The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-18

Immediate revision Of the tarIRf
How do those Republican sheuters Ike
to see Democratic United States sen
ator from Washington who has courage
and sense enough to boast that IN this
worlds goods he is the poorest man ih
what has been facetiously described as
''the Millionaires' clubf' True, Gearln
was appointed to the senate and not
elected, but who appointed him? That
splendid Democrat, Governor Cham
berlain, a man by whom the people OF
the great northwest swear and who Is
| quite likely to be the next Democratic
nominee for vice president.
Democracy is dead, is It? The 81.
Louis Republic IL authority for the
statement that the Democrats OF iili-
nois feel so certain of electing the next
| legislature that already eight aspiring
Democratic statesmen are fixing to be-
come candidates for Uncle Shelby M.
| Cullom's senatorial toga. Now, men do
not fight each other in order to lead
forlorn hope. Consequently 1t must be
accepted that Illinois Democrats have
|
build their hopes. or course 1t would
he cruel to displace the venerable Shell
| by. who plumes himself on his strong
physical resemblance to Abraham Lin
coin and who has proved himself
marvellous success in office getting, but
IL the Democrats gobble the Legislature
he win have to walk the plank. Doesn't
the Illinois situation show that the
Democrats are plucking up resolution,
glrding up their loins and buckling on
their armor for great and, let us hope,
successful fight?
Truth to tell. the more the election
figures of 1904 are analysed the more
1t becomes apparent that though the
Republican majorlties were enormous
-abnormally enormous, IL such an ex-
preston is permissible : they really
won by default From sea to sea
Democrats stayed at h0me-thats all,
Roosevelt's lead over the Mckinley
vote of 1900 was not the natural In
crease of Republican votes. Roosevelt
had only 3S4,232 more than Mckinley
had four years before, but Parker had
1.292, ,007 less than Bryan had In 1900.
Does any sane man believe that any
considerable number of Democrats
voted for Roosevelt? II so. he has
faith that would remove mountains.
Does any man believe that Democrats
have confirmed habit of staying at
home? If so. he ought to be tapped for
the simples. The chances are decidedly
in favor Of the proposition that those
who stayed at home In 1904 will be the
first at the polls in 1906. Democracy
dead? Not very much!
A New Orator In the House.
The house of representatives Is said
to be severe critic. 1t also Is fair.
Pinchbeck orators and Pinchbeck
statesmen are ruthlessly turned down,
They are persona non grata, but
when a genuine orator or debater APP
pears he is hailed with delight, sans
ceremonie and without delay. Conse-
auently when young Fred lands of
Indiana closed his maiden spesch
everybody knew that he had won his
spurs and would henceforth be placed
on the roll of the house speakers worth
listening to-. His theme Ostensibly was
'The Distribution of the Presidents
Message really 1t was the insurance
thieves. Fred did scientific job Of
skinning Some of his eplgrams will
live, such, for instance, as those where
in he characterized Cassie Chadwick as
"the daughter Of the regiment Of the
captains of industry" and J. Pierpont
Morgan as 1.-The great International
kleptomaniac." Three yeafs.ago Fred,
who is the younger brother of Hon
Charles b. Lands, also representa-
tive from Indiana, defeated Governor
George w. Steele for the nomination
while all the world wondered. During
his first term In congress he never ss-
sayed to speak, but when he did speak
Just before Christmas, the house sat up
I suddenly and took notice.
When Hon. George Brinton McCleI.
Ian was inducted into the mayOralty
on New Years dag. he intimated that
in all human probability he was hold.
ing his last Office. He is only forty,
and it is sad to think that he is disgust.
ed with She game which he has played
with rare discretion and rare good luck.
While he was thus indicating his retire.
ment at the end of four years others
were predicting a most alluring polit-
ical future for him. II Mcclellan
cuts loose from his old fulcrum, Tam.
many, who Will furnish him another?
William Travers Jerome and Willian
Randolph Hearst are in possession Of
the anti-Tammany fulcrnm. All New
York's presidential aspirants cannot
use that one fulcrum-thats plain.
That neither Hearst nor Jerome will
relinquish his cogn of vantage to Nc.
Clellan Is equally clear.
Senator Reed Smoot Is finding Jordan
a hard road to travel True. he is still
in the senate, drawing his stipend and
discharging the other duties OF con.
script father, but he realizes that he is
permitted to remain solely because he
is a Republican and that had he been
a Democrat he would have been fred
long ago on the same evidence which
has been adduced. When Mr.. Smoot
thlnks>of ex-senator Kearns he must
feel like making an old proverb read
this way, Hell hath no fury like q