Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-15
in ASSURED POWER
VOTERS HAVE GIVEN GOVERN
MENT TO DEMOCRATS.
History Simply Repeated Itself In the
Recent EIeetion-Natlpn Looks to
Party to Restors Proper
Conditions.

The house just elected will be the
ninth since the Civil wal to be con-
trolled by the Democrats. The Repub-
icans controlled both branches Of CON
gress during the war and reconstruc-
don until the of year in Grants sec
ond administration. Then they lost
the house to the Democrats, 107 tol
1858.
Two years later, when Tilden was
elected, but counted out, the Demo-
Gratis obtained control of both branch
es Of congress-the house ISL to 142.E
the senate 80 to SO. This lead conf
tfnued throughout the administration
of Hayes. The second congress of hisl
term included 14S Democrats to 129I
Republicans in the house and AL
Democrats to 80 Republicans In thel
senate. A Republican house was elect1
ed with Garfield, but the senate had
one more Democrat than Republican,.
David Davis of Illinois being classedI
as an Independent.
In the off year elections the Demo-,
cratic success of 1884 was foreshadI
owed by the election of a house with
a Democratic majority of "A. Cleve4
land carried with him a house Demo-.
cratic by "a majority, though the sem
ate remained Republican. The mid
term result upheld the administration
with a majority of Is Democrats I'M
the house. A Republican house was
elected with Harrison and helped
enact the Mckinley bill, which pro-
duced the greatest party reverse of a
generation. For the first time since
the Republican party had obtained
control its membership in the house
Tell TO less than one hundred. In the
congress elected in 1890 there were
236 Democrats to SO Republicans. The
Republicans still controlled the SEN
ate.
years later the Democrats had
the unique experience of controlling
the presidency and both branches of
congress. The house was Democratic
22O to 126, the senate A to SO. The
intersection of the free silver issue,
however, disrupted the party. In 1895
the Republicans regained control of
both branches of congress. The re-
cent election caused the first break in
a control that has lasted for 16 years.
-Four times in this period the loss Of
the m1d-term house by the party in
power has been the %forerunner of de-
feat in the next presidential contest.
IN 1874 the Democrats elected the,
mouse and two years later Tilden was
the winning candidate. In 1882 the
Democratic control of the house pre-
ceded the election of Cleveland. In
1880 the Republicans lost the house,
and W years later the presidency.
1894 the Democratic defeat implied
the Republican victory of 1896.
The two exceptions to the rule oc-
CURED in the mid-term of Hayes and
Cleveland's first administration.
But in the first case the Democrats
threw away their opportunity by the
impossible nomination of Hancock
and | n the second the new issue of
tariff reform complicated the situa-i
ton. Even so, Cleveland received
votes than Harrison, although a
majority in the electoral college was
him.
10 talk o. off-year results being of
significance as regards the next
presidential contest is to ignore the
political history of the United States
,or the last generation.