The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-12-03
CONGRESSIONAL RETURNS,

The latest summary of congress
sional returns, says the Inter Ocean,
shows that the next house of repre-
sentatives will stand, Democrats, 2l9;
Republicans, 12S; Populists, s. The
Populists made much better showing
from the presidential than from the
congressional point OF view. General
Weaver polled over 100000 votes,
but the hope of having the balance of
power in the house was absurdly un-
warranted by the result. Not single
congressional district at the south was
carried by the new party. Even
Watson was retired.
Only one district east of the Mis-
souri, river was carried by the new
party. Minnesota elected one Popu-
list to two Democrats and four Re-
publicans. Colorado divided her two
between the Populists and the Demo-
Gratis; Nevada took her one Congress
man from the Populist ranks; Ne
braska elected one Democrat, three
Republicans, and two Populists, and
the Kansas delegation stands two
Democrats, three Republicans, and
three Popnlists. 1t will thus be seen
that all the eight come from strongly
Republican states. Two of the eight
come from silver states, and so long as
the silver question IS an open one,
those states will make everything sub
ordinate to free coinage. Nevada and
Colorado know what they want, and
labored under no Misrepresentation.
They knew that neither Harrison nor
Cleveland could be expected to ever
sign free coinage bill, and so they
were opposed to them both. Ia the
states of Kansas, Nebraska and Min
nesota free coinage was subordinated
to a general unrest beneath the
burdens incident to the adolescent
stage of development. Those states
have passed beyond childhood without
having reached their majority. The
eruption is rash that will soon dis
appear. Those pimples do not indi-
cate smallpox or even the measles.
Let them alone and they will soon
disappear. There is nothing at all
alarming rthe political condition of
those semi-pioneer states.
The northern states to show Dem
ocratic majority in the house are
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indi-
ana, New Jersey, New York, and
Wisconsin. The Indiana delegation
stands ii to 2, New Jersey 6 to 2,
Connecticut 3 to l, New York 20 to
IA, Wisconsin 6 to 4, California 4 to
8, and Illinois IL to 10. Thus it will
be seen that while Indiana is the most
Democratic of the northern states,
Illinois is the least so Of any in the
list.
There are five Republicans from the
states which once formed part of the
slave territory of the country, namely,
two from Missouri, two from Tennes-
see. and one from Kentucky. The
city of st. Louis is Republican, and
there is Republican section In the
northern portion of Missouri. The
Republicans have generally had ore
Kentucky district and two or three
representatives in Tennessee. Those
three states are strongly Democratic
without frauds or intimidation, and
have had fairly honest elections The
cotton states farther south are kept
solIdly Democratic by the practical
disfranchisement of majority of the
people, and not even the Populist
movement could make any break in
that solidity.
No doubt some Republicans will be
unseated. The present house elected
two years ago stands: Republicans,
SO; Democrats, 236, and Alliance, or
Populist members, g. The latter held
their xn, the Republicans gained 40.
This was large gain, but SO much
less than reasonably expected as to be
a grievous disappointment.
There are now four territories, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
All except the latter went Democratic,
and there will be a strong effort to
bring all except Oklahoma into the
sisterhood of states. This would be
especially calamitous in the case of
Utah, for it would probably have the
effect to give polygamy new lease of
life. New Mexico Is utterly unfit for
self-government, so large proportion
of the population consisting of "Greas-
ers." Arizona has too small popu-
lation now to constitute a state, but
has very considerable element of en-
terprise and intelligence. 1t is likely
to be Republican in 1896.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
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