The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-08


! that she helped plan it, even if she did
not commit it. Yet the fact that she
has not been arrested shows that the evil
dence against her is very far from max
ing out even a probable case. AS for
Mr.. Morse, who barely escaped lynching
the other night, if the police have any
evidence against him they have kept it
locked up in their own breasts, for moth
ing has been made public to inculpate
| him, except the mere facts that he was
acquainted with the Bordens and occu-
pied room in their house the night be-
| fore the murder 1t is scarcely conceiva-
BILE that Miss Borden could have commit
ted the crime with her own hand, and if
she melted and planned it, it is quite
difficult to conceive that she could have
been able to hold out an inducement
strong enough to call to her assistance
MI. Morse or anybody else. Yet it can
be truthfully said that feeble as the evil
dence is against Miss Borden there is
more against her than against anybody
else.
The proceedings of the First session of
the Fifty-second Congress attest the utter
incompetency of the Democratic party to
do anything but throw obstacles in the
pathway of progress. Never was party
given better opportunity than was given
the Democratic party by the last Con-
gressional election The management of
legislation, as far as the House was con-
cerned, was placed more completely in
their hands than had fallen to the lot OF
any party for quarter OF century.
The opposition was so small thatit could
not, no matter what its disposition, seri-
ously thwart the progress of the major
ity OF prevent it from making any record
that it desired and was competent to
make. The country commissioned the
Democrats to legislate, removed all the
barriers and distractions which major
| tiles usually have to encounter, and
practically said to them, "Show us what
you can do. You have alleged that the
Fifty-first Congress was extravagant, that
it squandered the peoples money, that 1t
passed important measures without
sufficient consideration - now give the
scountry an object lesson in economy, now
afford the world an example of delibera-
tive assembly, debating each measure
with an eye solely to the public good"
| Where much is given, as in this case,
much is required, SO that to have come
up to it's opportunities the career OF
the Democratic majority of the present
House should have been not simply cred
| liable but distinguished. AS matter OF
fact, however, it's career has not even
been creditable. With opportunities to
do everything, it has done almost moth
| ing, and the work it has done is of such
character as to reconcile the public to
the paralysis which it has brought upon
| ITSELF Instead of economy it has pre-
sented the spectacle of appropriating
! $50, 600, 600 more than the corresponding
session of the last Congress, which the
Democrats dubbed the Billion Dollar
Congress on account of its alleged ex-
travagance. The only creditable piece
of work that the House did was the de-
feat of the free silver bill, and the credit
of that is largely due to the Republicans,
who led the fight against it and provided
part of the votes. 1t is safe to predict
that the career of the first session of the
Fifty-second Congress will not be a
theme which the Democratic stump
speakers will dwell upon when they
make their appeals to the voters.