Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
Republican Recruits.

Capt. Dry, of Upper Sandusky, O. was
one of the hungry and thirsty Demo
Gratis in 1884, and did all he could for
Cleveland. He is now on the stump for
Harrison and Morton. ..~..
At recent reunion in Indiana Of Gen.
Streight's old regiment 214 survivors were
present. Every man is for Harrison for
president, twenty OF whom four years ago
voted for Cleveland.
Eli Harter, of Hobbs, Ind, writes to
The Upton Advocates: II have been a
lifelong Democrat and voted for Cleve-
land in 1884, but / cannot ndorse his
position on the tariff question. am
laboring-man aud believe in the protec-
ton of American labor as against any
foreign products. shall cast my vote for
Harrison, Morton, and protection next
November"
The Hobart On. W Independent has
been published Tor more than three wears
and has been perfectly independent in
politics. During the present campaign,
however, it will support the National,
State, and county tickets nominated by
the Republican party, believing the prin-
ciples act forth by that party to be the true
policy: Protection to American homes
and American industries.
10 Mobley, of Goldsmith, Ind, SAYS:
81 am member of the Coopers' Union
and always have been Democrat, and
cast vote for Cleveland in 1884. I be-
lieve ia the protection of American labor
and receiving wages for our hire, and I
realize that the Cleveland position il
against the laboring- man 8 interest. I will
use my influence and vote for Harrison,
Morton, and protection, and the entire
Republican ticket"
w. Mabaffey, of West Elizabeth, Pa,
a lifelong Democrat, publicly announces
that he will vote for Harrison and Morton
and protection. Mr.. Mahaffey enlisted in
the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and served his country faith
fully throughout the rebellion. His rea-
sons for change of politics are that he
will not vote for mau who wanted to
return the Rebel flags and advocated free
trade.
E. 0. Foote, of South Bend Ind, in the
employ of the Studebaker Brothers. has
always been Democrat. Ii 1876 he took
an active part in the campaigns. Mr..
Foote is a gentleman of education and
discernment and on the issues of the pre-
sent campaign he has, like so many ether
Democrats, been doing his own thinking,
just as thousands OF Democrats die in
1860. The result of this thinking is that
Mr. Foote for Harrison and protection
The Hon Dominck Delaney, an Irish
American Democrat, who represented
Marquette county, Wis, in the assembly
in 1856, has come out good and strong for
Harrison. He is an influential citizen in
the community where he resides, and his
change means more of the same. kind.
He says il is astonishing 10 him in the
last degree that any man, and especially
an lrishman, can entertain the idea for a
moment of voting for Grover Cleveland
and his perpicious tariff ideas. He de-
clares the best interests Of the country de-
mand the election of HARRISON, and be will
vote for him if he lives till next Novem-
Der.
The Irish-American Republican Club,
OF Indianapolis has enrolled upon its books
105 names, all of them, with the excep-
ton of seven or eight, recent accessions
from the Democratic party. Some ofsthe
best known Irishmen of indianapolis are
in this organization-men who have been
and are connected with great business en-
terprises, and whose knowledge and char
acter give weight and force to any move
ment in which they engage. The actual
membership of this club does not by any
means represent its Importance in this
campaign Nearly every meeting is at
tended by three times the mem bership of
the club, this attendance being made up
Of Irishmen who believe in the purposes
of the organization and will support the
movement, though as yet hardly pre- pared
to drop the name of Democrat altogether
and openly avow themselves in full SYM
pathy with Republication in all its length
and breadth. ,,s,1 4a.,s,,,.
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