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Show In Full Power In Washington. jfl As was expected the Republicans will continue i ' ' to have a strong majority, almost too strong a jl majority in Congress. The country is too pros- ' perous to give any justification for a change. ::'H There never was in any land such a spectacle as our land presents today. The crops are bountl-ful bountl-ful and the demand for them is eager, both for f - food stuffs and textiles; this gives the manufac-turors manufac-turors such a flood of orders that thoy are almost " ; swamped; to move the crops more railroads are ! I; Mijjffli " needed and behind all the precious metal and 'JH ' semi-precious metal mines are so reinforcing the ffii ' money supply of the country that all the arteries ' ' 4lBf of business are kept throbbing with exuberont l life. The disposition of the country is to hold up tjjj H i the President' hands. Then the Democracy very ji'lH ! foolishly gave notice that if they could this year I obtain control of Congress, their purpose was to , ''ill i flood the executive departments with investigation f;S I I committees, and throw all the obstacles possible Jw ' in the way of any efforts to cure the wrongs that '.!m8 5 the count r yis suffering. ' p I This is an old trick of the party. It was Mr. r ) Tilden's shibboleth away back in 187G, it was , : ; lljijffl g , tried and resulted in utter failure when the false- -ill I t hoods about the Homestead lockout elected Mr. . Vj.'pll Cleveland President, and the people are tired of ( i'll I ) them. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst are both aware ir',i J of this and are trying to fix-up some new issues ; I' " for 1908, something that in promise will draw ' I all the elements of discontent under a banner that )M will be called Democratic. ,;;; jjf But with the vote of confidence given by the , : I county the obligation of the Republican party -,; jjiift I will be increased. It will have power to do any- I : I thing it may please to. It can cure the wrongs in . ,!!jlf ' trusts, it can revise the tariff, it can provide for a , ijjji ' ; ! real merchant marine; it can make general laws H;$i I ; providing for arbitration to prevent strikes, its op- ' t portunities will be ample to work for the country's ''S-j good and it will have behind it the impelling : 'm thought that if it hopes to make good in 1908 it , '! will have to make a showing to satisfy the |