The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
The Wisconsin CAMPAIGN.


There is a good working month hstwaar
now and election, and the WORK of AZ
! Republicans should be as thorouob os
though the result of the election were a
matter Of doubt. The fact that the Renuh.
lcans will have walk over" should NOT
make any difference as to the amount "a
campaign work, This is not merely con.
test over the state Ofices-it is a part of the
national contest of 1880. It is impossible To
crowd out national issues this year and it is
not well to try to do Sc. We are on the eve
OF the most exciting national campaign
since 1860 and the issues involved are 81,
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 question of practical ina.
pOrtance. Since the war the right of the
feoefal government to protect voters at
hauOnat elections has not been attacked
until now. ADemocratic congress endeav.
ors to repeal all legislation which gives tn
the Federal government any authority to
prevent frauds in congressional elections:
ana the same congress withholds from the
national police force all supplies, in order
TO place the solidity of Democtatic section
beyond all doubt. That section almost
daily contributes chapters to American
political history which make every patriot
Durn with indignation and which seriousIv
threaten the welfare of the republic-which
indeed inlet great injuries on the nation.
That the political condition of the south.
due to the efforts to keep it solidIv Demo.
cratic, is alarming as we'll 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. or these crimes, propose to elect
congressman who shall legislate for the
whole country, and to elect them by forciblv
suppresslng all opposition. To aid them in
this, the Democratic party, north as we'll aa
south, endeavors to tie the hands of United
States officials. AS long as this condition
OBTAINS, as long as murder is the penalty
for independence in politics in one.half the
Union, the boast we make of republicanism
is an empty one-republicanism is imnossi.
BILE with anarchy. The people of the north
are interestedin the correction of this con.
dition of affairs. The election OF Demo.
cratic president witness the removal
of the last restraint upon the Democratic
murderers of the south-the vetoes of Pres.
ident I'll 4yes stood between the Democratic
congress and the wiping out of every 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
representative of the Bourbon element in
the Democratic party has bsen 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 a nation
and that its preservation was the highest
duty. He should be defeated not merely
as the Democratic candidate usually is de.
tested in this state-he is entitled to q de.
feat peculiarly his own, as a state sover.
e1gaty, 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.
whelmlng as to constitute a check to the
dangerous tendency of that portion of the
Democratic party which the Democratic
candidate for governor represents. To
effect this it il necessary that every Repub.
llcan should take personal interest in the
campaign-the issue is grave enough to
warrant and demand it. The state commit.
tee should not be relied upon to conduct
the contest, but local committees should be
organized at once and made effective.