Evening journal., 1894-10-29

Delaware in tho Next oDsress.
A change Of only sb ut fifty Congress
sional votes in the whole country from
Democratic to Republican viii give the
Republicans control Of the next House Of
Representatives, aud there is not the
shadow Of doubt but that they will got
them, and more too. Oh this subject
the Philadelphia Times, warm sup
porter Of President Cleveland and an
ultra Democratic newspaper, says:
IN addition TO the ordinary causes which
generally bring an adverse Congress TO the
administration in power for the last two
years OF rs term, the great financial and in
dustrial depression of the last year or more IS
reasonably certain TO cost the party in power
many votes In every section Of the country.
ihere Ia every reason, therefore, to assume
thaE the new House will not be IN harmony
with the National administration.
The present House Of Representatives,
contains 1856 members, 2l9 Of whom arc
Democrats and It Is scarcely within the
range Of possibility that the political
complexion Of the next House Of Repre-
sentatives will not be reversed.
Upon a careful review Of the situation
as 1t appears to-day, even the most
prejudiced and interested observer will
be forced to admit that the Republicans
will control the delegations Of at least
twenty hve-some conservative author
tiles claiming thirty --of the forty-five
states Ia the next Congress.
Under these conditions 1t Is folly for
anybody to assert that, upon the election
Of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., may depend the
election Of a President should l5 be
thrown into the House Of Representa-
tives two years hence.
The fact Of the matter is that there Is
not a ghost Of g chance that the Elec-
toral College in the next Presidential
election will not agree upon President
Assuming that neither the Republican
nor Democratic electors In the next
Electoral College have a majority over
all the Third parties represented in the
College, either Silver or Popullst, would
undoubtedly cast their votes with the
Democrats. They would not permit the
election Of a President to be thrown into
q Republican House Of representatives.,
ard all talk Of the Bancroft pleaders and
orators on this subject should be dis
missed by the Democratic voters as
bosh.
Whatever may be the complexion Of
the next House there will be no attempt
at any further tariff revision Of a
radical nature. While minority might
be got together against the Wilson bin,
no majority could be got to 20 back to
the Mckinley bin and the couutry may
rest assured that there win be no de.
parture from the general basis of the
present law. Tariff agitation will doubt.
less continue In the next Congress. but
it viii accomplish nothing and whatever
may be the result In 1885, it is safe to
assume that there never will be any
higher tariff bill enacted than the general
features Of the present tariff policy Of tbs
government.
Thus In this campaign, SO far as the
Congressional fight Is concerned, there is
absolutely no Issue before the people
other than whether the ring shall OF
shall not continue TO dictate;the policy Of
the Democratic party in this state.
To vote for Bancroft is 20 vote for the
continuance In power OF bosses whose
grasp upon the body polite Is tighter
than was that Of the Tammany ring in
New York in the palmiest days Of Bill
Tweed.
To vote against Bancroft is to record
yourself in favor Of political purity,
good government economically admins
tered, rotation Of offices and not rotation
from office to office of the same men,
equality of taxation before the law and
al that these things imply.