Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-03

many years before his death, was tn,
recognized leader of the republican
party in the senate-and here is hi
presentation of the issues of cam
paign then approaching. 1.-The Dem
ocratic party will never vote to pay thu
interest on your debt, except OF
the condition of paying for thei
slaves, or Of consolidating the rebe
debt with ours; and they vii
never pay a dollar to the One-leggeC
and armed soldiers of the north
or to the widows and orphans of those
who fell, except upon the condition
that you put their S upon the same
level" The Democratic party came
into power and after a period of foul
years of government bonds are selling
at higher premium than at any
time under Republican rule. Il
has granted more pensions to union
soldiers than were granted under any
Republican administration. Is the
/ Democratic party unsafe or unpatri-
otto?
Again, only few days ago Senator
Edmunds, in a speech at Burlington
in his own state, declared that il
/ Harrison - came to the White House
you will have an American instead OF
an English President. If Cleveland
had been Lord salisbury himself he
could not have been more British than
+ he is" No honest man, whatever his
/ party, can feel respect for such silly
rot as that. And when we remember
that this man desired the appointment
of his former law partner and init
mate friend, our present minister tC
England, to be Chief Justice of the
supreme COurt-a position more i'm
pOrtant and exalted than the Pres
idency itself, inspite of the fact that
Mr.. Phelps is accused of being, next
to Mr.. Lowell, the most British
of Americans, it is difficult to remem-
Der in Senator Edmunds' favor, the
services he has rendered his country
or to continue to feel for him the re-
/ Spect which all would like to fee. We
/ have seen how wide of the mark were
the predictions of Senator Morton and
the Republican party regarding a re-
turn of the Democratic party to power
The declaration of Senator Edmunds
and those of the Republican party
to-day to the effect that reduction of
taxes will bring ruin upon the
American people, and sink "the
lnited States into mere commercial
dependency of Great Britain" are I'M.
dignited nation. While the Repub
lican party had a policy worthy of the
American people it commanded re
spect and support. When it failed tc
recognize the fact that the settled past
was not and could not be the issue OF
the present time, 50 full of its OWL
perpleXities and SO great with promise
its best support fell from it, and the
direction of our political destiny passed
into other hands. The only thing il
is important the people should know
is what are the real questions at issue
between the two parties. There is
always sense and patriotism enough
in the people, regardless of party, tC
decide them Alright when they are MOI
ObScured by make-believe issues
This is strikingly illustrated by tn,
swift, overpowering reply the mass o
Republicans made to the Chicago con
ventiOn'S declaration in favor of fire.,
whiskey, and the effect of tina
reply upon politicians. Republican
senators lead off in the cowardly re
treat, loudly calling to the people
" don t shoot, we have dropped tn,
whiskey jug, and we will drop the en-
tire platform if you say so, but pleas,
don t shoot"
The real question of this campaign
is not free whiskey or British FIRE,
trade 1t is Extravaganza VS.. Econ
omy. The republican party's solution
of the surplus question is: SQUANDEl
IT. The Democratic solution is: Don,
COLLECT IT. This l believe to be tn
real issue All else is secondary ant
follows as the necessary result of thes
two propositions The Democratic par
ty in its platform advocated a reduc
ton of taxation. Its representative
in congress have carried through tn
house bill reducing enormously tn
burdens of the people and reducing
the treasury surplus by 20 millions
, President Cleveland vetoed an eXtrav
agant River and Harbor bill, Texa
Seed bill, and Dependent Pension
bill, with the earnest approval of tn
people regardless of party.
This is simply economy in the ad
ministration of the affairs of the gov
= eminent. Let us look at the othe
side. Gen. Harrison is credited wit
first introducing into the Senate De
/ pendent Pension bill. And the In
dianapolis Journal, in Gen. Harrison
own home, recently declared: IF tn
Dependent Pension bill had become
: law it would have reduced, perhap
ABSORBED, the treasury surplus, an
thus removed strong argument i
favor of free trade. Grover didn
/ want that What does that NEAR
/ but " elect Harrison and the treasur
! surplus will be absorbed in les
I than no time?"
2 But it might be said that the Re
4 publican party should not be cor