New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-04
MAY LEAVE THE DEMOCRACY
CNEASINESS AMONG SOUTHERN REPRE-
SENTATIXES.
SEEDS OF IDENTIFICATION sOwN WHEN THE
PARTY LEADERS ENCOURAGED TIE
III Nd T Nv No IT ~
IRY TELEGRAPH TO TIE IRlBC ~.

TINRDPARTY MOVEMENT.
IBY TELEGRAPH THE TMBUsE.1
Washington. April 3.-The symptoms Oh u'oaS,l'os '
among Democratic Representative from "'o "ou"'
are daily increasing In activity, ana arc epic"u'"e a.
all directions \ Southern Democrat yesterday sau
that he would not be surprised II a dozen or more OF
the members Of the House should follow the example
Of Mr. Winn OF Georgia, within tile next ie" d"Ss' anu
formally sever their relations with inc DVNo.
party lie mentioned the names OF seVerai Vi '"0
members from Georgia, Nor,h Carolina Sou'. OaA'
and Mississippi rs among The men VINO VIII seoeuo'
This Democrat declared that the polucal la'e anu
future of not less than forty Representatives from
Stu es south Of the Potomac and Ohio are In the hus
and at the mercy OF men who have decided 10 'hro"
of the Democratic yoke. Among other tmhss "e
said
"Tne National L,aders Of our party have uhuer,
estimated the force and strength asa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the nature and purposes Of this new political move,
ment In the south. If they had not done So anu hs',
not coqueted with and encouraged 1t ID inc hopo u
iniurinC the Republican party in the West. the present.
situation would not be 50 bad was carelui GU
server of the rise and spread Of the GIcenbacR oeN
which spread throughout the south ana "cst. """
made some headway even in Pennsylvania ana -na'"',
q few years ago. Our leaders then encourage" ,'"'
moyement I'm the vain hope that ii could be used 10
cripple the Republican party, ana they ala hot VI
their mistake until the close OF the Presdehual V'h
test OF 1850. In the meantime the Democratic ors~'"
izatn had become greatly denolszed. ana IL hhs ho'
vet recovered. Indeed. this new political moNe"e"'
in the south would never have gained It's present
strength and momentum il the seeds OF paft' ol>'"-
tecration had not been long ago by demagoI"es
q, omr own Iarty In Congress who pated the viewers
and the Donneys and the calamity howlers Oh ule
back and encouraged them. 1t seems 10 be the Iac
of the Democratic party since the War To take up WIFI
every pol teal freak and encourage and huor every
poltIcal hnatc it meetsa IN vain hope that II VIII
thereby be enabled destroy it, great rival and enemy
Every such Irritation and intrigue costs the Democrats
dear and leaves them i'm worse position thah BEFORE
do YOU think that the Democratic electoral ticket
vrill fail TO carry any Southern state on account OF
the Third party movement asked the lnDuho COT
no: believe that we shall hold the south SOLID
this ,ear-unless we lose or two states ON III,
dustrjal issues do not expect that the Pres ieiuii
CANDIDATE of the third party Will receive any elec'Oa
votes either from the West or south; nor 40 Dc
lieve that the Republicans will carry any southern
State on account of the Democratic DIVISIONS Ill te
south But | do believe that the Democrats VIII
lose twenty TO thirty seats in the House OF hepr
sentatiyes from this some of these seats VIII
he gained by Republicans but majority OF them VIII
he filled BY Third party men. II may seem 10 De IN
absurd prediction. In view OF our big majority IN ts
Congress but ] believe that the next House VIII De
controlled by the Republicans. else the Ihiiu parry
men will hold the balance Of power and dictate the
organization and policy OF that body