The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-11-21
A SECOND TERN FOR
PRESIDENT WILSON.

November Is, 19l4.-Now that
the full returns from the Congress
sIonal election have all been re.
ported and the smoke of battle
clears away, clear aud complete
Democratic victory is shown. In
The next House of Representa-
tives there will be 233 Democrats,
1913 Republicans, Z Buff Moosers,
1Socialist, from New York CItY and
l Independent, Congressman Kent
of California These figures give
the Democrats o clear majority of
81 over all opposition and 10 ma
jorIty over republicans, and as al
of the 5 progressivee usually vote
with the Democrats 1T will be seen
that President Wilson will have
more than 90 majority on his Pro.
gressive measures. It Is a well
known fact that rs a rule when
any party "revlses the tariff" Itl
thereby disturbs business tempo
rarily and the following election
the party passing the blll ls usu
ally overwhelmed at The polls
There has been bnt one exception,
and that was when the Dingley
bill was passed at the commence
meut of President MckinIey's
term in 1897. In the fall of the
following year, 1898, the Republic
cans did manage to retain the con
troll of The House by the slender
majority of about Is votes and
that was made possible because
we had just finished the victorious
var with Spain. On all other oc
caaIons whenever party passed
a tariff bill it waa defeated. So
he fact that after President Will
son and his party leaders had pat
through the currency BtlI and tar
iff bill the country has seen 1T to
return democratic House aud
Senate, shows that the country
approves what Pr ident Wilson
has done and that they mean TO en-
gage his services for second
term.
OPD DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY WAS
TOO LARGE.
The republicans have seen Fl TO
gloat good deal over the fact
that the Democratic majority In
the House has been reduced from
40 to 81. 1t must be remember
ed that 40 majority } 80 un
wleldly one, and aas an ab
normal one and the Democratic
party did not want ST. a heavy
majority because it is too large to
work satisfactorily with, but the
Republicans forced us to take
them in 1912, and we could not
help ourselves and had to accept
Democratic congressman from Re
publican districts.
INCREASE in MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE
The Democrats have not only
re elected all of their Senators
whose time was up but in add.
tion thereto have replaced the Re.
publican Senators with Democrats
in Wisconsin, South Oak ota, and
California, 30 that the Democratic
majority in the Senate over all has
been increased from 10 to l6,
which is the largest majority the
Democrats have ever had in the
Senate since the Civil war. BY
the time the Presidential election
of 1916 rolls around when the new
tariff and currency shall have
been more thoroughly tried, Presi
dent Wilson will undoubtedly
sweep the country again almost as
overwhelmingly as he did ID 1912
when the Republican party was
split wide open.
COTTON SITUATION IMPROVING
The cotton pool is now nearing
completion and every state is rais-
ing its quota of the one hundred
and thirty five million dollars. and
New York has subscribed its
share which is fifty million, ane
Chicago has pledged its share
which is twelve million and every
state is pledging the amount for
which it is called upon. This
pool will loan six cents pound
on four million bales of cotton,
and these four million bales are to
remain off the market, "for one
year., so that the remaining nine
million bales of this years crop
will at once find a market at the
usual normal prices 1t is be
lieved that this measure will at
ford complete relief 70 the South
erD cotton planters and will at
once restore normal conditions ev-
erywhere.