Daily Republican., 1880-10-12
An Alarmed Candidate.

Henry G. Turner, ESD. the candidst,
for the Legislature on the Democratic
ticket from this city, is alarmed at tn,
ap .thy OF the Demo cratic party of thii
county. Mr.. Turner is evidently no
satisfied With the political situation
especially ths prospects of his own elec
tion, aud he is calling upon the Dem
ocracJ to arouse and 90 to work. Mr.
Turner is truthful man, and he does
not Disguise the fact that large mum.
bers Of Democrats do not like the Gin
einnstI free trade and free ship plat
form, and they intend to vote the Re.
pubiican ticket. Something had to bs
done to stop this change, and Mr..
Turner tried his hand at it on Friday
night, by informing Democratic audi
ence that away down East Chinese
labor was coming into vogue, and
Cinnamon were hired at fifty cents q
day to DO the labor for which American
workInsn we're getting a dollar and a
half and two dollars per day. We hard
ly kuow what Mr.. Turner expects 10
accomplish by this line of argument.
Even If Cinnamon are employed at fifty
cents day he has not been very dis
tinot in telling us whether De enUcrats
or Republicans employ them. But what
has the employment OF a few Cinnamon
got to do with the question =? It is not
q mere question of who does or who
does not employ cheap labor in this
country. IL is the Cincinnati Demo.
cratic tree trade, free ship platform that
Mr.. Turner stands upon, and advocates
and end rises, that does the business
That Democratic National Convention
with shouts Of appreciation and delight
adopted the platform containing free
trade and free ship plasks. 1t is this
that is causing the stampede that Mr..
'Turne. notices, to the Republican party.
II is because the Republican party
wants no change in the tariff, wants
no free trade generally, wants no free
ships, wants American industries to be
protected in the future, as they have
been in the past, wants American ships
to be built in American ship yards, that
is bringing over the Democratic work.
ingmen. No argument that Mr.. Turner
can advance will stop the changes that
are going on SO long as those free trade
and free ship planks remain in the
Cincinnati Democratic platform. We
feel sorry for Mr.. Turner'S distress.
He was once promising young Repnb.
lican. We always did like him, but
somehow he is unfortunate politically.
He was q Republican when there was
no chance for that party to succeed in
the State, and now he is o Democrat
and on the Democratic ticket for the
Legislature when according to his own
speech he says the Republicans are
gaining ground on account Of the tariff
and the Democrats are doing nothing.
No doubt Mr.. Turner himse If is in fav-
or of the fullest protection to American
industries and in favor of American
ship yards, but that amounts to moth
ing so long as those free trade planks
remain in the Democratic platform. He
must be loyal to his party. He cannot
preach protection from free trade text.
We admit that 1t must be very aggra
vating 10 Mr.. Turner to see Democrats
forSakins the Democratic ship and
joining the Republican ranks, but If
Mr.. Turner had remained Republican
IS his youthful patriotic impulses first
led him and taught him to be, he might
still have been candidate for the same
office, and then this stampede to
the Republicans would have caused
him Joy and not sorrow. We feel for
our young friend but We cannot belp
him. He has made his bed with the
Democracy and there he must lie.