The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-04-08
A Democratic House of Repre-
SentativeS.

| that the next House OF RepreSenta
tives win be Democratic; and thi
belief accounts for the desperate
efforts of the President and th'
Republican leaders to get through
now such administration and party
legislation as may be desired.
Having concluded that the next
house will be Democratic, the Re-
publicans are not only preparing
for the inevitable, but are already
fixing up defense and an explana-
ton to the people to show why
they have been defeated. In this
they propose to go the extreme
length, and will seek to prove that
their defeat is a Godsend in dis
guise, the very best thing that
could happen To them, and assur-
ing ruin to the Democracy. They
make a plausible showing In the
matter, but only plausible. 4
Democratic victory in the coming
elections will do the Republican
party world of good, is the way
the average Republican paper fig
ures it out, for it will remove Can
nonism as an issue, it will put the
blame on and eliminate the insur-
gents, and it will bring forth a
new set of Republican leaders. of
which the party is sorely in need.
Once out of the Speakers chair
Cannon never will be returned.
Today Cannon is perhaps the heavl-
est burden the Republican party is
asked to bear. But Democratic
House will be beneficial to the Re-
publicans in more ways than one.
That House will. they argue.
readopt the rules which have been
so scathingly denounced by both
Democrats and insurgent Republi-
cans in the present Congress, and a
Democratic Speaker will enforce
those rules as rigidly as Cannon
has ever done. This will demon
strate to the country that the House
rules cannot be made a party issue.
and that both parties are bound to
them, regardless Of popu-
lar hue and cry.
Ii the Democrats carry the con-
gressional election next Novem Der
it will be largely due to the split in
the Republican party, brought
about by the insurgents, say the
regulars. The small minority of
the Republican party in the House
will be responsible for the defeat of
the entire party. The insurgents
will then be held up before the
country in their true light, as a
gang of marauders who prefer a
Democratic House to one domi
mated by men of their own party.
And such situation. in the ludg-
ment of regulars, is bound to
weaken the cause of insurgency
and result in the ultimate elimina-
ton of at least a part of the dis
element in the Republican
ranks.
But there are other benefits that
would accrue to the Republican
party as a whole from the election
Of Democratic House, the stall
warts declare. Such an event
would remove forever from position
Of power some of the antiquated
so-called leaders of the present
House majority, and afford oppor-
tunity for the selection Of new and
better leaders when the RepubE-
cans again come into power. The
of men like Payne of
New York, Dwight of New York.
Loudenslayer of New Jersey and
of Indiana would end
with the election of Democratic
House, and none Of those men who
to-day are menace to the Republi-
can party, would ever regain his
place Of high rank in the next Re-
publican House. The belief is
strong that these men will be got
ton rid of as Republican leaders.
rlegated to the junk heap and
newer and abler men come to the
front.
These, in brief. are the reasons
why the Republicans would welcome
the election of a Democratic House
next November. say large num-
Of the party organs. These, and
the fact that q Democratic victory
would put an everlasting crimp in
A Democratic House
could do little damage, should they
with a Republican Presi-
dent and Republican Senate. and
the chances are that once full sway in
the House is given them the Demo-
Gratis would make their customary
blunders and invite their own de-
feat at the end of two years, when