The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-12
TOM REEDS TURN.
THE NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESS
HE WILL PRESIDE OYER.
WHAT CAUSED THE LANDSLIDE.
A General Summary of the Result oil ines-
days Electien-Hh hat was the cause Oh
ItAny Hay?-It il All One way.

IL Il a veritable political cyclone which
has swept over tae land. Everything has
gone republican. The democratic majority
of ninety in the house of representatives
has been shattered and there will be Few
democrats except from the south in the
paxt congress Many of the stately oaks
NJ the democratic forest have fallen in the
path of the storm. Little fellows have
been. swept ruthlessly aside everywhere.
The great army OF democratic congress-
men has been decimated. It is now but
small company.
The populists have been swept from the
face OF the earth. They get but few rep
resentatives from the south. and so few
from the west that they can be counted
upon the fingers of one hand. Jerry Simp-
son and Davis and all their leaders have
succumbed TO the republican tidal wave
which has swept over the land and destroy
ed all other political parties in its path.
IL has been more destructive to the de-
mocracy than was the democratic wave
which followed the Reed congress and the
Mckinley tariff law TO the republican
party.
But this overwhelming overthrow of the
democratic party Is only another Instance
VI the truth OF the assertion that no party
can go TO the country in defense of given
tariff law and succeed. In the history Of
this country no party in power has ever
passed 4 tariff law without being removed
from power 10y the people at the next cleo
ton. Il Is an unbrOAen rule. When the
democratic house passed the Mills bill the
people elected a republican house at the
succeeding election. When that repuD-
lean house PASSED the Mckinley bill the
people swept II aside the overthrow OF
the republicans then was almost as COM
4 n.ss 1f
dag.
At that time the people OF Mckinley's
district In Ohio. defeated him for congress
because al has extremely hIsh tarIn views
as Incorporated ia the bill winch bore his
name. This time the people OF wilson's
district. ia West Virginia, removed him
from congress because of the low tann
views wngcI were Incorporated IN his bi.i
With MCKINLEY. four years ago, many of
his clset iledtSssants ieii ucGOre tne psaiiots
of the people. Nsth Wilson THIS TIME goes
down all tne democratic congressman from
MS SGAtc assI Ss4cn utmocTatac IeIuerS OF
the house as Outhwa4Ie, MonIsOmery,
IsIaud. CUMMINGS. hasch, SIcAies, risott,
sSEseFry. BIUuAsusre. IUm Johnson. E.s-iOe,
s,pEA..gr. o4u.ey. Tracey. DOct.ery, Bynuan
and even William ;. homan, the
democratic war horse ami watcn-
dog 81 the treasury, who ms
unsmterruptcuiy represented line four,n
distract 81 Indiana az the house Tor tnarty
years. The deAocr.tc Lu~ab-rS OF tie
ways and means committee. who aide4 AIr.
wilson IN drafting a neW tstriit BAL, wan
two .NCepsIoE-s. Viii not Ge ma the next
house. sine reJ.rsu Voluntarily, some were
defeated for denomination ANA utnCTs We're
turned down tuesday. isut Turner anu M
Ni.nn Remain 70 tel the ta.e ami Turner
failed 0f election - the senate here an MS
own state.
and what does II all meln2 Not that the
cOJntry Is opposed - lover tariff scnedu es
than have btyn IN existence. BUt that 40
ms nor parry can draft fuil anu com
g1ete Iaram IIiI which IKE people OF the
country will accept Tacy wii' ami more
unsatisfactory features in IL than satlsfLc-
tory ones.
But while tariff bills have always Led TO
the defeat Of the parry which drafted them
while u is a rule without exceDtion-tnis
great repaid. -an cyclone which has swt ~
over the land is Cue TO many causes Ev-
cry political student VIII assign a cause.
- a matter Of fact. there are many. Tlc
chief one is perhaps tnr lack of harmony
which has existed wIthin the democratic
party. In control OF every branch of tine
governments. the democratic executive and
legislative branches have been constantly
~ war ar. Cleveland has molestly at
tempted "a he Lot.. lie has net only run
the executive branch. but has attempted
10 dictate TO congress. Congress having
rebeaed the, rupture became 80 great that
tn people III inc country became some
what disguised with the pickering e.pe-
c.aly that between the president and the
senate
However that may have been. every one
admits tEat the recent acts o. Mr. Cieve
land hai much t. do VITA the landslide. in
stead Of aidlES his party in Tuesdays eiee-
tion N his Own state Of New York. his re-
fusaI to speak out in favor OF the demo
cratic cand dates was construed. and justly
80. as a desire On his part To see them de-
Teste-i While he might not have been able
10 save Eui. he could have saved several
a. tine defeated Democratic candidates for
congress. Instead Of doing il IA spent MS
tImc ishlng a. E-uzzarj's lay and never
raisei has hand ~ voice In save tIe party.
Wl.i n nase IN its L. der and tl'e p sidelt
al The Ulltet States. from ,eteat.
The returns uP 70 date show that the re-
puh!icans nave an overwhelming majority