The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-24
An Obsolete Battle Cry.

When Mr.. Evarts arose to maun-
der through four hours Of senile
gabble about the measures adopted
in Mississippi for the purpose as
he contended, of thwarting the
popular will did it occur to him
that if the will of the people of
New York had not been rendered
Intellectual he himself would not
have been in the Senate to talk,
world without end,gof the sins of
other people? sJ
1t certainly required good deal
of assurance for of the two Repub-
lican Senators from a Democratic
State to stand up and abuse some
other State for not sending Repub-
lican Senators upon his mere sur
mise that majority of the people
of that State preferred men of his
party. In the case of Senator Ev-
arts, it is not matter of specula-
ton. The votes cast by New York
show that the State is Democratic
the greater part of the time. At
the election next preceding the
beginning of his term in the Sen
ate the State gave a Democratic
majority, and his presence in that
body now is wholly due to the op-
Grafton of q successful device for
thwarting the will Of the people as
to the Senatorship. His thorough
acquaintance with this fact should
have restrained him from the line
of argument which he adopted in
support Of, q bill which derives
every atom of its support from the
hope that it will be instrumental
in thwarting; the will of the people,
and which proposes to employ for
that purpose a combination of fraud
and force.
If the New York Senator had
looked about him when he arose to
speak he would have seen two Re-
publicans representing the Demo-
cratic State of Connec ticut, who
owe their seats to the methods
used by the Republicans Of their
State to thwart the peoples will.
They could have told him also that
the party back of them is now en-
gagged in keeping out of his office,
by revolutionary practices, Dem
ocratic Governor, elected by ma
jority of 26 and a plurality of nearly
1000 votes. He would have seen
two Republican Senators from
Montana occupying seats to which
two Democrats were elected. He
would have seen q much larger
number of Senators whose people,
since their election, have repudia-
ted the Republican party, and ex-
pressed their disapprobation of the
very measure for which Mr.. Evarts
was pleading. He would have
the empty seats of the two Repub-
lican Senators from New Hamp.
shire, who were at the Capital OF
that State for the purpose of pre-
venting the election of a Demo
cratic successor to one of them
thereby thwarting the will of the
people. He would have seen two
Republicans sitting for the doubt.
full State of Massachusetts,, and in
many respects nlisrepresenting the
wishes of the people, and especially
so with referelce to the Force bill
He would have seen two Republi.
cans misrepresenting the Demo
cratic State of Rhode Island, two
from the Democratic State of Mich
igan, two from the Democratic
State of Wisconsin, two each from
the anti-Repubiican States of Kan
sas, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Minnesota. He would have seen
the empty chair of Senator Farwel
who had gone home to defeat 6
Democrat for whom the State Of
Illinois had declared by 10000 plu
rality. He would have seen two
Republican Senators from Iowa
and two from Pennsylvania, both
of which States have elected Dem.
ocratic Governors since those Sen.
ators were chosen for the terms
that they are now filling out. But
none of these things would have
suggested to him, perhaps, that he
and his associates were intent upon
pushing through a measure calcu-
lated in the highest degree to
thwart the will of the people.
The Republican Leaders are but
repeating the old battle cries which
they employed when they had the
majority of the people with them
They appear unable to perceive the
incongruity Of invoking "the will
of the peoplep in behalf'of a meas
ure and a policy, that the people
that the people have repudiated
repudiated,
They ignore !, the''fa that they
themselves linger supert1uous on
the stage, with no mission and nc
object save to do what they can to