New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-11
New York. June 30. 1888,

New York, June 30, 1888.
Judge Foraker's first speech in
the campaign has given him many
friends. He has been looked upon
as sort of man Friday Of Char
ley Fosters even by Republicans,
but his clear ideas and plain state
ments have convinced both his
own party and the Democrats that
in him the Republicans have good
man, and Judge Hoadly may we'll
look to himself. In his speech he
did not mince matters but openly
expressed himself in favor of pro-
lection to home industries and Of
taxing the liquor trade. The Re-
publicans mean to make an aggres.
sive fight of it and as both their
platform and their ticket are strong,
there can scarcely be any doubt of
the result.
The tariff plank in the Democrat
ic platform Of Ohio is q puzzler to
everybody. It says nothing and is
evidently intended to be construed
as something to suit all tastes.
There is scarcely doubt that the
Democrats are themselves getting
afraid of the free trade monster
which they have summoned and
are now trying to dodge the issue.
The Kentucky Republican State
Committee has issued vigorous
address to the public in which the
results Of years of Democratic mis-.
rule are scathingly reviewed. 1t is
too soon to expect Republican
victory this year, but the plain
facts which are now being put be-
fore the people of the Blue Grass
State can have but one effect, "a
heavy reduction of the usual Demo.
cratic majority.
The Democrats in this State are
at it again. The different factions
have coalesced against Tammany
Hall, and will unite with the party
throughout the State against the
wigwam. All that is necessary
now to make the general is that
Tilden go to the front and openly
announce that he is a candidate for
the Presidency. Then we will see
the fur fly among the Democratic
Kilkenny cats.
The Continental Guards Of New
Orleans have come and gone, and
they haye been very much disap.
pointed They expected to be made
much of by the Seventh and Seven.
ty. first Regiments, whom they en-
tertained at New Orleans, and also
to make considerable money by the
production Of their revolutionary
tableaur. The whole affair was
| mismanaged however. They failed
to notify the New York regiments
| of the exact time Of their arrival, and
| thus, when they reached the city,
| there was no one there to receive
| them or to escort them to their no.
tel. For their tableau no one car
ed one whit. It is too warm to go
to the theatre to see IA good play,
| and hence much more so to be Dor
| ed with a lot of living pictures.
| Besides the people here thought
if the good inhabitants Of New
Orleans want a monument they
ought to put their hands in their
pockets and pay it for themselves
| instead Of passing around the hat
in Northern cities. For these rea-
sons the visit Of the Guards was a
failure both as speculative
scheme and as a means of amuse-
| ment.
The fight against the trade dol
lar has broken out again, and
wholesale dealers are determined to
force it out of circulation. Grocers
and other retail dealers will be the
heaviest sufferers from this at first,
because the middle and lower
classes with whom they deal as a
rule pay with trade dollars. Facto-
ries and other large concerns which
employ great numbers of men as a
rule pay with trade dollars which
they frequently buy at a discount
and thus make money. Now, how.
ever, working men are getting alive
to their interests and declare that
they will not in future accept trade
dollars in payment for their wages.
All the hands Of two leading
cigar making firms notified their
employers on Thursday of this in
tention, and at other large places
the men will follow suit before the
end of the week.
Barrooms having exhausted every
other device to attract trade have
hit upon new one. In addition
to free lunch and fancy card
they now give you a button hole
bouquet, for which you have to pay
five cents on the street. People
will soon come to expect a suit
of clothes and a hat with five.cent
drink.