The herald., 1893-11-11
ALuRID POLITICAL HoRoscoPH

| Colonel Blanton Duncan Gives the Reins
to His Prophetic Instinots-A Vivid
Picture of What IL Ahead According
to tho Coionel's Wow of Matters.
EDrroRs HERALD: You misconceive
my letter OF October 23d the Senators
Teller and Wolcott. said nothing
about the strength OF the third party. =
On the contrary there will be but two
contesting parties ''if the people are
true to themselves"
The source of danger to the south has
been the tremendous preponderance Of
the northern states in senate and house.
The chief protection to the south here
tofore has been in the rules OF the sem
ate, by which force bills and other min
GUS legislation might be checked and
prevented. The house has shown what
it will do when any majority demands
action by its course on the repeal biils--
q standing menace to the most vital in
terests OF the aouth--fully as despotic
as that pursued by Speaker Reid. All
this is thoroughly understood in every
southern state. Self protection demands
prompt action and you will see that it
is certainly to be taken. II the south
ern Democrats do not pursue line OF
conduct in touch with the peoples views
and demands. the Populists taking up
those issues will carry every southern
state ultimately.
The disruption OF the Democratic
machine is unquestioned. Deceit and
treachery are no longec to be tolerated.
for II it is, then assuredly will the power
sxx~ hAA Ac pf hA
gold ring, Democrats and Republicans,
truction of the union.
Southern Democratic leaders (unlike
myself, for have always known better)
have relied upon the northern machine
Democratic leaders to defend them in
time OF necessity--and that has just
now beer shown to be broken read.
To complish their present purposes
the northern senators, under the admin
istration's command. have not only de-
manded coercion OF the senate, but are
/. rabid to change the rules, and place all
sections of the union under the control
of that portion embraced between the
Mississippi river and the Potomac and
the Atlantic ocean-the south then es-
sentially at the merGy of radicalism
whenever that party and its gold Demo-
cratic allies again secures possession of
the government. Evidence of which in
the late enormous majorities point to
their probable success in 1896, to gain
every branch of the government, house
included. The only possibility of &C.
complishing their defeat will be new
alignment on Democratic principles;
and then the struggle will be gigantic.
A division of the elements opposed to
republicanism and goldocfacy secures
power to that party for 20 years to come.
New York politics have been carefully
injected into Democratic management.
Tweed's rule OF combining Republicans
to aid his Democratic tools has been in
full force since Cleveland assumed power
in 1884. and carried out his policy, not
by Democratic senators, but by Stan
ford, Sherman, Hoar, etc. Gould paid
vast sums to both parties, and was al
ways .for Gould and Erie"
So the Democratic machine is now 10
the hands of euch men as Cleveland,
Hill, Tammany, Villas, Whitney, Voor-
hees, Palmer, McP etc.. who will
will asser the right to use it for their
own peculiar advantage, the mockery of
platform straddles still 10 be yearly pa
raded.
keeping the promise to the ear and
breaking it to the hope"
Will the American people be 80 utterly
vile and cowardly as to submit to this
course? think not. And equally will
the honest Republicans accept an op-
porturity when offered to overthrow
John Sherman and his 81 senators, who
defied the will of the masses, as ex-
pressed in their Minneapolis platform,
and united under Cleveland to bring
calamity, distress and ruin upon our
own country for the benefit OF foreign
nations?
More essentially than ever in our
history should be the rallying cry:
America for American" II we fail
and falter now, in this climax, the turn.
ing point will be downward. and we will
go to decadence and destruction certain
as the day exists.
The majority in the house. despite the
corruption and bribery. was steadfast by
its vote against the administration, Ill
to '103. The radical contingent of 107
under Reed carried the administration
through.
The ms sjority OF the senate Democrats
are against Cleveland; largely go at the
beginning of the session.
Who represents the Democratic party
and is entitled to speak for ii?
Cleveland has destroyed by his acts
the Democratic majority in the senate
to be followed by defeat in the house
and in the executive. The banner has
been double headed vulture dixie that
of despotic Avstria) the army marching
under the joint leadership OF Cleveland
and Sherman. German on the day of
repeal gave the true inwardness.
1.-The president was compelled to take
the terms offered by the senator from
Ohio; that senator held the key of the
position. You (addreesfng Mr.. Sher-
mani dictated the terms to us. 1t was
the only thing we could get you to agree
to. 1t may be said in truth that large
majority OF Democratic senators were
against the unconditional repeal even
of the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act. 1t was believed and | state it as
fact plainly to everybody, that a Clear
majority of this body was not in favor
of unconditional repeal but wanted some
modification. Those of US who intended
to vote for its final passage, that we
were in the minority and the delay