Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-13
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IS, 1850
A RENOVATION in Politics.

publican vote In the iron and coal coun-
ties of Pennsylvania Is evidence that
the working people OF those sections
who live by m ming, and by l4DJr Ia
the iron manufactures are waxing up
to see that their only hope for having
decent wages IN the future Is In voting
with the Republic IAN party. The aaain
strength OF tie Democratic party for
merly lay in tie counties OF Mont
gomery, Lehigh, S3huylkill, Berks,
Carbon, Northampton, Lnzerne, Mon
roe, Pike, Wayne, Columbia, Montour,
York and some other counties along
the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
where iron and mining interests largely
prevail.
Only few years ago Montgomery
County, wL.ch lies just outside OF
Philadelphia and includes Manayunk,
Conshohocken, Norris.own and Potts
town, was good for two thousand Demo
cratic mai GRITTY. AT late elections 1t
has elected many more Republicans
than Democrats TO office, and at the
last election 1t gave from five hundred
to eight hundred majority. The work.
ingmen in that county are beginning
to see through glass clearly that they
have all along been voting against their
own personal interests. Berks County,
the Gibraltar Of Pennsylvania Democ-
racy, that has given as high as 800
Democratic majority, was able at the
last election only to give 3 400, and on
~ ., 900 for the Judge, whose character
was none of the best Berks, though
principally an agricultural county has
very large iron and mining interests.
II its usual Democratic majority had
been within reasonable bounds ,he
county would have jumped over into
the arms OF the Republican party at the
last election.
Adjoining Berks, Is the county OF
Schuylkill, literally resting upon bed
OF iron ore and coal. 1t formerly gave
$500 Democratic majority, but at the
late election gave q bare thousand, and
q Republican Sheriff came within thir.
ty-four votes Of an election. Carbon
County, nestled among the coal noun
tains OF the Lehigh river, was usual,
good for 800 Democratic maj GRITTY, bu
at the last election 1t broke from 1t
Democratic cables and elected part o
the Republican ticket. Northampton
O little farther up the Lehigh, wa
always good for 3, 800 Democratic ma
jority, but the Democrats had to b
satisfied with beggarly 1900 last week
Monroe, Pike and Wayne, in the oil
Tenth legion, all show greay.y reduce
Democratic majorities. Fifteen veal
ago Luzerne was tower Of Democrat
strength among the coal mountain
1t was nothing unusual for it to 81
1000 Democratic majority. Being u
most populous county in the State, on
side OF Philadelphia and Allegheny,
was divided few years ago and q pa
of 1t Ia called Lackawanns Count
The latter now runs away up In I
thousands in counting her Republic
majority, while Luzerne barely squeez
through with beggarly remnant
about 400 Democratic majority on
State ticket aud lost some Of the oouI
ticket.
The same falling off Of Democra
maiorities Is found In Columbia, MI
tour, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, CT
ton and other Democratic stronghold
York, good usually for 300 Democr
ic msjority straight, came down
2,4oO, to 300 for Congressman 6
iority. This was wonderful revc
ton. Fayette County, with her acc
toned 1,40o Democratic majority,
it whitfield down TO less than fifty.
The workmen in mines, in ore :
In the iron mills, everywhere, are
coming aroused. Before Clevelal
election they got good wages comps
to what they are getting now, and
had plenty Of work. Now they
scarcely get work half the time Al
despatch says that several hundred
along the East Pennsylvania Rail
who had been employed in iron W
At sixty cents a day in Summer
now thrown out Of work for the
ter,
still the .ariff-tinkers and rev
reformers are not satisfied withc
farther reduction OF the tariff. "
the tariff has been lowered TO LEI
500, OO0, 900 worth OF iron annually
comes with block tin, they want
cheap English Iron. While our
shadows are stocked with En-
wooden goods and our own W
manufactures are shutting up,
-apt the tariff still made lower.
vaking people OF Pennsylvania
comm enced, il aot to see, at lea
feel through all this, and they
thrown old party ties to the win
declared themselves TO be in IA
that party only that favors prot
10 the labor Industries of our coun
When will the working peoI
Wilmington who have all along
blindiy following name ais
wakened up? Our city is ma,
turing city, and without protectic
manu- acJories must shut up.
arrange they do not Understand
They will understand it better
Democra.ic tariff tinkering begi
earnest.