Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-24
The Real Situation.

In October $780,. the. republicans were
wild with enthusiasm over assured victory
in November.
Indiana was then in the list of October
states. Ohio gave $4,000 average majority
for the republican state ticket. Indiana,
purchased by Dorsey and the republicans,
dealt fatal blow to democracy. Even
West Virginia. by meagre democptic
majority or a little over 1000, left the
state debatable ground.
Garfield entered on the last three weeks
OF the campaign with all these advantages.
Business meetings were held in his favor
Roscoe Conkling, then and now the great
est orator and statesman of the party,
Henry w. Beecher, General Grant, George
w. Curtis. Carl Shurz, Bob Ingersoll and
scores Of other speakers were OH the stump
here and through the state for the repub
lican candidate.
The Herald, Times, Evening Post, Tele-
gram, Harper's Weekly and Puck redoub
led their efforts in favor OF Garfield after
tiiC OSlOOcI NlClOIleS.
With Garfield pledged and Arthur can
didate the stalwarts made the fight theil
own. Arthur personally managed the ina
chine. Garfield was the half-breeds saint
Not solitary republican opposed tn,
ticket.
The monopolists and spectators, richer
then than now, responded TO every call foi
MONEY from the Fifth Avenue hotel. The
Union League club, the business exchange;
and the Soung republicans were solid fol-
Garfield. Prohibition practically had ne
existence.
What was the democratac situation?
\ blunder in the platform subjected tn,
democrats to misrepresentation aud excit
ed the fears of the laboring classes.
Their candidate, an officer in the regulal
army, could not vote ard had no civil rec.
ord.
The nomination of Mr.. Grace for mayo
aroused prejUdices and assaults which
though unjust, baseless and almost infa
NOUS, lost Hancock thousands of votes
The fact chat Mr.. Grace came within
hairs breadth of being defeated, though
the candidate or the united democracy
shows this beyond question.
The Sun, then practically the only demo
cratic paper in this city, began mercilcssly
to stab Hancock.
What Is the situation this wear?
The republicans are disappointed at thei
failure to obtain more than half the ma
jority of 1850 in Ohio after their profusv
expenditure of money, gross fraud and tn,
personal efforts of Blaine. Their hopes o
breaking the democratic line are annihilat
ed by the sweeping democratic victory
over greenback fusion and greenbacI
fraud in West Virginia. Enormous bust
ness meetings arc held In the city TO
Cleveland Roscoe Conklirg stands aloof
Grant is disgraced: Arthur is luke-warm
Bob Ingersoll is silent. Rrechcr, Curti
aud SchuTZ are advocating the defeat O
Blaine.
The Herald, Times, Evening Post, Har
per's Weekly, Puck and all the anti Blain,
republican papers, encouraged by the DC
tober results, are striking sturdy blows 70
honest government.
The stalwarts srlk in thrir tents.
The money of jay Gould. Field, Hunt
ington, Sage, and the rest has been sqnan
dercd OH Ohio. They will hesitate to Civ
more to helpless cause out OF their sunk
en- eXchcquers.
The Union League club, the business tx
changes and the young republicans arc di
vi,ed and in rebellion against Blaine.
The democratic platform invites the con
tidence of the business and laborin,
classes.
Grover Cleveland, the hero of the grea
victory of 1888, has been tried as the exec
utiye of this state and found to be able
faithful and fearlessly honest.
Tie local nominations will be made (,
help and not to hurt the presidential
| ticket.
st. John will receive more votes thar
Butler.
The prohibition movement will b
stronger In this state than ever. 1t Ia
staked its all OH national mark, ant
should it fail do SO its cause would be for
ever lost. 1t is u good half way house 70
honest republicans who are still too goo,
to vote democratic ticket.
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