Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-30
To the Independent Voters,

To the Independent Voters.
The fourth day of November, which
may be called the decisive day of the
current year, is fast approaching. Then
the people of Wisconsin will be called
upon, in casting their ballots, to ex-
press their preference between the
Republican and the Democratic party for
ruler OF the state, and, ultimately, the
nation; for, if our commonwealth should,
by any manner of means, elect Jas. q.
jenkins Governor, it would be forecast
of the result in the presidential battle of
1880. Therefore, all citizens can fully
appreciate the Importance of the i'm
pending November contest. The issue
is simple one to the independent voters
of all parties. No question can be
greater or more deeply concern every
household than that whether or not the
policy of resumption and the mainten-
ance of specie payments shall continue
the fixed policy of our country. Al
most every one is now aware of the full
advantages which resumption has
brought and will bring upon all the
industrial interests of the nation.
There can be no doubt that there is a
greater exhibit of prosperity at the
present time thai at any period du.ing
the past six years, and this very resui.
was predicted by Republican President,
and by Republican secretary of the
treasury, and by Republican leaders
generally throughout the United States.
Yet the independent voters should
bear in mind that, in the presidential
canvass of 1876, the national Democracy
in convention assembled denounced the
grand resumption act, which has con-
ferred so many blessings upon our
coutry; and be it remembered that
Jas. q. jenkins, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor, cordially supported
the nominee of that convention and the
principles of its platform; and, be it
further remembered, that this same
jas. G. jenkins presided over the Fond
du Lac convention of 1877 which nomi-
mated Mallory for Governor, and which
denounced the resumption act, and also
insisted upon a series of financial meas
ures which would have destroyed the
national banks, that furnish currency
disable from Maine to Texas, and substi-
tuted in lieu therefor the OLD exploded
and swindling state bank system. We
will generously suppose that Mr.. jenkins
was honest in the advocacy of these bad
measures, and, therefore, independent
voters will naturally infer that his mind
lacks comprehensiveness to fully appre-
ciate the real condition of the country,
and that he is ruled or ly by the dictates
of party, and not by the instincts Of
patriotism.
Independent voters will care not what
his utterances or pretensions may now
be. They will simply know that Mr..
jenkins in '76 and III erred gravely,
badly and mischievously, and that his
pretended change of sentiment now is
either merely the result of fear or of
shallowness of conviction on the greatest
question after the civil war which ever
agitated our country, and therefore
units him to be the wise executive OF a
large and powerful state, whose varied
commercial, industrial and agricultural
pursuits require a clear intellect and a
sound judgment on ali the business
questions of the day.
While Jas. q. Jenkins was erring 30
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voters will not forget that the present
Republican nominee for governor was
advocating principles directly the oppo-
site of Mr.. jenkins and his associates.
Gov. SMITH devoutly believed that the
interests of the working classes de-
manded that all the currency issued in
the United States should be on a par
with coin, and that it is the duty of the
government in all its obligations to full
fill that standard; for he religiously
held that the wild scheme of the
Democratic party for the increase of a
paper currency not redeemable in coin
was the "most ingenious device ever
invented by the wit of man to fertilize
the rich mans field with the sweat of
the poor mans brow"
Independent voters, can you hesitate
to choose between the representatives OF
two such principles SO antagenistic to
each other? The one is certainly good,
as proven by the passing events of the
year, and the other bad, and which WAS
sustained by the Democracy because
they supposed that the mass of voters
had no sincere regard for honor and
faith. Evening Wisconsin.
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