Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-27
event than way chat Of 1876. The North

eNcilt tnan WaSNaM OF 1915. The North
Is now fully warned of the attitude of
the " Solid South "a warning THAT had
not been impressed upon the country
four years ago in party bearing to the
same extent as now. Since the South
ern States have virtually declared chat
the Republican candidate shall not re-
celve single electoral vote from that
Whole section, the North will put forth
additional efforts to protect itself from
the menace of aggressive seetionalism.
-Four years ago the campaign followed
the. exposure OF shameful scandals and
sermons abuses under a Republican adj
ministration, which the Republicans
could not defend and found it difficult
to explain. The campaign this year will
follow Republican administration
which has been singularly free from off
ciai scandals, which has made far more
progress IN Civil-Service reform than
any OF Its predecessors, and which has
commended itself to the average public
sentiment by its respectable conserva-
ave management OF national affairs and
the triumph of the resumption policy.
-Four years ago Mr. Tilden CAME be-
fore the country distinctively AS re-
form candidate, and his previous career
as Governor of New York gave strong
color to his claim this year il will not
lie possible for him to put forward any
such pretense in the face of the cipher
dispatches and attempted bribery of
Electors, and no other candidate whom
the Democrats can select can assume
the same character that Tlden carried
in 1876.
-Four years ago the currency ssue was
conspicuous, and the Democratic had the
sympathy and support Of that large class
of voters who were In favor OF repeating
the Resumption law and flooding the
country with irredeemahle scrip iii order
to relieve their pressing necessities.
This year there is an abundant supply of
money-gold, silver, greenbacks, and
bank notes-of uniform value. The
soft-money Republicans have deserted
the strange gods they were running after
and returned to their own party, and
there is no faction of 8reenbackers or
Fiatists whom the Democrats can hop,
to concihate that will do them any good
Finally, four years ago the country
was III the very worst stage OF the
hard times-the most dangerous of all
conditions for the party in power. There
was general feeling that change Of
party might la some unexplained way
bring relief to the universal financial de-
preston, and that in any case matters
could not be more aggravated. All this
was peculiarly favorable to the Demo
cratic pretensions IN 1876, and undoubt-
eddy swelled the vote which Mr.. Tilden
received enormously. This year, how
ever, the business sentiment Of the
country is satisfied with things M they
are, and breads change Money is
plenty, speculation is active, prices are
booming, wages are good the factories
are running on full time, railroad build
ing exceeds all precedent, merchants
are busy, the mining, transportation,
agricultural and industrial interests are
all thriving--and the protler of n change
in parties, which is all the Democrats
can hold out to the country, is the very
worst promise they could possibly
make.
Altogether, the Democratic managers
will be put to their wits end first to
settle their own family troubles, and
then, if they succeed in doing that, to
convince the American people that there
is any sufficient reason for experiment.
ing with their doubtful capacity for gov
erning the country.