Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-14
The Unwashed.

yer Cleveland to execute was so rigidly defined
that little room was left for quibblng or deliber-
alton, and so their convention was quite brief and
decidedly formal The chief had so disciplined
the recalcitrant elements within his party that
they had not the hardihood to push their objcc-
lions into the convention. He was nominal
ted unanimously, and under instructions the
strikers In the galleries yelled for twenty
minutes by the watch, which labored
demonstration the democratic press has labeled
'enthusiasm." Coming to the nomination of
candidate for vice president the spirit of harmony
was absent from the hall. For several days prior
to the vote the contest was exciting and the
friends of Gray Of Indiana were so strong as to be
able to secure adjournment and postponement of
the vote. But Humans followers were unheed-
ing and uncompromising, and against the better
Judgment of the convention succeeded in secur-
ing his nomination. This is presumed to be an
endeavor to give character to the ticket. Thur
man is decrepit and in his dOtage. The party |
has been SO datory in doing him honor that |
whatever strength lie may at one time have been |
able TO give the ticket has been lost. All that re-
mains of his former greatness is his bandana,
and that was never famous for vote getting. |
When he was defeated for governor by Ruthcr- |
ford Il. Hayes he received the smallest number |
Dl NOlcS Vi any tdllNludlt vi lllt tlChtl
not add appreciabIe strength to the ticket even
in Ohio, outside of which he is barely rcmem- |
bered as relic of democracy. Indeed, the polt- |
zeal sagacity which dominated the convention of
four years ago and dictated the nomination of an
unknown man for president with running mate
from doubtful state was aconspicuOus absentee
from the convention of SO. Cleveland cannot |
hope for the same endorsement for his radical
md liSb ,ybirh his hprptpfDTp
svc conservatism has always received. Never
before has a man so high in public affairs stood
upon a platform so pronounced, and as an expert
ment by the man OF destiny it promises to be 81
gantic failure. The American people have made
his acquaintance in four years, and will decree in
November that he is not qualified for the high
Office to which he was promoted by a COmbna.
ton of accidents. No feat of political ingenuity
or lcgerdemain can repeat that accident. Gro
yer Clevelands star of destiny might have con-
tinued in questionable existence had he grasp
ed the opportunity to decline a denomination,
adhcring to his notable letter to George William
Curtis, but his shameless surrender of all pre-
tended principles and his expressed disposition
to trucklc to England, have provoked the right
eOus diSplcaSurc of the people, and it will yet a
pear that while destiny may guide 1t cannot tide
him over Il succession of egregious bhndcrS.
The tariff plank of the platform Is an cm6odi-
ment of Clcvcland'S views, (which go n long way
toward free trade" Left to itself the party
would wrangIc indefinitely before it could deter
mine what TO prOmulgate upon this question, but
under instructions from the seat of government
where public Office forms a powerful trust
there was no alternative. Already party adhcr-
ents are dispuing the words of this plank and |
Al. Iii, 4.
is Il free trade plank, and the dangerous feature
is that it is received with rejoicing in England.
The platform contains many misleading and |
hypocrltical utteranceS on public qucStOnS-eS- |
pecialy relating to pensions and civil service.
Dan Voorhees, washed his hands of RESPONSE |
bilty for impending defeat Of democracy in In |
diana when he stated to the convention that every
democratic president elected had received the
electoral vote of that state and that the result |
this year would De no exception to the rule. He |
Informed his democratic friends that Grover
Cleveland would he elected or defeated as Indi- |
ana should decide: he said that 1t was weak and
that the candidate for vice president must come |
from Indiana TO divert disaster from the party. |
Voorhees, speaks intelligently OF the situation in
the IIOoScr state, and in ignoring his words of i!
dencc that invites defeat. The bunder is one
that cannot be remCdiCd.
-Four years ago very little was known of Grover |
Cleveland or his policy He was taken from be- |
coming obScurity and his utter ignorance of pub
lie affairs considered the chief point Ofavail-
ability. During his term of Office he has promu- |
gated opinions on the tariff issue that have struck
the chord Of harmony in England. While on this
side of the water there is wide spread gloom be-
cause a foreign Sympathizer has been given Il re-
nomination at the hands of a political party in
convention assembled, the free trade arstOcracy
of England who live and prosper upon the labor
OF subjects whose tribute they can command only
through unrestricted trade, are wild with delight
Ill anticipation of seeing the United States ports
thrown open to their industries They believe
that with the adoption Of the administration pol
ley they can by the utility Of paupcr labor kill
American Industries and force the now well paid
and skilled labor to agricultural pursuits, Great
ing an agricultural dependency, subject to such
fXtOrtOnS as they may in avarice and greed con-
"eiye. The press Of London has voiced the sch
iiment of all England in rejoicing over the renom-
ination Of Cleveland and the triumph of the
American annex to the Golden Club Dozens of
extracts might be printed, but the following from
the London Star is sufficient:
I'VE may very well re-ccho that enthusiasm on
ms SIDE OF the water for the reelection of PrcSi-
deht cleveland means the adoption Of his pro-
gram of tariff revision, and his ideas on that sub
)ect 20 a long way towards free trade"
Cleveland's ideas promise a realization of that
for which they have so long Iabored They hone
that America may yet be brought into the same
state Of financial and industrial subsection that
lmpoyerlShes Ireland today. Their i'll concealed
Elee should admonish Americans to retire the
English faction from American politics
Growers tympanum has not yet been tickIcd
Ivy the sound of booming cannon at ratification
meeting In Indiana. The HoosierS will speak in
November in favor of Americanism and the re-
publican party.
Inc spirit OF jealous rivalry existing between
Chicago and st. Louis was gluttonOusly satiatcd
III the latter city last week. Ever since the Hay
market riot in Chicago the Missouri town has
been under cloud, and could devise no means
OF equaling that thrilling event, but when the
democratic pOw-wOw was at its height, denizenS
Of that city jeered Chicago, and challenged her to
produce its equal.
a few delegates arrived In st. Louis on Satur- |
day prior to the convention and on the following |
day found all the saloons closed in accordance |
with proclamation by the mayor Ii was a |
desert to the democratic hordes They tried |
water but 1t failed to penetrate the coating of |
their Threats. Just as the boys had expectOrated
the last cotton and could only speak in feeble
whispers the California delegation arrived with
many demijohnS filled with the choicest vintage
OF the coast, and Growers troupes were saved.
Col Henderson, of Dubuque, says Of the ticket:
"They have nominated a woman and a handker-
chief Frankie and a bandana"
IL Is whispered that the bandana Is Haunted for
the purpose OF catching the anarchist vote
DELEGATES to the national republican cOnven-
ton are already assembling at Chicago. The
ennAnItin Ilh I'm Enll L