Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-23
give Harrison and Morton 10000 ma
iOriry in Iowa this fall

give Harrison and Morton 10000 ma
Jority in Iowa this fall.
J. NJ. Glass, formerly Mayor of Jeffer-
sonvilie, Ind. writes from Los Angeles,
Cal: 1.-The Pacific coast viii go solidly
for Harrison. Oregon has already indi-
Gated the feeling of the people beyond
the Rockies. Hundreds Of Democrats
are announcing that they will vote the
Republican ticket"
Four Harrison and Morton clubs have
been organized by the elevated railway
employees of New York City and one by
the street-car drivers with more than
400 members, all composed almost exs
clusiyely of men who voted for Cleve>
land in 1884 They are largely Irisk
friends Of Mr. Morton.
Four prominent men who have here
tofOre been identified with the Demo-
cratic party became charter members of
the Irish-American Republican Club
organized in this city last night. They
believe in protection, and come out
squarely in support Of the party cham
piOnlng the cause of American labor
Lincoln, (Neb.) Journal.
Mir. Z. C. Pechin. OF Cleveland, We'll
known as d scientific authority on all
matters pertaining to the iron trade, has
come out for Harrison. GIr. Pechin is a
writer Of prominence on the production
Of iron, and is interested in its manu-
facture. Before coming to Cleveland he
lived in Western Pennsylvania, where he
was active in politics as Democrat.
Mr.. Emil Fecht of the firm of John j.
Bagley 6 Co. voted for Cleveland and
Hendricks four years ago. He knows
why he viii not vote for Cleveland and
Thurman this year. The Tribune is in
formed that twenty-one workingmen
employed in a factory in this city who
voted for Cleveland four years ago have
come out for Harrison and Morton. =
Detroit Tribune.
Editor Butler of the Buffalo Neacs,
who initiated Mr.. Cleveland in politics
and has until lately been his warm sup
porter, says in his opinion Mr.. Cleveland
cannot be reelected. The NelCS which
ardently supported him in 1884, is
against him now, and is doing valiant
service for Harrison. Mr.. Butler is of
the opinion that New York will go Re-
publican by an overwhelming majority.
Ex-Mayor Henry L. Fish. of Roches-
ter, n. Y. writes to a friend at Anastota:
II am for Harrison, although, as the
saying goes, [ have been voting for
jackson all my life" Mr. Fish adds: 81
want to vote for an honest statesman; a
soldier who helped to save the Union; a
man who has q standing at home; who
will bring to the great Office OF Presi-
dent q clean record, clean character;
one who will maintain the dignity. of
the Nation at home and abroad"
There are lots and lots Of Democrats
in Montgomery County who openly de-
clare that they shall vote for Harrison
and the Republican ticket this fall
Some Of them have come over on the
tariff issue and some on the pension is
sue, saying that this thing of men who
fought to destroy the Union depriving
those who fought to save it Of their just
pensions and stigmatizing them as pau.
pers is more than they can stand
C0feyUiIIe, (KGS.) Journal.
Henry w. Booth, of Scottsburg, a life
long Democrat, has decided to support
Harrison and Morton. He says that he
has been studying the platforms of the
Democratic and Republican parties for
three weeks, and that he could find no
encouragement in the former for either
the poor man or the soldier who fought
to save the Union. Mr.. Booth served
four years in the late war; having en-
listed in Company E, Twenty-second
Indiana Veteran Volunteers, July4, 1861.
-Mddi8o2l, (Iad.) Courier.