Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1888-08-31
on the Ere OF the Campaign.

Ihe political situation is unique.
The candidates and platforms are before
the country, and there is more or less
skirmishing along the lines. The par
ty chiefs are maneuvering for adyan-
tage at Washington, with the Mills
bill marking the Democratic position,
while Republican Senators are seeking
to formulate some cunning tarlff device
that will reconcile the platform with
the necessary reduction of the revenue
without ineurring the odium d -
''free-trade" cry they have endea
to apply to the Mills bill. But tb
only drowsY hum to be heard in,
ical circles, and the candidates t
selves set no example of activity.
President is at his desk as usual AZ
ing to his exacting duties, cast
vagrant thought behind him totl
breezes he lately enjoyed. Tho
bandana waves lazily In the But
state, and the grandson of the tiJ
noe hero is receiving committees
talking platltudes in the Hoosier \
daries. Even the "uncrowned
IS at sea for the time being, an
until "Wednesday next will he
foot on the '.land of the free,
banners and music and th,
rahs which please him so well
many cyclones will land with
one can tell, but it il safe to
Blaine will raise hurricane If
But why has M. Harrison
to meet him at the gates ard Ehelp to
swell the triumphal entry of tie maq
who made himl The time must come.
If Mr.. Harrison shall be elected, when
ne ahall break the truncheon ef his
Office at the feet of his party oraelsand
leader, and even before that dime ar.
rives he can do but little more than
echo the fiction Mr.. Blame will Be Ger.
tain to put into the canvass. True,
1T would not be pleasant to play second
fiddle under such circumstances, but
Mr.. Harrison like the Lord High Ex-
ecutloner, must become accustorsed to
see favors hvished apon a rial. aud
get used to it by degrees. fBus
will not be there, and all the ..pe
and circumstance" of "uncrowne ~
atty must go on without him.
democratic party the situate.
marked contrast. The nonine
rival near the throne. and cen
power behind it Four years
was an experiment-now he
the fierce light which beats
official life, and in its glare
out conspicuouslv the leader
fashioner of political though. IN mas
own party, and the safest guardian uf
the peoples rights half century has
produced. He is stronger than his
party, tor even those who rank hish
| In its councils and who differed from
him on fundamental questi ms of policy
have compelled to surrender to his bet.
ter Judgment and to his strong grasp
on pnbiie affairs lieis uapretcndlRp
honest. and sincere. lie has kept i.ik
pledges to the best Of his al,iliiy
the evidence Of il IS tl,,t the cisi,.scr
vice reformers aid independents ere
everywhere yielding him their sapp9rt
Upon the great economic question a
the day ne stands for the many against
the few-fora a policy which he believes
will bring relief to the sons Of to;,
instead of buildign mp colossal fortup,s
at their expense. If he had beea
demagogue he would have panderd -
the wei[known appetites of men a,d
counseied the repeal of the tar mn
tobacco and whisky as a means Of >.
ducing the revenue,U But he knew
they were not necessal1es of life. and
that one of them at least was a power
fnl factor in the distress and want ~
the country. He, therefore, had IL.
courage to suggest other means ,of 70
duclng the taxes in his now famop.
, message, and thought more of the ,no,
= ais OF the people and comfort of the
homes and of their Indulgence in I,al;,.
that certainly do more harm than good
And thus he submits his ca )" to ath;nk
: ing and educated people. No mar
o impugns his M tives or quext;o,,
;, his absolute integrity of purpose The
o worst thateven !. t,oiiticaI advess.,;..
d can say OF him is that he is mistake
" in wanting to keep the tax on whisks
/, and thus disturb tie present ..pfo,e.
n. tive systen We shall. at conn,
know more about lltl.is when the e.,
n ate and House have m ,de up. the tari,;
d issue upon which the people are 70 PAS
Judgment; but unless all signs fA,
the quicker Mr. Blaine shufies sF hi.
sea legs ana t'ritrD-,.4he stusnp the /.
" ter, Or Dir. Harri-on will be ape . ;.
main like his great f4shioner and mas
T. ter an ssuucrowne,l kino L.
"a Baltimore, Aus 4th 1883.
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70 \ recent writer, speaking Of clvl.
le while Uniting their usefulne...o