The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-13
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
There Will Be Quite a Numb.T Of Them
in The Next House.

A Matter That is Attracting Much
Attention-what is to Be Dons for
Chairman Wilson.
washington. Nov. 1.-THE solid south.
solid no more That it Will be re-
claimed, and almost Immediately, no
southern democrat doubts. But its pres
-nt condition is interesting. In four Of
estates republican legislatures control
The wheels Of government. Thirty-six Of
lis 125 congressional districts are repre-
sented. or will be represented. by re-
publicans. In this lies the tale.
Not since the troops were withdrawn
from the southern states in 1877 has re-
publican representation in congress from
these states been more than trihing. In the
present congress there are six republicans
rspresenting southern districts Two of
these come from Eastern Tennessee; one
each from North and South Carolina; one
from Kentucky. and one from Missouri.
In the Fifty-fourth congress there will
be at least 81 republicans. and probably
more than this after the election contests
are settled. For Mr.. Reed and his fol-
lovers are not at all chary in the hand
ling Of election cases. OF these "A will
come from states which did not go out
of the union, but were, nevertheless, i'm
portant members of the political solid
south They are as. follows: Six from
kentucky; three from Maryland; ten
from Missouri; one from Delaware and
four from West Virginia, all border
states Fromthe states which seeded
North Carolina sends three republicans;
Tennessee four; Texas one, and Virginia
one The first two districts in Tennessee
and one of the North Carolina districts
have nearly always been OF republican
tendencies, being settled by mountain
GERS who opposed secession. This con-
fines the actual losses in the real south
to two districts in North Carolina. two in
Tennessee, one in Texas, and one in Vir-
ginia.
Notwithstanding this scaling down it
would seem that the power OF the south
is boken in it's hold upon presidential
nominations. 1t was only in its entirety
that its Influence was felt and with it's
electoral votes more or less of an I'M
known quantity, things viii probably
change.
Notwithstanding the almost general i'm
preston that the republicans have Sc
cured control of the Senate, the democrats
are by no means giving up all hope of
organizing that body themselves in the
coming congress. A total of eghty-siX
senators makes forty-five necessary to
perfect an organization. OF these the
republicans have forty-four, if Senator
Jones and Stewart of Nevada are counted
in. They need one more man, and Senator
PETER of Kansas, he of the long whskers,
is the one they are aEter. He has for the
most part voted with the republicans,
but his position in the coming fight is
by no means assured. He holds the bal
ance of power in his long, bony hand
That there viii be some lively bidding for
his vote is certain. Notwit outstanding all
the fun that is poked at him no one is
more assured of the kansans absolute in
tegrity than his fellow senator's. As they
cannot buy him with money, legislation
viii probably be the bait held out to him.
Whichever side offers the most desirable
legislation TO the party heTepresents will
probably secure his vote. Senators Cor
man and Sherman will doubtless head the
organization forces, and they have fire.
frequently said Mr.. PETER has never gone
back on a promise made to either party
in the Senate. They, therefore. know that
he will not attempt to play both ends
against the middle in the coming fight.
The suggestion that Mr. Wilson may sue
ceec Attorney General olney in the cab
met is but an indication of the general
feeling here that the President will take
care OF him. No one knows exactly how it
vii be done but Mr.. Cleveland has never
allowed as. great q friend OF the Demo
cratic party as William L. Wilson to go
unrewarded. There are no importan am
basadorhips to be filled, and though there
are several well paying consulgeneral- /
ships vacant. 1t is more likely that Mr.
cleveland VIII endeavor to put the West
sirglna comInoner in q position where
his experience and intelligence will con-
unue TO make him an assistance 20 the
party and the government The proposed /
place in the cabinet seems to fit the oc-
easion exactly, but this, of course depends
on Mr.. Olney and not upon the President |
With the continued anG general opposi-
non to the attorney general and the OPP
poTtupites he is known TO have in his
private practice, it is not at all improba Bile
that the attorney General would be glad
Of this opportunity to step gracefully
down and out
In this connection it is Interesting to
look over the experiences Of former au- /
'hors Of tariff bills. Horizontal Bill Nor |
Fison was defeated for reelection and i'm /
mediately became, and remains still, a
yery prominent presidential possibility /
Mckinley of Ohio became governor of his /
state, ana LIKEWISE figures in his own party
as very available timber for 1895. Morri- /
son was defeated by Jehu Baker; Nc /
hln!ey succeeded by John @. Warwick |
Their constituents have found out by this /
HAe that hey exchanged giants for pig
mes. Has anyone heard of Baker or
" ar|ick? Will anyone hear of Dayton, /
ne successor TO Wilson? Will Wilson |
h-ore in the presidenta al race? These
@Fe interesting questions.