Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-14

that the transactions RECALLED the
dizzy days Of l5s0 and lsol.
The common stock Of the New York
and View England Railroad was sold
twice over during the week. and
| in two hours on Thursday the traHssc-
tions In the other active stock OF the
week. Chicago Gas. squaled half It's out
standing shares and aggregated in money
- 800, 900 In neither Of these cases was
there any but speculative motive either
for purchases or the advance; but the
stock list. as whole, rose through the
week under the pressure and influence
| Of the wide causes which are leading
every where to the conviction that a
prosperous year ia before the country.
In his inaugural address Gov. McRln'
ley Of Ohio, said exactly the right thing
on the subject of re diztricting the state
In view Of the havoc made with its dis
trict lines by the gerrymandering Dem
ocrats. His mild but effective language
will be commended By high minded
men Of all shades Of opinion. You will
be required" said Gov. Mckinley, ad-
dressing the Legislature in joint con.
vention, 'sunder the new census to re-
district the state for representa-
tives In Congress. This will afford
you an opportunity to arrange the dis
tricts with fairness to all. Make the
districts so fair in their relation to the
political divisions OF our people that they
will stand until new census shall be
taken. Make them so impartial that no
future Legislature will dare disturb
them until a new census and new
congressional apportionmeut will make
a change imperative. Extreme partisan.
ship ia their arrangements should be
avoided. There is sense OF fair play
among the people which is prompt to
condemn fragrant misuse of party
advantage at the expense Of popular suf-
frage. Partisanship is not to be ciscour-
aged, but encouraged in all things where
principal is at stake, but a partisanship
which would take from the people
their i1st representations, as in the case
Of the congressional re districting by the
last Legislature, is an abuse Of power
which the people are swift to rebuke "
The free silver men of whom Mills
and Springer are good representatives.
are agreed that no free silver bill
should pass the House at this session.
There is first the certainty-that it could
not become g law while President Har-
rison ls in the White House; but there is
also the certainty-which is OF infinitely
more Importance to these free silver
state smen-t that the attempt to pass q
free silver bill would divide the Demo
cracy at most critical time. embarrass-
ing some very hopeful presidential
material and damaging the prospects OF
the Democratic party's carrying the
state Of New York next fall. These are
abundaptly sufficient reasons why Dem
ocratic politicians should desire to keep
the silver issue in the background, but
their fears and prudence are not respect
ed by the extreme silver Democrats of
the South and West, who believe that
cheap money is the root of all good and
hold that the chance Of getting it, even
with the present odds against them, is
OF more consequence to them than Sem
ator Hills presidential prospects. 1t is
a very pretty quarrel, of which Republic
cans are only interested spectators.