Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-10-16
The Wisconsin CAMPAIGN.

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There IS good working month between
now and election, and the work of the
= Republicans should be as thorough as
| though the result of the election were a
matter of doubt. The fact that the Rennb.
/ Leans will have " walk over " shouJd not
make any difference as to the amount of
campaign work. This is not merely con.
GesC over the state otices-it is a part of the
natioI al contest of 1880. It is impossible To
crowd out national issues this wear and If 10
not well to try to DO Sc. We are on the eve
/ CT the most exciting national camnsion
i since 1860 and the issues involved are al
most as important as, if not identical with
the issues of 1860. After twenty wears we
are once more agitated over the doctrine of
state sovereignty and national subseryien.
| cy. 1t is q question of practical inn
| portance. Since the war the right of the
Federal government to protect voters at
national elections has not been attacked
until now. ADemOcratic congress endeay-
ors TO repeal all legislation which gives tn
Inc Federal government any authority to
prevent frauds in congressional elections.
ana the same congress withbolds from the
nauonaI police force all supplies, in order
to place the solidity of q Democtatic section
beyond all doubt. That section almost
daily contributes chapters to American
political history which make every patriot
burn with Indignation and which seriously
threaten the welfare of the republic-which
indeed intiict great pjuries on the nation.
That the political condition of the south,
due to the efforts to keep it so1idIy Demo-
cratic, is alarming as well as disgracefuI.
even Democratic papers are forced to adj.
NIT. The Chisholm massacre, the Yazoo
murder, the Blackville assassinations. are
samples only. The men who are directly
guilty OF these crimes, propose to elect
congressman who shall Iegislate for the
whole country, and to elect them by forciblv
suppressing all opposition. To aid them in
this, the Democratic party, north as well as
south, endeavors to tie the hands of United
States officials. AS long as his condition
obtains, as long as murder is the penalty
Tor independence in politics in one-half the
Union, the boast we make of republicapism
is an empty one-republicanism is impossi-
BILE with anarchy. The people of the north
are interested in tie correction of this con-
dltlon OF affairs. The election of Demo-
cratic president would witness the removal
OF the last restraint upon the Democratic
murderers of the south-the vetoes of Pres.
| ident Hayes stood between the Democratic
congress and the wiping out of everv bit of
legislation which is aimed at the prevention
of political outrages.
The people of Wisconsin especially are ex-
pected to make their denunciation of the
state sovereignty doctrine plain, because a
the Democratic party has been put up for
their inspection and endorsement The
man who heads the Democratic ticket is not
a war Democratic is rock-rooted in his
Bourbonism and is the best representative
of the extreme state-right Democrats that
can be found in Wisconsin. On all cues
tons of national importance he is directly
opposed to those who believe this is nation
and that its preservation was the highest
duty. He should be defeated not merely
as the Democratic candidate usually is de-
feated in this state-he is entitled to a de-
feat peculiarly his own, as state sover.
egnty, national subserviency Bourbon.
Smiths election is assured and a large
majority is certain, but more than
this is demanded-the defeat of the
Democratic ticket should be so over
whelmiDg as to constitute q check to the
dangerous tendency of that portion of the
Democratics party which the Democratic
candidate for governor represents. To
effect this it is necessary that every Repub.
ican should take personal interest in the
campaign-the issue is grave enough to
warrant and demand it. The state commit
tee should not oe relied upon to conduct
the contest, but local committees should be
organized at once and made effective.