Daily Republican., 1884-02-22
FRlDAY. FEBxuARY 81. 1854.
what made the Changes,

Erie City. Pennsylvania city, on
Lake Erie, with population pr"bably
OF some twenty thousand, at Munich
pal election year ago gave | 800 Dem
ocratic majority, on Tuesday last gave
soma 800 Republican majority. Ian
caster, an inland city, that has always
given from 800 TO 400 Democratic ma
.jority, and has not had Republican
Mayor since 1867, IN Tuesday elected a
Republic an Mayor by some 400 majori-
ty.
DanviIle, in Montour County, in
the iron centre of the State, ON Tuesday
went Republican by large majority
the first iu many years of Democrat
ic rule. Allentown, another iron man
ufacIuring inland city of Pennsylvania,
thai never wavered in its Democratic
faith, on Tuesday elected n Republican
Mayor and the whole Republican ticket
by Il large majority, We might men,
ton several more changes of the same
sort, but these are sufficient for the
purpose Of this article,
We have not referred 10 the great
Republican victory against great odds
in Philadelphia, nor 10 the great Eepub-
lican victory in Pittsburg, city that
for many years has had a Democratic
Mayor, but on Tuesday elected a
Republican Mayor by 1000 majority,
preferling rather to keep the smaller
cities and towns, the changes in which
being more correct index to the change
of public, political sentiment,
Now the question is, what has made
these changes in these smaller Pennsyl'
vania towns where changes are no,
often made.
There must be some cause for il aside
from the cause of municipal reform tina,
agitates and controls public opinion in
larger cities like Philadelphia, New
York, Brooklyn and Baltimore. Gene
rally speaking, in small cities ant
towns, there is not much ditferenc,
which party rules, one being about a.
economical and honest MS the other, anC
hence no great need of a change eNcep
so far as desire exists TO I'LL the mu
nicipal offices with party favorites.
Well, then, where are We 10 look I,
for the underlying principle that ha.
led to these radical changes in theS,
staunch Democratic towns Fortu.
nately the cause is plainly III sight. l,
the form OF Committee of Ways ant
Means trears its head alott at Wash
ington in the Congress of the United
States. Conspicuous above all sits tn
free trade chairman of that Committee
From that committee emanateS tn
principle that American manufacturer
are making too much money, and tha
American workmeu. whether native o
foreign, are paid too much Tor thei
labor.
This committee inSultingly point
across the ocean 10 free trade Grea
Britain where manufacture hecom
millionaires. and workingmtn becom
pauperS. and holds up that country rs
sample OF what capital and labor shoul,
be in this country. Free trade is tn
boon offered 10 American workingmen
by u party that above all other partle
profesSed 10 he the friend of the work
ingmer Bur these PENNSYLVANIA work
ingmeu have n last awokr 10 ful
realization If the effects OF free trad,
IN TIN, country, and they said 10y thci
votes last Tuesday that they wante,
none nf il.
FREE trade they thought might b,
very so,ri thing ii il did not lnterfvr,
with the Industries Of this country. L
soundu, Very nice 10 have dryEoods Al
lower prices, and implements Of indus
Try at lower prices, hut the reduction
ofwa-r> III order ~ have these thing,
al u lower price while there was no r.
duc,iou i'll the tlour, ,mrat and provision,
they consumed put quite another face
on the question -. trrr.rrtir Again
they could uut see WHY - uRuy hun
dreti> a; Thousand p"l. #aw -ratrd {,
this country trom Il trrt-tradr country
ii free 'rtde was just what the country
needed 10 make trade good and labor
rrmuu-"lrivt.
In short the working people Of thr>,
towus where these political change.
have tIkru place have become alarmed
and they are desperately in earnest
Past pnl,'iyal ties 70 them are nothing
compared 10 bread and butter. As they
Thought - they voted last Tuesday, and
- they Will vote II the future NJ
ire f1-lIr -,,r -h.,,l ThauS4r,l< ~ I.,,-
left home To e>capc.the pAup.r effects OF
ire 'ra,,, sud they will nur yo.rtohay,
t'r,v rad, here 50 far as their votes ar,
Couterued
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