The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
REPUBLICANlSM DOOMED
Congressman Mcmillan, Of Ten.
nessee, Oh the Political
Situation.

a Washington correspondent vi TUG
St. Louis Republic contains an INFER.
estinc interview with Congressman
of Tennessee, who attend
ed the New York democratic STATE
After prophesying a
brilliant victory in that state in No
vember, he goes on to speak OF ma
tionsl politics:
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS ASSURED.
The democracy will be cce.sful
this fall and in 1862" said he. The
situs ton could not be more favorable
for our party. Let me give you some
reasons upon which l b Sc this state
m,nt. First, the democratic party
vas more triumphant last fail than
ever before in its history, and it was
q triumph that had no parallel in the
polit;c,l snnals of this country. The
victory was won when the lines were
closely d,sxp, and the is;ues more
clearly .nsdr than they had been
heretofore al it's far r, aching effects
on the des rs of the democratic
par,y, canno' E, whistled down by
the wind of th airy persifage of re-
publican stump speakers. That
revolution against political
laundering and prospe ity-
wreckiDg politicians resulted in the
Democratic rar.y eleciing a large
majority of the governors of states,
gaining part of the United States
Senate and get ing the greatest ma
iority it ever had in the house. This
was accomplished, it must be rem IA
bered, when the Republicans held
every branch Of the government, The
supreme court, the sena'e, The house
snd the presidential Gu 'ir, aid when
we had therefore to assault every
sir nghold aud had no al les. We
carrie the country. counting results
in the congressional districts, by more
than 500, 0OO majority.
"Another reason for my opinion Is
that the press. that great educst.r
and moulder of public sentiment, Is
with the democracy more so.idiy than
it has been in a ha t a century. In
almost every city the mi 'rity Of the
great dai les is either democratic out
right or independent with democratic
ideas of government. In many ofthe
states there is no such thing as q re-
publican daily paper. To Illustrate :
In New York City it is estimated that
about /, 300, 900 copies Of newspapers
are issued daily. Less than 400, 600
of them are republican. The others
are either democratic or Independent
and are vigorous in their opposition
to force at the polls and the unnsces-
sary restrictions on commerce. Again
it has been proved over and over again
that the educ ,tors in our colleges are
with the democrscy a. never before.
Therefore it is not an exaggerated
assertion that no party can long live
when opposed by the great majority
of these printing and educating in
fiuences.
REPUBLICAN, EXTRAvAGANCE.
but aside from these, the record
of the last congress is q dead weight
for the republicans. II broke their
party last fall and will do it agaio in
1892. That congress was the most
reckless and prodigal ever seen. Ii
spent more than a billion dollars
two-thirds of all the United State:
money in existence. 1t was not the
case Of one prodigal son, but that o.
a whole family prodigal. Are you sur
prised at hard times when by reason
of tn, Sc expenditures one-third OF al
the money in this country, more thar
bali that in actual circulation, has t.
pass through the hsnds Of q Fedora
tax gatherer every year? This con
dition of things is not consistent witt
prosperity. To make the people be
lieve to the contrary scheming, I'M
scrupulous secretary of the tres sary !
res:orting to the plans of the faker
the juggler, the cheat end the high
wayman, and by cunningly cookies
debt statements and bulldozing cir
culars to bondholders in trying t.
, patch up the great hole in the srmo
, of republican Integrity. Rnt the lane
Of democratic honesty has alread
. pierced those patches, and the publ
can see and is seeing what a gram
, old fraud the grand old party is.
"The demand Of the people for la
reduction was met by the last congress
l in an increase Of the rate of duty iron
40 odd per cent. to 60 per cent. Tn
! necessities of life suffered and tn
| luxuries we're lightly touched. 1t j
A ominous that Sherman, the Nestor
, and Mckinley, the Ajax of protee
ton, are now trying to evade the tart
issue and to shift the discussion t
silver anything to escape the issue
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