Show washington LETTER aarom prom our regular correspondent washington nov are extracting considerable sid erable consolation out of the old political maxim that a party is n i never in such great danger as just after it has won a great reat victory and that it is a wise maxim the political upheavals of the last eight or ten years fully prove no greater political victory was ever won in this country thau than that which in 1892 put the democrats in possession of th the e executive and legislative branches of the government yet look what followed in 1894 dissension in democratic ranks and a republican congressional victory in 1895 more democratic dissension and republican victories in in states heretofore safely democratic the dissension in the ranks of the victorious republican party is already marked and it is not confined con tined to the fight over the presidential candidate of the party but includes the policy policeto to be followed by the overwhelming wh elming the house during the coming session session of congress congre s s these Aissen dissensions even extend to the tariff question senator sherman lately said that he would vote for no bill amending the tariff that did not provide a duty for wool and representative dalzel of pennsylvania who may be the next chairman of the house ways and means Committee says the tar iff is going to be amended and duties raised now comes ex senator manderson of nebraska who pointedly says the republicans cannot afford to open up the tariff question if an attempt is made to put a duty on wool or any other sit icle every industry will rush in and demand more protection this being the situation it is natural that democrats should expect their prospects in the national campaign to be much improved by existing dissensions dissen sious in the republican party and those certain to be engendered during the session of congress As senator mitchell of wisconsin now in washington aptly puts it 1 I have seen much darker days than these for the democratic party but there was a vital principle in the doctrines of democracy which was destined to make the party great and which will always make ii A important the political whirligig turns up some queer things but when it turned up boss quay as a candidate for the republican presidential nomination it turned up something queerer than usual when it was first mentioned in washing some of the little republican papers in in pennsylvania were ere b oming booming 0 i quay for or the nomination it was dedas a sort of joke on quay sprung sp run i g by some well meaning editor who was wai seriously grateful for favors fione done and hopeful of chose yet et to come and who believed that hat t quay was big elou enough 9 for such su eh an honor his t an d i d acy nj ii regarded as A joke hij inthe in the field imd and lias i lar boing tip sentiment senti menta ii adi favor at ferstl glance one qa say ay that J away t i in r aas I 1 made ae albig big golbein go za i lrein aint I 1 r fen tall t all prove niente fw i the 1 aya cornerstone ito r aia i V av A v 9 0 2 1 and remember she uc V tf si 5 S f aas s cap itiL i l assa f s f fv S is S g d bat ditl ri tl ty t y 1 l sa ysa s ib U I 1 i lff aut i ai c ays P inn yys aam 9 1 gg v ra oj e r I 1 fac a u N R |