Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-16
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS REVOLT.
Sensible Democrats who Have Left Their
Party-Encouraging Reports.

extensive, and already includes enough
individuals whose names have been pub
Iished TO more than reverse Cleveland S
majority in that State four years ago.
Particularly favorable reports have been
received bv the National Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee regarding Republic
can organizations among the Germans.
Excellent reports are also daily being
received from the lrish-American AS
sociations. the Hungarian. and in fact
from al the foreign-born citizens who
ere at work for the Republican ticket.
Among I he former New York Demo
Gratis who viii support Harrison and
Morton are Horace X. Jhurber, the
former head of the great grocery firm
of New York; Charles S. Higgins, the
~oap manufacturer Of Brooklyn; Joseph
Martin, the shoe manufacturer of New
burg; Edwin Croat proprietor OF the
Hudson River Knitting Mill, jonathan
Hitler, Charles +. North and Charles f.
DOYLE manufacturers, Of COhoes, ex-
Mayor G.. b. Warren, eX-Mayor w. l..
Van Alstyne, Congressman j. NJ
Warren and eX Controller John U,
Spicer Of Troy; J.. J.. Dean, senior
member Of the firm OF l.. l.. Dean q Co.,
of the Park Knitting Mills, Of Amster-
and prominent merchant of Gloversville;
Judge George W. Smith, who represent
ed Eerkimer in the Assembly Of 1888,
and who has long been recognized in po-
litical circles as DpmocraCy'5 leading
manager for that county; Levi }. De
land ex-State Committeeman and eX-
Assemblyman of Monroe; a battalion at
Rochester composed Of Democratic
veterans. recently organized with 1877
men on its rolls; Jonathan Scovile, cX-
Mayor and Congressman Of Buffalo,
and Harris Greenwood, one of the wheel
horses of SchOharie Democracy And
the number is daily increasing.
One of the most interesting C0mmunl,
cations received by the committee was
"A letter from George T.. Wright, a well
known farmer of Putnam county. He
is a Democrat and always has been but
the present attitude of his party toward
the tariff coustrains him to abandon his
party. In his letter Mr. Wright says:
AS % Democratic farmer wish 10 say
to Won thut ann not i'm favor or in sympa-
thv with Free TraIc. / have always been
n Democrat, an insist that | am now
Democrat voted for Cleveland four
years ago, but viii not do SO again, but
will vote for Harrison and Morton My
party i'm convention has Endorsed the Mills
bill, which have just examined, and 10
is worse than childish to say thai 1t is not
a Free Trade biz. II permits Canada to
ship free Of duty 10 our state the very
things 10 wants to- ship, including salt,
lumber, milk. vegetables. etc, while Can
ada has "A high tariff which prevents MS
shipping to them, except the things men
toned, which we do not and cannot ship
to them. I'm other words Canada, under
this bill, gets Free Trade with us, ana we
get absolutely nothing in return.
1--WE farmers OF Putnam County have
raised thousands of dollars worth OF to-
baCCO i'm the past. but have stopped, be-
cause we cannot compete with cheap labor
countries, and while southern tobacco IS
protected by tariff, the Kind we raise IN
the North is not protected mt all 10y the
Mills bill Although do not raise sheep,
l feel a natural sympathy with other
farmers who do, add ann opposed to fires
wool. And think any farmer who hurtt
any branch of farming to some exteue
hurts himself Farming property in many
cases can be- bought to-day Tor the value
of the buildings upon IT, We pay more
for our labor, and can't compete with
farmers of other countries, some OF my
Democratic friends say labor is tco high,
] don't agree TO this, | know when labor
is plenty and wages high ! get ready sales
ami a good market for the products OF my
farm, which are principally sent to the
city.
we have now the finest market i'm the
world, and il is simply "a question whether
|, being "a taxpayer aud bearing all the
burdens Of cIllzeuship shall have any adj
vantage over uun-resdvuis ana foreigners
who are not taxpayers ana have no bur
denS OF citizenship. | claim that !, rs an
American farmer should have some adj
veutagr over foreign farmers in CHS mar
kct and / cannot well ask this iaNut UNI
0 Al ifIk o.