Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
Country Debates Results
OF Victory for Democrats

a great bearing ON national prospects
in 1882, according to many papers. One
| OF these, the Charlotte Observer (Inde-
| pendent Democratic), says: 1T will elect
or defeat a Democratic aspirant to the
! presidency, not on the stump next Sum.
mer, but in the Capitol at Washington
this Winter. His election will be diff
cult In any case; whatever the outcome,
1t lies In the hands Of q bare Demo-
cratic majority in the House" The
Baltimore Sun independent Demo-
cratic) Is confident that unless some
tnang happens to reverse the drift in
the meantime, the Democrats may con-
fidently expect to enter next years ma
tional canvass with the forces of public
sentiment working in their favor"
The Morgantown Dominion News
independent Democratic) finds no
doubt that lat present the voters are
calling Tor o new order in national
politics" while the Atlanta Journal
lDemocratic), recapitulating charges Of
Republican mistakes, says: mo won-
DER, We say, that, in the light Of
such record and under the urge of
Suen conditions, the country turns more
ana more to Democratic leadership"
The worcester Daily Telegram (Repub-
ican), while agreeing that Democrats
looking forward to 1892 are hopeful"
remarks: But 1881 Is not 1892" Noting
that Democratic victories in an off.
year election Immediately preceding n
presidential lection are regarded as a
good Democratic omen," the Texarkana
Gazette (Democratic) feels that CON
oitlons never were more favorable for
Democratic gains next year. with a
change in administration as the goal
toward which to strive"
on the other hand, the SJuth Bend
tribune independent Republican, con-
siders that Republicans have good
reason to hope that the Democratic
gains in Congress In 1890 and 1881 will
increase Republican assets in 1882"
The Springfield (Mass.) Union (Re-
publican) sees much depending ION the
public reaction toward the policies of
the Democratic party and its proposed
methods Of dealing with present con-
ditions and the remedies for them"
and the Chicago Daily News Independ-
ent) warns the Democrats that air.
respective Of party Affiliations, the GEN
eral public, and especially the bust
ness community, will expect and de-
mand proof OF craftsmanship from
the party In control of the House" The
Wheeling Intelligencer (Republican).
however, thinks that 'the balance of
power will be 50 slight that nothing an.
preaching party program will be pos.
Sible," and the Milwaukee Sentinel I'm
dependent Republican, calls attention
to the fact that "aS for the opposi-
ton control, it is suspended on a frail
majority" Really delighted to see q
division Of responsibility" the Topeka
Daily Capital Republican, AYERS: IF
the opposition is now to dominate the
House, the Democrats are faced with
the necessity of organizing a positive
program of their own. The country will
have the opportunity to see and Judge
now much more constructive it Is than
the course of the President
parallel is found by the Oakland
Tribune Independent Republican, be-
tween the Democratic party in the pres
ent situation and the Maine lumberman
who remarked: I'm going down to
Bangor to git drunk, and gosh, how I
dread it" The Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram independent Democratic) con-
cludes: THE Democratic party has
great men in Congress, entirely capable
OF presenting spectacle of exalted pa
triotism. which lays partisan consider
atoms aside when the need Is for all
American counsel and united action"