The Republican journal., 1888-08-16
Political Points.

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ganized now in New York State.
James A. Whitney, prominent New Yorl
| lawyer. and Is years a Democrat. has come on
for Harrison and protection.
Senator Hoar cmphatically contradicts Tho
malicious faisehood charging him with malign
ing the Scandinavians in a recent speech.
Captain Berry. an old Sandy Hook pilot an,
Democrat. says: "Tm carrying the motto Ne
| Free Trade on every one of my Spars.'
There is a strong disafiecton among Demo
| cratic Maine lumbermen relative to the Mill.
proposition to place lumber on the free list.
Ex-Gov. John 5. Plsbury, of Minnesota
says that the Republicans will carry the State by
| $4,000 majority, making all allowance for the
| Prohibition vote.
! Miss Anna Dickinson is the first campaign
orator signed to duty by the Republican ma
| tional committee. She is to speak in New
jersey.
Returns come in slowly in Tennessee. They
| indicate the usual Republican majority in the
| eastern section and slight Democratic gains
| eiSeWh here.
| Rey. Dr. >torrs says that he thinks the ia
| tional welfare will be best advanced on the
| lines which he wishes to see it by the success
of the Republican party.
| There are already three separate organiza-
tlons among the Ir>h-Americans in New York
| city working for the Republican ticket. Eng
i>h free trade doesn't 90 down with the edu-
| Gated lr>hman.
Between 100 and 800 citizens of Jennings
county. Indiana paid their respects to General
Harrison. at indianapolis. Aug. 4th. General
Harrison made Stirrin.. speech, speaking
mainly of the tariff.
There We're 10000 Vermont Republicans at
the Burlington mass meeting. Senator Ed
mund> says there will be something like 40.0OO
Republican majority for Harrison and Morton
in the State. Might rs well make it unani-
nous.
The New York Press says that President
Green of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany subscribe, $4,000 for the Democratic
campaign fund on saturday. and that Jay
Gould has declared himself in favor OF the re-
election of President Cleveland.
The Republican Senators have succeeded in
passing an order by which the Senate shall
meet at II i. NJ. each day. an hour earlier
than 1T present. The Democrats vigorously
opposed This, wishing to prevent action Oh the
Senate Faritl bill and on the fisheries treaty.
The New York Iierads Washington special
says it is understood that the Presidents letter
of acceptance has not been completed and that
none of the party leaders has ever seen rough
draft Of it. some of them have urged the
President to issue his letter soon. but he has
intmatcd that he does not think there is any
special haste.
4 conference OF the executive committee of
the | non and United Labor parties was held
in Chicago to see if a settlement of their dis
agreements could he reached. The United
Labor people proposed to div, c the electors
in the nted States between the parties. Sew
eral propositions We're made but the conferees
found il impossible 10 agree.
Radburn {. Wells. of Athens. Ga. a promi-
nent capitalist. says: Zone year ago became
a Republican, ] think tleveandS message
and the st. Louis platform will change the ma
jorily in at least one Southern State. There is
more truth in the breaking up of the solid South
than most Northern people believe. The Dem
orratic attitude on the tariff has caused much
hard feeling in the South
Col. W. i. Cassidy. sergeant at arms of the
| niteti States Senate and member of the Re-
publican National Committee for North Caro-
lima. has just returned to Washington from a
thing points to the election of the Republican
State ticket in North Carolina. with Il good
chance to carry the Legislature and secure the
electoral vote for Harrison.
One of the most noticeable evidences of the
de>crtion Of workngmen from Cleveland to
Harrison was given at Buffalo. when 40
voters employed by Srhoelihopf Il Co.. Sheep
skin and morocco dre>>erS. paradcd with
Harrison flags on their way to the steamer
which took them down river on their annual
excursion. Every mar, their foreman said.
WAS Il supporter of Cleveland four Years ago.
bat they are now for Harrison without an eN-
ception.
The Democratic party will make free
trade fight in 1884. If it loses. it will make
another in 1855" louisville Courier-Journal,
March -. 1SS2.
yritt boJ
hidden its free trade face behind the hypOcrit-
cal mask of 'tarifl REFORM" 1t Just managed
to pail through its free trade fight in 1854,
and it is entering upon its free trade fight"
of 1SSS against a united and not divided Re-
publican party. Boston journal.
When W. II. Perkins, who has recently re-
turned from European trip, was asked at the
Hotel Oxford Yesterday what he had noticed
about free trade in Europe, he said:
"Whe in Brussels. Belgium. last summer,
saw some skilled laborcrs making spiral steel
car springs. such As we use on OUR freight cars
They received GO cents per day, while our
blacksmthS receive s. for the same work. l
asked the Belgian proprietor why he didn't pay
more. lie said: IL am handicapped. When
! get 500 worth Of ear springs into the New
York harbor for l sell my ear springs in
AmercaD | have TO salute your Yankee flag and
give up 500"
w lelc uOcS lnil come lTOil: ASKED.
1T comes of of my mems wages" he said.
But suppose America had free trade:"
"Frec trade" lie exclaimed. "Why would
Hood the Yankees with car springs. would
treble my works Tomorrow
'But wouldn't that break ou- steel car-spring
makers up:' asked.
"Yes. for WHILE
"lIow long!'
"Why. till your men worked for 60 cents a
day. as our men do
"But there are politicians in America"
said, who advise the laboring men to vote for
this same free trade
"And the men isteh:'
"Somc ignorant ones do
"Wcil," said the Belgian manufacturer, Sin
stead of listening to a Gemagogue who would
decrease their high wages down to the wages
of our poor people, your American iaborers
ought to drive such demagogue out of the
country. san Francisco Chronicle.
Mr.. Cleveland and the Veterans.
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