Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-05
, GREAT CONSPIRACY THwARrRD.

Inc most essentlal pOlnt IN the re-
markable political victory just achieved
by the people is the breaking down OF
great conspiracy against popular govern
ment, whereby the United States senate
was to have been indefinitely controlled
by the Republican party.
A general scheme Of gerrymander can
always be made very formidable ad-
vantage by a party long in power; and
gently used everywhere it could work
them help. In several of the old states
they were able, year after year, to elect
senators in the face of popular vote.
In Connecticut, for instance, there eS-
listed state of things which shamelessly
robbed the people of their plainest right
and privilege; and it has been continued
so long that it has seemingly become
useless to cry out against the abuse.
In Delaware one Republican senator
had been secured, and it was only for
the hoped-ior advantage in this direc-
ton that any serious fight has been
made in that state. But, plain as were
all these signs and the tremendous
efforts mada by the Republicans, as a
general policy, to control the senate, it
was not till four years ago that the full
and desperate purpose Of that party
could be measured in all its bearings.
Then an open defiance of the will of the
people was declared. There was no con-
cealment of the meaning of it among the
bolder of the party managers. There
has just come to light the utterance of
mined party leaders this country has
ever aeen. 1t was {. bold and-as it now
appears an authoritative declaration
OF the party's purpose to set up the GEN.
ate as barrier to the will OF the people.
In 1888, after the presidential election,
this man said
1--WE have now the political control
of the nation in our hands for long
time in the future. We shall, as soon
as the next congress comes together,
proceed to admit four new states. We
shall carry at least three and probably
all four OF them. Then the new census
will give US greater strength in the
electoral college. With this and the
added electoral votes that the new
states will bring, the probability ia that
we shall have the next president. II we
do not, the senate will be ours. 1t cannot
be taken from US. We shall hold it
permanently, and, however much the
Democrats may control in the house,
they cannot get one their measures
through while we retain the majority of
which we are Hure in the senate"
The popular vote was getting to be
strongly aganst the party in power.
The house Was even then against it,
had been several times and was likely
to be often again, If not permanently.
In word, the Republican party was
discredited as to ite legislative and gen.
eral policy. The house, fresh from the
people, was not to be permitted to egis-
late for the people, but must be over
borne by the senate, which is not only
not elected by the people, but is in no
wise in direct and constant touch with
sEem.
And now, what was done in pursuance
of this threat above quoted? The first
step was to be the admission of five ter
ritories as states to the union which
would elect-Dakota being divided for
this purpose-l2 new senators. Several
of theee had not sufficient population to
entitle them to a representative in con-
gress, and in many ways scarcely
in condition to be benefited
by statehood; and yet there
were taken into the union and given an
equal senatorial representation with
out delay or question five territories ad-
mittedly Republican, while another
larger in population than any but two
of these was rudely discredited and de-
MED a fair hearing for admission be-
cause it was feared it might turn out to
be Democratic in complexion Il was
the full intention and expectation to
control these new acquisitions and one
or more OF the small, and thus easily
manipulated states, like Delaware, for
instance, and make them into a solid
body OF eighteen senatorial votes, and
these would insure the party against en-.
tire loss Of political power.
1t could not prevent the people from