Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-11-19


quirer says: "Our heart is torn with ten
derness for Miller, of California, but the
cruel fate of war obliges him to let some
good democrat have his seat in the
United States senate" The facts are
that Senator Miller died months ago, and
democratic governor appointed dem
ocrat to succeed him.-Inter Ocean.
But you have not told the whole truth.
The special session OF the California leg
isIature, called to consider the special
matter OF irrigation, decided that it could
elect n successor to Hearst, and did on
August 3rd last elect one A. z. Williams,
republican merchant of San Francisco.
He is the chap who will have to sit down,
and he is not q democrat
THE official vote of the late election in
Milwaukee IS not such as to inspire any
body with the intelligence of the work
ingmen Of that city. The vote for con
gressmen and county officers was all well
enough. If the workingmen believe they
are benefited by defeating both the
other parties they did right enough to do
so, but when il comes to tho state ticket
it is senseless showing.- There was no
Cochrane tickets outside OF few cities
and votes cast for that state ticket were
simply thrown away. The voters who
cast 1900 votes in Milwaukee for Coch-
rane may think it was wonderfully wise
but it wasn't They simply allow schem-
ing politicians TO traffic with their suf-
frages.
Tn republican newspapers are terribly
disgustcd with Mr. Blainc's "Progressive
Democracy" The party was organized
and named by Blaine, through Steve FL
kins, AL in good shape, but these fellows
spoiled it all with another sew York din
ncr. While Blaine Eikns. Jones and
other republicans were feasting on tho
good Things and slipping the champagne
md chuckIing over tho little game that
they hnd set up 10 catch the votes of dem
ocratic workngmcn III Noa York city, the
Henry George party Of hired communists
essential plank;
"Tho abolition of all taxes upon build
inEs, Improvements, and other things of
human production, and the taxation of
land alone"
Just think OF loading all taxation upon
land, aud that, too, without taxing build
ings. The five millions of farmers of
this country will hardly join Mr.. Blaino's
"Progrossivo Democracy" and without
their help tho most stupid voter in New
York city will regard this Blaine job rs
rather thin
SINCE Mr.. Powderly did not order the
packers to take his followers back at the
saIno time he ordered them back, some
twelve or fifteen thousand of them are
Htill standing around lamp posts shivcr
ing IN the November zcphyrs from off
lake Michigan. 1t is about timc for
some municipal state or national authori-
ty to asscrt Itself and put an end TO this
miserable business Of ordering men out
from thoir work. Half the poor fellows
who are now out of work for an
indefinite period did not want
To strike. They were satisfied
with their wages and hours. They were
forced out and the truth il such strike
Is simply revolution. II IL in violation
of every principal of liberty and of law.
The state government is weak, pusillani-
nous and cowRrdly that it don't ASSERT its
authority earlier and seize with firm hand
those strikers VINO use forco to make
others quit work. This time the state
did get awake to its duty sufficiently TO
protect the packers aud the new men who
were called in, but it ought TO have
moved sooner and afforded those who did
not want to 90 out, protection. Too
much miserable, cowardly nonsense is
abroad IN the land about the right of
been shamcIessly loose i'll this regard.
The right of any one man to continue
work and have himself, his family and
his home protected is IA sacred and more
important To the state than the right of
ten thousand to mako fools OF themselves.
MR Rruwr has had his man Friday
interviewed and now Jim is fairly before
the party fo7 denomination. MIR. Stove
Elkins says in the interview:
i do not say that | have never cN-
changed word with him on the subject.
II was asserted that Mr. Blaine's last visit
to- New York was to see Henry George
and Ia ch up a scheme to catch the labor
votes. He never saw Henry George IN
his life, and never had any commuuiCa-
tion with him on that or any other topic,
nud had his mind full of other things.
Mr.. Blaine Is in love with his pen. lie
told mo the last time that | saw him, and
has said the same thing before, that he
got more genuine satisfaction cut of this
book, than from anything ho ever did,
and resists every iRuucnco that ten@s 20
lead him away from literature. Suih
every man has moro or less aspirations to
he president, and MIR. Blaine is human.
lie is not doing anything 20 work up
boom, and If he gets the nomination 1t
will come as ii did before, ana he will be
elected"
MIR. Blaine must have prepared that
and had ElkinS commit il to memory.
1t is awfully Blaiuey. Notice how splen
didly he let's himself down. still every
man has moro or less aspirations to he
president and Mr.. Blaine is human
How nice. Mighty human too much So
for the welfare OF the republican party.
Then notice that statement, MIR. blaine
never saw Henry George" Sure. No
more guilcless innocent living than Mr.
Blaine. lie WIS in one room and MIR,
George in another, and with Mr.. Stove
Elkins as Il speaking tube the famouse
Progressive Democracy" came into
being. The party pledged to levy
all taxes, even to that now
levied upon whisky, upon land. Tax
land for everything and tax nothing else