Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-24
TIE SITnATIoN Nv I0WA.
The Republican Opposition TO Mr.. blaine

The. letter 81 the Des hoines (iowal cor
respondent Of the New York Times which
we published yesterday Is followed By
another Of similar tenor. II SAYS;
While The outlook in Iowa Is giving IN,
friends Of Cleveland O great deal OF salts
faction, il IL PLAIN that the hope OF carry
ing II against Blaine will not be real
izcd without much active labor he
TWEEN this date and the day OF election
The Rcpubl can managers, while ignoring
the disaf,ection Of the Independents aad
making HIGHT Of the tendency on the par
Of the Germans and Scandinayians 10 join
the fusion forces against Blaine, are de-
tetmincd 10 spare no effort or rcasona.
Bile sum Of money TO stop this ebb o: vote.
or TO capture Irish votes wherever they
will yield TO the temptation OF money. II
Blaine is moi palatahle for his own brillian.
and aggressive self, he Is 20 be favored
with that mOdicWfn OF money sauce that
will make him acceptable 10 the "foater.'
who is not an unknown quantity in the
State. The Republican press OF the State
| Is with the machine. IL is not particular
about telling the truth. All the old and
| cleared up stories about Cleveland are lust
| going their second round here. Thi,
might be bad IL the people in the
| cities were wspaper-readers. AS il
Is, they arc not great readers. Business
| makes too many demands upon them 20 al.
| low much time for close study Of political
| questions. In tie country, strangely
enough, the farmers are better readers, aud
| are better informed, rs a matter OF course.
| The Democratic press is not 80 good as the
| BCpublcap. and il is singularly slow to
follow and clear up the campaign stories
set ahoat by the Republicans to catch the
| ignorant and prediudiced voter. The
| Democratic National Committee is giving
| the State some attention, but not so much
| rs the situation warrants or demands. II
seems hard for ITS members TO comprehend
| that there u at least 4 chance OF getting the
electoral vote away from Blaine.
In a previous letter reference was made
10 the character Of the Independent oppo-
stion to Blaine. ! talked Yesterday with
pr. L. i. Cruitenden. the president OF the
Young Mems Cleveland Club. DR.. Crut-
tenden was Republican when nc came
here, five years ago. He came Ia establish
| praciice-nOt to go into politics. and he
bas succeeded in business way. No other
physician in the place is hotter known.
Becoming interested in politics, be soon
found himself arrayed with hosts OF other
people against the bossisin" o! Mr.. J. s.
GARRISON. He has found that the State
paror assumes 10 dictate not only the pol
icy OF the Republicans in tie State, bat that
VI and line machine managers have gone 50
far gS TO dictate what nominations shall
be made, whether the candidates selected
were acceptable or not. II was in this
way that il came 10 pass that the Republic
can party took up the cause OF prohibition.
and that il went TO CbicsgO for Blaine. The
folly OF such a course. Or. CrutteDden
says, became at once apparent after the
Convention. 81 accepted Cleveland's
nomination for two reasons. ] came from
Buffalo. and know the man to be fit FOR the
place. a. he has been for years honored by
his follow-citizcns. AScertaining that the
dissatisfaction with Banc's nomination
was not peculiar TO me, have given some
time 10 finding out how much there l. Of
actual revolt against Blaine. From per-
Sonal canvass we have n list 81 about
ECO Republicans in Dcs MONIES who will
vote for Cleveland. Il does not include
oil the Republicans who will vote against
Blaine. A larger number. am convinced.
will keep still and 90 to the polls as Repub-
liCans. but will either not vote for electors
or Will support Cleveland. | have no doubt
that in Des Mcines alone there will be st
least 800 Republican votes against The I'M
made my list Of disailccted Republicans
public for political reasons. The exposure
Of the names would subject the men to
great deal Of annoyance from ;he Republic.
can workers. and they do not care TO under.
go this ordeal. In Boone county poll OF
tbirty-fye independents has been made.
Other counties are doing well and will do
better later on"
Mr.. L. i. Pratt, Of the firm OF Pratt,
Warren 4 Craig. dealers in hardware, il
from Buffalo, is Il Republican, and is for
Cleveland out aud out. Hen member OF
the Independent Republican Club. OF
which Mr.. +. NJ. Gilbert is president. Dir.
Gilbert is businessman, and is head OF
starch-makinc establishment employing a
large number OF men. He displays 4 por-
trait Of Cleveland in his oflice.window.
and talks vigorously foi him and against
Blaine. Mr. Pratt is not politician, but
4 businessman, and opposes Blaine rs
a candidate offensive TO the good
sense Of businessmen. Colonel Rock
well, another lifelong Republican, is
also an opponent Of Blaine, and is
openly working for Cleveland. These
gentlemen have been hunting for the alleged
Irish Democratic converts to Blaine but
without success. Their experience has
been that when they reached the spot which
had been designated IS the one in which
Irish Blaineism prevailed, and had made
diligcnt inquiries TO find instances. they
were inevitably told that it was somewhere
Use, and that the Irish vote remained as it
lad been, substantially Democratic. Chair
man Wolf, Of the Republican State Com
lniliec, explains these failures Ivy saving
that The freshmen who are for Blaine have |
Cd 1a Ill 80 ~, In Il.
will keep quiet and yo.e for Blliae by hun /
drcds.
have made IN ,frort to find out II the !
statement made at the State Committee |
headquarters that the parties To the Demo /
cratic Greenbsck fusion are not accepting 1
the fusion gracefully, is true. The result /
Of patient inquiry is against the commit |
tee. So feI A. can learn. the fusion is az |
ceptcd almost without objection. The in |
stances iu which il has been criticised by /
tie Greenback press are few. The What /
Cbt0 Patriot, at KeOkuk, opposes it, |
md so does the I0,-cgiGn. ut Centre
Vile, AppsnoGse county. While the cam
paign nas not more than begun, all the
meetings OF the GTecnbackers and Demo-
Gratis have been large and spirited. The
discussions have not been so much tinged
with ButleriSm rs was expected, but have
run 90 Remuneration Of Blaine, 10 arraign-
Dent OF the Republicans for saddling pro.
hibitlon upon the State, and TO complaint
of wal taxes upon the agriculturists. The
fusionlsls arc determined to make il lively
for all the Republican speakers, and what
The Democrats leave uudone, the Green
hackers, who are VIGOROUSLY laxative, will
inish up with great pleasure.
One can form some idea OF the change
which has taken place among the German,
by observing one fact. There are about
loZsn newspapers in the German language
published in the State. Until recently all but
wo- DGS ARzeiGer. OF Dies Moinss. and
Der Dem0krdt, Of Dubuque--were Kepub-
lean, and supported the Republican organ
2ation and nominations. Now only one
Is RepublicaG-Der DemOkrdt, at Waverly.
This change needs an explanation. Repre-
sentative ID. Il. Henderson is renominaied
In the diStrct-ihe Third-for Congress.
Der Demokrdt WAS needed as an auxiliary
10 make Mr.. ilenderson's reelection easy.
so II was bought out, and is now run Is
= campaign engine. The desertion OF the
Republican perty by the Germans il 10
be attributed solely 10 the affirmative posi-
ton the Republicans have taken on prohl.
Dtion. a very strict and absolutely inef.
lecllve law was passed. Tho penaltlc.
would be hosvy IL they were ever collected.
AS u IL, The State and municipal authorities
lave been loaded with cases against offend.
irf' thousands OF dollars have been spent
~ pepafa'ionsto convict, and the pensltieg