Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-07-07
POLITICAL NEWS.

ter from senator sherman pioneering
his services in the campaign.
William Walter Phelps discussed
the work Of the Chicago Convention
and characterized the ticket as the
strongest that could have been Sc
lected. n
! William Reese, of Bolivar, Pa,
who is 101 years old, announces his
intention of voting for General Har-
rison. He was gray.haired when he
voted for "Old Tippecanoe" in 1910.
William 81. Grace, a wealthy
Brooklyn Democrat, has resigned
from the First Ward Democratic
Association because he can not sup
port President Cleveland's tariff
views.
A movement has been started
among Baltimore Democrats in the
Sixth and Seventh Wards, for Har-
rison and Protection, and 200 voters
are already enrolled for the Repub-
lican nominees.
Stephen B. Elkins, in an interview
in Indianapolis, expressed the be-
lief that prospects were bright for
the Republicans carrying all the
doubtful states and breaking into
the Solid South.
The National Visitor, of Peoria,
ILL.,, owned and edited by John A.
Mango, late chairman of the Demo.
cratic Congressional Committee of
that district, comes out squarely in
support of Harrison and Morton.
The Buffalo New York Neaes
which supported Cleveland in 1884,
has lately announced editorially that
it will oppose his candidacy this
year, and gives its reasons in full
the adoption of dangerous system
of tariff reform and the like.
The Philadelphia Record Dem.)
laments "that the party fences are
down, and the independent voter is
going where he pleases," and then
prints the following interesting bit
of intelligence Bank President
Slingluff, of Norristown, once can.
didate of the Democracy for Con.
gress, will support Harrison, and so
will the Washington Gazette, which
opposed Blaine"
Three Democratic ex- congressman
Of New York City--James O'Brien,
John Hardy and Nicholas Muller-are
engaged in the organization of clubs
of Protection Democrats for the pur.
pose of defeating Free.trade Demo.
cratic candidates for Congress.
Where they are compelled to choose
between a Republican and Free
trade Democrat they will support
the Republican. Mr.. Hardy says:
awe are fighting the battle of la
bor." Many other prominent Dem
ocrats are engaged in the move.
ment.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
contains the following: The candi.
dacy of General Harrison will be
very popular in certain sections of
West Virginia, where there are sew
eral influential members of the
Southern branch of the Harrison
family. Judge L. w. Harrison, of
Clarksburg, for whose grandfather
Harrison county, W. Va, was nam.
ed, is a lifelong Republican, while
his brother, Colonel Maybury Harris.
on, served CALAMITY as q colonel in
the Confederate army, but says he
will now support bis distinguished
relative. Richard Harrison, of Yves
ton, is connected with the Weston
Democrat, but his paper is protec-
tive organ and will take no active
part in the campaign.
i have had enough OF this free.
trade nonsense" is the way VIM. E.
Machlin, the well.known business
man of Harrisburg. puts it. AL
though all his life wellknown and
staunch Democrat, he renowned his
Democracy on Monday, aud says he
will vote tor Harrison and Morton.
He concludes bis reasons, therefore,
as follows: 81 have already lost
considerable money in business
through this tariff tinkering, and 1
don't propose to do anything that
may assist in putting proposed tariff.
reform ideas as advocated by such
men as Mills on the statute books.
| will vote this year for Harrison
and Morton. There are plenty of
Democrats with me, bat they haven't
the courage to speak out"