New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-10
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o., Virginia. Ia chairman is brought face to
..os with an entirely new political situation
=. which causes II great and increasing uneasi-
All the estimates made down TO three
,,on.hs ago gave the Democratic leaders great
,Ad.nce that they would control the next
uouse Of Representatives, and less than three
,-.eks ago Chairman Faulkner treasured fall
..,g and frightened Democrat thus: I'VE are
.,rs n have from twenty to thirty majority in
~. nex, House. and that will be really better
.,on the eighty majority we have In the pres
ent House"
,hasa estimates were predicated upon the belief
.na expectation that they would find no dmcuity
tn carving all the Southern districts they now
hold leaving to the Republicans bare half
ao,an. and that they could carry at least sixty
i've Northern districts in lieu Of the ninety-one
that they carried in 1892 which would give them
a clear majority of sixteen over all But the
nembers Of the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee have received advces within the last
cav a,vs which have seriously weakened their
confidence in the expectation that they will be
.uo 70 carry either l2l Southern districts, or
ssxtv-dve Northern districts. Most dsquie'ng
-sports have been received not only from West
Virginia and MARYLAND. but also from Virginia
each and all Of these States have come reports
from trustworthy Democrats of apathy and dis
affection in the Democratic ranks. and now comes
tho wholly unexoected threat OF bolt in Louisi-
ana which. II executed. will cost the party three
coats IN the House which had been counted on
as surely as the seven Mississippi districts.
THE GOVERNOR TO THE BREACH
81 threatening is the Democratic situation in
MARYLAND that Governor Brown is to make
.s,umpjng canvass In behalf Of all the Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress. For the hrst
time In many years Senator German Will be un-
able to take any active part In Maryland poht-
cal campaign on account of the condition or MS
health which demands a long rest and complete
abstinence from all active participation IN the
management Of political campaign. This CIR
cumstance the members OF the Congressional
Committee regard as all the more unfortunate
because. it is understood. they have received ao-
vices from trustworthy Democratic sources that
a great many of Senator Germans political ana
personal friends. who have always heretofore peen
active and effective workers in polucai cam
paigns. have shown strong disposition 10 re-
fr.in from doing anything this year on account
OF the bad treatment he has received al the hanos
NJ the Administration and Administration Demo-
Gratis The strength and bitterness OF their re-
'sentnent 1t is represented can hardly be ex-
argerated and unless Il can be modified, they
may not only decline to take any active part IN
the campaign. but forget or neglect. to vote on
Election Day
THEIR APPEALS OF NO AVAIL"
There Ia another Democratic element in the
state with which Senator German is In SYM
pathy which is strongly disaffected and inclined
not only to refuse to vote for Democratic can
didate for Congress- but to vote for a Republican
candidate. 1t consists of a large proportion OF
the coal miners and operators Of the Cumberland
region and is reported to be strong In NUMBERS
and pol,tica influence When Mr.. Walbridge Of
New-York. who represented the btumnous mines
~ the Cumberland region. was before the Ways
and Means Committee OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives on September 49, lsss he said that the
comnanies he represented employed upward OF
10000 men directly: that these men were men OF
families. and many OF them owned their own
homes and were as intelligent and well-informed
as any citizen in the United States On the same
dav there appeared a strong delegation repre-
sentirg 5000 miners In the Georges Creek nstrlcI
in Allegheny County, Maryland, and they, as
workingmen, also strongly protested against any
reduction in the duty of 70 cents n ton, which as
they declared would bring distress 10 them and
their families. Their appeals fell upon hostile
ea-s and the Wilson bill went to the Senate with
q provision transferring coal 10 the free list And
afterward the House. after. its Democratic con-
ferrees had for weeks fought Senate amend
ment reducing the duty 10 40 cents ton. Votea
for the whole bill as amended. and then within
two hours passed 'popgun Tree coal oiii anu
sent 1t to the Senate
THEY HAVE CAUSE TO FEAR.
Bearing all these facts in mind II does not
seem strange that the members OK the Demo-
cratic Congressional Committee shouu ho"
feel considerable degree OF uneaslness' IN re-
card 10 Democratic prospects in Maryland. es-
pecialy in view Of the further fact that nearly
all the Democratic leaders Of high and low de-
gree bav. declared that only "the first STEP has
been taken, and that the fight shall he waseo
unit, "tbe last vestige OF protection shall have
been destroyed"
II the situation and prospects In Maryland
cause the members OF the committee to reel
grave uneasiness. their msgivings must De eve"
stronger when they turn to West Virginia iro'H
which State Chairman Faulkner halls. Inc peo'
pie OF that State have an infinitely greater III
terest In the prosperity Of the coal ana conc II"
dustry than have the people OF Mar 'sNu
cause It covers much wider area anu "'""'
more people are dependent upon II TOT s"ppo'e
10 important and necessary Is TX 10 '"eh "
nistence. TO say nothing OF their co''''oi
eppiness. that the Democratic Governor ~ ~"
State felt II his duty TO come to Washington an.
Protest not only against free coal, but asa"''
any reduction Of the duty thereon A"'o"e
other thinss this Democratic Governor saio'
do ask that this committee will not Ia! ID.
0s hand upon the industry which Will paLat sa .,
my beautiful State, and will render s'eine -, -.
1ar valleys know the people OF west VIZ s th.
know the miners Of West Virginia know .n'
coa iand owners Of West Virginia, ana l N hor.
.he men who dig the coal and they are W. Te.
touay: DO know the store keepers III W." W,
virginia and In fact know the people from III