Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-13

Already shops and foundries are elcs.-.
ing because the duty is not high enough
to keep these foreign goods out Low
er the duty still more and he consc-
queucc will be 10 either close up these
industries or work for starvation wages
This is not our contention, aud tai, i.
not our Interpretation Of IT, This is the
voice aud the clamor Of the industrious
labor Of the North This is the voice
Of that factor that must determine the
fate Of the election It looks as if the
solid South were to be purchased this
time at too high a price. Tue solid
South is for free trade The President
or the party that has thrown down thi,
guage Of battle this critical yer is Meth
or wise nor polite The Catholic
Weekly
The Republican National convention
has nominated Senator Benjamin IIarri-
son as its candidate for the Presidency.
The nomination is unquestionably a
strong one. The platform is singul1rly
explicit; contrastcd with the Democratic
platform it Joins issues now first dis
tinctly presented In such contest as
opens up, principles, MT personalities,
should be dominant, as we believe they
will. Given this, aud we shall have a
clean campaign, with LEES of asperity
and deiractiou than have characterized
our Presidential contests for ng Sc
ries Of years The Christian at Work
Evangelical
President Clevclands uncle has an
nounced that he will not vote for his
nephew The gentleman name is Hon.
Lewis +. Allen, Of Buffalo He says
he voted for WIN. Henry HARRISON
odd Tippccanoc aud Tyler, too'-and
is going to vote this fall for Benjamin
Harrison and Lew p Morton. Mr.
Allen has done more than talk A few
nights ago he organized in Buffalo a
Harrison club for campaign work, and
secured list Of thirty-cight in one night
The people outside Of Indiana are
thinking a great Teal about the Demo
Gratis carrying that State in November,
but this is what General Browne, a con
gresham from Indiana, says about the
Republicans chances: They will carry
Indiana, New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut, and, when the Den ocracy
wakes up the morning after the elec
ton, they will be the most surprised
party this country has ever seen. Gen
Browne knows the Indiana voters much
better than many wise ones now discus
sing the situation.
The National Visitor, Of Peoria, Ill
owned and edited by john A Mango,
late chairman of the Democratic Con
gressonal Committee Of that district,
comes out squarcly in support of flarri
son and Norton
Judge George W. Smith, of IIcrki-
mer county, n Y, has renowned his
Democratic affiliations aul declares in
: s-vor of Harrison aud Morton. Judge
Smith is Acknowledged to be the ablest
Democratic organizer in llcrkimer coun-
ty. He spoke for Seymour in 1868,
for Greeley in 1872, for Tilden in 1876,
for Hancock in 1890, and for Cleveland
in 1884 In 1876 he was the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the Her
kimcr, Lewis and Jefferson district, and
in 1886 the Democratic candidate for
the same office in the IIerkimer, Otsego
and Schohario district. He represented
IIerkimer county in the Assembly in
1888, and was his party's leader in that
body.
Another hotter from Rochester n Y.
Levi J Dcland, late a member Of the
New York Democratic State Committee,
says he will not vote for Cleveland be-
cause he does not like the Democratic
free trade platform.
Hiram Sibley, the noted scotsman of
Rochester, n. Y, and Democrat, has
declared for Harrison and Morton
On nc day when Seth Low, the Re
publican free trader, announced that he
would not support Harrison, Hon
Orange Noble, one of the most conspicu-
Gus Democrats of Western Pennsylvania,
who was the Democratic candidate for
State Treasurer in 1882, came over to
the Republicans on account Of the tariff
issue The realignment Of parties IS 60
ing vigorously on, and the Republicans
are apparently gaining much more than
they lose by the change st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
John W Hindmarcb, lifelong
Democrat, of Washington county, Pa,
and recently Democratic candidate for
county office, announces his purpose
to vote for Gen Harrison. because he
cannot sccePt the free trade platform Of
the Democratic party.
Rv. Sam Small says North Carolina
will give 10000 votes for the Prohbi-
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