The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-08-09
LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS.
The Cubernatorial Situation. Work
ing Men Don't Like Morton.

Especial Correspondence of The Sentinel
New YORK, August 4.-Leading
Democrats from many states have
been in town for "a day or two in at
tendance upon the first meeting of the
National Democratic League Execu
tive Committee. From all about, and
especially from those Western and
North Western states which are gen.
orally put down in the Republican
column, come the most encouraging
reports of the progress of the Demo
cratic campaign. The attitude of the
Republicans to the very moderate
measures which have been proposed
looking to the looping off Of the .ex-
cessive taxation, the delegates say has
arousad the farmers of those sections
in a way not before known. The
Democratic Committee has its eyes ON
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, and
is doing some very strong blinking in
in the direction OF Ohio, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Iowa.
Congressman Watson of Indiana
dropped in at Headquarters yester-
day to say that it looks like a sure
thing for Cleveland in his state. Ex-
Governor Porter's refusal to accept
the chances of war in another Guber-
material campaign has disappointed
the Harrison managers who hoped to
draw votes from his personal popular
ity. There is little question that Por-
ter is thousands of votes stronger be-
fore the people than Harrison, and
is perhaps the most popular Republi-
can leader in the Hoosier State. Be-
sides that the idea of putting him at
the head of the State ticket was to
conciliate the Gresham people of
whom he was conspicuous leader.
The report from Washington that
the Republican majority in the SEN
ate haye practically agreed upon a
tariff bill which will reduce the reven-
ne sc, 100000 a year, has rather tend
ed to stimulate curiosity as to the po-
sition the g. o. p. will find itself in
when Congress adjourns. 1t is said
that the lines of the bill diverge ve,y
widely from the rigid high protection
ideas of the Republican leaders in the
House, and that there will good
deal of music in the camp before the
measure is even announced. Free
sugar, of course, will be advocated
to help out the free rum of the Chica-
go platform, for the obvious reason
that louisiana and such other South
ern States as produce sugar are solidly
Def remain SO beyond
Speaking of politics, there has
been lull during the past week, but
they tell us something will be heard
to drop in the course of very few
days. 1t is only once in twelve years
that the citizens of the Metropolis
have the opportunity OF voting for
President, Governor and Mayor at
the same time. The last time it hap
pened was in the Tilden campaign of
rs. That is what puts such peculiar
zest into the fight this year, and makes
every stage of the proceeding well
worth watching. 1t is too early yet
for the blare of trumpets and the
booming of heavy artillery, but if
you listen closely you will hear the
sharp rattle of the skirmish line, and
if you handle your field glasses prop
erly you will see that the armies are
unusually compact and that each has
entrenched itself behind its most form
liable fertilization.
Will it be Hill for Governor? The
Mugwumps say not. If it is, they
coufend that Cleveland will lose thou
sands of votes in the State, and may
be defeated. Fit is not Hill some of
the dyed-in- the-wool Democrats argue
that Cleveland will lose thousands of
votes in the State and will very
likely be defeated. There you have
the situation in nut shell, or rather
the arguments of either side. But it
must not be supposed that opposition
to the denomination of the Governor
is entirely Mugwumpian. The Coun-
ty Democracy leaders are not making
much. fuss about the matter but
the belief is general that when the
time comes tor nominating the candi-
date, they will be found in the anti
Hill camp. The Kings county De-