Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-11-25
MUST SHOW THEIR HAND
DEMOCRATS CAN NO LONGER
DODGE E1PONeIBlllTY.
They Now Have tbs Power 20 Ran tAe
Nation Accerdlng TO Their Own Ideas,
But tho Party Will bs Held - Ac-
count.
Faii Democratic Coasrol.

On March 4, 1893, for the tlrst time
since the earlier half OF Buchanan's
administration, the Democrats will
find themselves In power slmulta.
ne0usly In both the Legislative and
Executive branches of the Govern
ment. The Congress which entered
into power with President Buchanan
on March 4, 1857, was the Thirty-fifth
Congress. In the preceding Congress
the Democrats lost control of the
House Of Representatives, the foes OF
slavery extension, who ultimately
adopted the name OF Republicans,
getting into power and electing Ma
thaniel p. Banks Speaker. The
Democrats regained control In the
House In the Thirty.fifth Congress,
which lasted from 1857 to 1859, but
they lost that body In the Thirty
sixth Congress, which extended from
1859 to 1861, when Lincoln entered
the Presidency. The Republicans
held tie House until the end OF the
Forty-third Congress, on March 4,
1876. Throughout the whole
OF Buchanan's administration,
and for many years before, the
Democrats dominated the Senate.
The power which the Democrats lost
in the House in 1859 they regain,cd In
1875, in the Forty-fourth Congress,
and that which they lost In the Sem
ate ln 1861 they resumed in 1879 in
the Forty-sixth Congress- The latter
body In both branches was Demo-
cratic, but the Republicans under
Hayes had the Presidency, the two
years comprising the life OF the Forty
sixth Congress being the latter half
Of his term. The Democrats never
had majority In the Senate since
then. That body was tie Ia the
FOrty-seventh Congress-, in the first
half OF the Garfeld-Arthur admins
tration, but the Republicans really
controlled it. In Cleveland's term,
from 1885 to 1889, the House was
with him but the Senate was against
him.
Thus the Democrats when they
step into power next March will have
sway In the Government such as
they have not enjoyed since 1859.
Thirty-four years will have passed
since they tasted the sweets OF abso-
lutte control Of Federal affairs. 1t is
a great privilege which IL accorded
to the Democracy, but 1t also carries
the greatest responsibilities. During
Cleveland's other term the party was
enabled to lay some Of the blame for
the errors in the management OF
governmental affairs on the Senate,
which was in Republican hands, but
that recourse will not be open to the
Democrats now. They have been
commissioned by the people to run
the nation according to their
own ideas Of propriety and expo
diency, and they will be held 10 u
rigid accountability for their conduct.
No shirking OF responsibility will he
possible for them this time. The
opportunity for them to assert them
selves Is as grand as ever was pre-
sented to any party in the country's
entire history. The policy Of the
opposing Organization has beec can
demned by the people, for the time
being at least, and they have been
told to bring forward their own poll
icy and refer 1t to the test OF actual
operation. Upon the use which they
make of their opportunities their
fate will depend. The policy which
they bring forward viii! be submitted
to the popular judgment, and ON this
verdict they will either rise or fall In
the public favor. r.-Gl0be Democrat.