The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-26
A nAMunno,ls saAsomrry,

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 A DANGEROUS MAJORITY.
 Already some of the Republicans are shivering in anticipation of the trouble likely to come to their party from the unwieldy majority they will have In Congress. The Hartford courant declares that 'It is much too large for safety" and no doubt they will lind 1t so before they are done with 1t There will be many new members whose very numbers will be bar to calm deliberation and careful legisla- tion. but aside from this is the well known fact that an oversrown major ity may become a reckless and head strong mob in eftect.
 We doubt whether the Republicans in the House will have leaders capa- ble of guiding and controlling such a mass of material as they will have. This great and controlling body of leg islators will look on the result of the election as a license to do just as they please and to run riot under what they consider the authority delegated to them by the people. If they take this view of their election and their num- bers they will be difficult to control by their leaders and their acts may be dangerous to the peace and good of the whole country.
 And there Is another cause for dread on the part of the Republicans lying in this great and probably unwieldy majority. and that is the possible effect 1t will have on the future of their party. Two years hence there is to be another election for members of Con- gress ,and 1t is but four years till we are to have another general shaking up in the shape of a Presidential con- test Upon the course and conduct of the Congress and administration just elected will largely depend the fate of the Republican Party two or four years hence. The American people have a somewhat uncomfortable habit of remembering the acts of their ser- wants and a way of punlshing them for unfaithfulness to the trust reposed in them.
 And so it may very easily hap pen that this big majority. rendered reckless and intolerant by what they consider an almost unprecedented en- dorsement, may get on the high horse and carry themselves with so little rec gard for the good of the public and the country that they will be invited to step down and out when the people get a chance to settle with them. This is a possibility and a contingency that thoughtful Republicans foresee, and they are dreading the consequences. Conservative newspapers' like The Courant see the danger and are already cautioning their party against 1t. In the phenomenal success of the Repub- licans lies one of the hopes of Democ- racy. If the former, with all power in their own hands do not commit some grave blunders 1t will be a wonder. and against that danger The Courant would warn it's party friends. saying:
 The suggestion that this is a good time for the Republican Party to think cannot be gainsaid. The more think ing-real, hard, sober thinlKlng--a poe litical party does at all times, the bet ter for 1t and for the immensely im- portant public interests with which 1t has to do. Take heed how ye hear, said the Teacher. T1ke heed how ye think. might well be said to every Republican politician whom these post election days find in a place of influ- ence anu responsibility. Foolish, vain glorious thoughts at this time would be worse, if possible. than no thinking at all.
 Unfortunately for them. and forum ately for the Democrats and the coun- try. a large and self-satisfied majority Is not much given to calm thinking They are so much elated over what they have accomplished and so san guine over what they expect to do that conservative thought and action are not the rule. It will be right and pa triotic for Democrats to try to prevent any dangerous legislation. but 1t will be right and natural for them to take advantage of all blunders and acts of unwisdom on the part of the enemy. That Is good policy and Justiflable pol tiles. The good fortune over which Republicans boast may be the means of their undoing. s