The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-08-18
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS REVOLT.
Sensible Democrats Who Have Left Their
Party-Encourag ginE Reports.

individuals whose names nave Deen pup |
lished to more than reverse Clevelands |
majority in that State four years ago. |
Particularly favorable reports have been |
received by the National Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee regarding Republi- |
can organizations among the Germans.
Excellent reports are also daily being
received from the Irish-American AS
sociations, the Hungarian. and in fact
from all the foreign-born citizens who
are at work for the Republican ticket.
Among the former New York Demo-
Gratis who will support Harrison and
Morton are Horace X. Thurber, the
former head of the great grocery firm
of New York; Charles ). Higgins, the
soap 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 +.
Doyle manufacturers, of Cohoes, ex-
Mayor G.. b. Warren, ex-Mayor w. l..
Van Alstyne, Congressman j. NJ.
Warren and ex-Controller john ID.
Spicer, of Troy; l.. l.. Dean, senior
member of the firm of l.. l.. Dean & Co,
of the Park Knitting Mills, of Amster-
dam; w. A. lansing a Union veteran
and prominent merchant of Gloversville
Judge George w. Smith, who represent
ed Herkimer in the Assembly OF 1888,
and who has long been recognized in po-
litical circles as Democracy's leading
manager for that county; Levi j. De-
land ex-State Committeeman and ex-
Assemblyman of Monroe; n battalion at
Rochester composed of Democratic
veterans recently organized with l2T
men on its rolls; Jonathan Scoville, ex-
Mayor and ex-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 commune
cations received by tn. committee was
a letter from George T.. Wright well
known farmer of Putnam county. lie
is Democrat and always has been but
the present attitude of his party toward
the tariff constrains him to abandon his
party. In his letter Mr.. Wright says:
"As Democratic farmer l wish to say
to YOU that am not in favor or in sympa-
thv with Free Trade. have always been
Democrat, am insist that | am now n
Democrat | voted for Cleveland four
wears ago. but will not do SO again, but
will vote for Harrison and Morton. My
party in convention has indorsed the Mills
bill, which have just examined, and il
is worse than childish to say that 1t is not
Free Trade bill. 1t permits Canada to
ship free of dlty To our state the very
things it wants to ship, including salt,
lumber milk vegetables. etc, while Can
ada has a high tariff which prevents us
shipping to them, except the things men
toned, which we do not and cannot snll
to them. In other words Canada, under
this BILL gets Free Trade with us, and we
get absolutely nothing in return
I'VE farmers of Putnam County have
raised thousands of dollars worth OF to
bacco in the past, but have stopped, oe
cause we cannot compete with cheap labol
countries and while southern tobacco Il
protected by tariff. the kind we raise IL
the North is not protected at all Oy Ih'
Mills bill Although do not raise sheep
| feel a natural sympathy with othe
farmers who do, and am opposed to fre
wool And think any farmer VINO hurt
any branch of farming TO some extern
hurts himself. Farming property III man,
cases can be bought to-day for the valu
of the buildings upon 1t. We pay NOR
for our labor, and can't compete witt
farmers of other countries. some or m
Democratic friends say labor Is 100 hlgh
don't agree 10 this | know when labo
is plenty and wages high get ready sale
and n good market for the products OF m
farm. which are principally sent 10 III
city
1--WE have now the finest market in tn
world, and ii is simply question whethe
|, being Il taxpayer and bearing all th
burdens of citizenship. shall have any at
vantage over nOn-rcsidcutS and foreigner
who are not taxpayers aud have no bul
dens of citizenship. | claim that /, rs a
American farmer, should have some at
ventage over foreign farmers III TINS ma
ket: ana cannot well ask this favor Ill
less | am willing To give the same advan
age to the American lnborer, merchal
and manufacturer.
am and have been in favor of reform
ing the tariff, particularly on those thing
not produced in tins country, and whe
ever the tariff protects any article mao
by trust" | find on examination thu
the great trust, that is the sugar trus
which is at present protected by the tarit
is fully and carefully protected by Il
Mills bill. While am n prctectionist
am not in favor of protecting what
cannot produce i'm reasonably fair quaint
ties. While we cannot Yet produce 10 p
cent of the sugar we use, II El!ght Ee We
to encourage its production and manuti
turc but certainly not when one III
nopoly controls the whole business al
limits the supply if necessary, 10 81
themselves.
MANY of my Democratic neighbors fe
rs lido about this case. They VIII spei
for themselves. Some of them may II
be heard from until election day, th'
they Will speak in no uncertain way.
Another Democratic manufacture
Charles t. Stevens of Syracuse. \.
has come out for Harrison and Mort
because he cannot support the tick
representing his party platform. 1t
notable III tins connection that the Syf
cuse Herald, a Democratic paper viii
supported Cleveland i'll 1884, after prlI
ing Mr.. Stevens letter, says: These Il
precisely the same reasons that Undue
the Herald to Withdraw its support frc
the Democratic National ticket"
the Herald is IA paper of a great deal
local influence there is mourning amo
the Democrats of that section.
Among the speakers mt the Republic
ratification meeting at Utica, n. Y, Ii
week was Frederic G.. Fincke one of [
leaders of the stalwarts in Oneida couu
The New York san says he was "a clio
ardent and uncompromisng friend a
follower of the late Roscoe Conklii
During the campaign of 1894 no c
among his (Conklings) implacable ST
porters worked harder or more etrecti'
iv to throw Oneida Countys major
against Blame than Mr.. Fincke." I
SIM argues from Mr. Fincke's indor