The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-11-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Interest Centerfmg on tHAe Cona-
ing Annual Message
tO Congress.
.MORTON7S THITEH0TSE wink
He Has Doodle and His Reg win Be On
Tap Again for Securing Votes
other Items Of Gem
eral Interest.
Waahlngton D. q. Nov.. ., IsgI.

Washington d. G., Nov, ., 1891
President Cleveland is quietly attend
ing to his official duties just as though
there had never been such thing as an
election He hasn't said word On the
subject to any one who had authority
to make it public, but it's certain that
he has been doing lot of thinking, and
those able to read between the lines viii
bc able to form pretty good idea ofthe
trend Of his thoughts whom, In a few
weeks, his annual message to congress
shall be made public. while he has said
nothing publicly, his closest personal
friends have loft the suppression upon
those with whom they have talked that
the president does not consider himself
in any way responsible for the unex-
pected democratic defeat.
While few democrats ofany prominence
care to be personally quoted ON the sub
leot of the elections, every one With
whom your correspondent has como in
contact agrees that tho greatest single
source Of democratic troubles has been
the lack Of harmony within the party,
which was made SO painfully apparent
during the last session Of congress. The
result Of the election Is merely an appli-
cation Of tho proYerb Omitted we
stand, divided we fall, and the lesson
must be taken 10 heart aud profited BY
II tho party calculates to 90 into the
campaign Of 100 with reasonable chance
to win, "a house divided against itself
must fall,n
Senator Faulkner, ehairman Of the
democratic congressional eampaigr cont
mittee, rises from the wreck TO say few
words, which are both explanatory and
wise. He says; "rhe history Of politics
will show that every landslide is the re-
suit of dissatisfaction, discontent and
want Of confidence Of the members Of the
majority party, whose action produces
the result that surprises aud astonishes
the people-not by yeting the opposing
ticket, but simply by remaining away
from the polls, The results Of this cleo
tion when asoeFtainea will, | am sure,
/ NNAltl bAAo NbAhAhAiNhf wv t}ANb go AttNhN
voters IN the country a. We had III '92,
who believe in the principles of Tho
democratic party, but tho recent busi-
ness paralysis, financial stringency,
economic legislation the benefits Of
which have not been developed party
dissentlons, examinations and recgimlna-
tious resulted In such apathy as to cause
the stay-at-home vote to produce the
surprising result That is my honest
Judgment. IL we hone for success in '96,
we should maintain with. iearlessness
aud determination the attitude we as
sumed IN '92i let personal and party
chickering's of the past bury their dead,
and unite in an earnest effort TO har-
monize those differences which have So
seriously affected our organization"
The returns from the elections we're
CALLING enough to democrats in WASH
ingtOn, but there was another thing con-
nected thGrewith that was even more
CALLING to democrats. That was, that
some of tho loudost cheers from tho
crowds which surrounded the newspaper
bulletins with all the eagerness Of
presidential election, when thenews was
favorable to the republicans, came from
the mouths Of republicans who hold
office under the democratic adminlstra-
tIon,
Tho friends Of Reed, Harrison and
Mckinley arc very much alarmed at the
prominence Of Morton as presidential
candidate, They know that Tom Platt
intended when he nominated Morton for
governor Of New York to push him for
the presidential nomination of his party,
he succeeded in getting him elected
governor, aud they know that MoFtop's
barrel win be On tap at the next repuhli-
can national convention, and they fear
Iit.
Iha Washington democrats, Whnall hcs
long 10 tho neYer-saydie family, think
1 they are playing ii hard lnck indeed,
this week They stood up under tho
election returns with an the stoiclsp
with which they have in the past received
long string of national defeaisI eom
iorting themselves with the reflection,
''we'll lick 'em next time, but they have
heard something since that has eapsed
them 70 uss Language nat annFepFiate
fer an address % Sunday sehpal class,
tew days ago man horn III Washing.
ton, and who has laen denqerat NJ 4la
i life, was appointed lassmasleg, the terul
nf the republican ipenMhent haFing ese
piroa, AS hs WIN VI ihe first ppstmAaisF
the local democrats hnes had slues the
war "A was peFieptlg aatnfal tliat some
Qf his aemocraile ffiepds Should egffl
tsig me hope ofsneeaeaiaR saHe of thn
numegoua republican emnisxfs % taf
posiQheeaiaar ilie ile'NeaFaiipp pesnHeaisf
! liakes bold 4id lHef a nafHFa ihHt es
should loes fogNsnl eiih plqaAafa " aa
pointing them y maN ae ima Blnpa iAeu
how flrF ANA hRA AlGfuifd fsai HeH
prdeF, AliGgad tlNael tA pahllaHa Az
ygner EHQsIa p ne te Fgfs
sio,, limiie9 ilia pafeA "a hs pas
waaleE n iie apagiHsisa q aheal an
men.