority In
working order through his committees you
will hear things hum.
A Guiding Hand Is Needed.
1t is fortunate thing for the country
that the power of the Democratic majority
IN the House of Representatives to do evil
is limited to the boundaries of the party or
ganization. 1t can only pass things. 1t
can only develop great schemes get
them on the statute books. But it will be
industriously devoted to record making
perhaps record sbreaking. 1t would be
pretty difficult for even tTo-thirds DEM
ocratic majority, however, to break the
record of the Reed House for general devil
try. If it succeeded in doing so the result
could not prove more disastrous to the
Democracy than the result of Reeds little
majority proved to the Republicans.
Nevertheless, good, conservative Democrats
everywhere must look upon the assembling
of such body with anxious forebodings for
the national Democratic future. They can
but sigh for guiding hand like that of
John G. Carlisle or the late Samuel j. Ran
dali and nervouslv await the issue.
The fact that Tammany Hall has been
taking hand in this Speakership fight
seems to disturb some people very much. 1t
will disturb the national Democracy still
more when the full scope of Tammany's
ambition becomes apparent. For it will
probably not stop short of seekingto con-
troll national legislation and the naming of
Democratic President Look out for the
tiger, gentlemen. However, if Tammany
does nothing more reprehensible than to
urge the selection OF Mr.. Crisp for the
Speakership it will scarcely iniure the ma
tional interests of the party. And if, after
all, Mr.. Crisp should be chosen Speaker
that unwieldy and dangerous majority
might not wholly succeed in kicking over
the Democratic chances for go There are
some political dangers more formidable
than the Tammany tiger, and chief among
them is a rantankerous Texan political
roustabout in the Speakers chair.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.