Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-28
land In New York-An Extraordinary
Revolt

land In New York.-An Extraor binary
Revolt.
There are the most conclusive evidences
Of great political change among the peo-
of the Enterprise State, enough to render
the Democratic prospects this year nearly
or quite hopeless. The n. Y. Tribune
has had special reporter employed sev'
eral weeks carefully gathering the facts
In the different counties, and his account
ILLS fourteen columns of that paper. Tn,
detailed proof is given of one of the most
remarkable breaks ever known in the
ranks of the Democracy. Leaders and
old-time members of the party are coming
out for Protection and the Republican
ticket by hundreds and thousands
The Tribune reporter represents that
this is largely, though not entirely
due to the position taken by President
Cleveland and his party on the tariff. The
detection extends throughout the State,
from Rouse's Point to Buffalo, and from
Lake Erie to the sea. 1t ia much greater
or more pronounced, in some places than
In others, but there ia scarcely village
or township where, If there is not open
revolt OF the ablest men in the party,
there Is unmstakable evidence of an in
tense dissatisfaction, which is as likely to
prove disastrous to the Democratic ticket
In November "a the more outspoken OPP
r,au,ttAn A II alnny thn ItnIaAn ri A
through the Mohawk valley, where are
located so many vast manufacturing inter
ests; In Washington, Steuben and the
other wool and potato growing counties
in the mining region of the north in the
lumber districts that border on the st.
Lawrence and Lake Ontario; around the
salt wells In the central counties, and
throughout the broad farming territory of
the west and south there is such repudi-
alton of the free trade Administration by
lifelong Democrats that in some sections
II amounts to political revolution.
The proof shows also that the Republi-
can party is gaining strength from other
sources besides the Democracy. There is
decided breaking away from the ranks
of the Third Party as is shown by the
way in which prominent Prohibitionists
In all sections of the State are preparing
to fight for the great cause of Protection
and the principle of high license. The
Republicans will gain largely by Access
sions from the Democratic veteran and
from the Labor party, of which both
factions will be united in support of the
State ticket. The Free Trade wing, led
by Henry George, will support Mills
against Hill, because the latter vetoed
the Electoral Reform bill, while the Labor
protectionists, the great majority of the
party will oppose Hin because he is on
the Free Trade platform of the Democracy.
Perhaps the most notable assertions from
Cleveland are In his own county of Erie
and the city of Buffalo, His personal
and political friends refuse to support
him and his Free Trade policy. Distin-
guished leaders of the party areupin arms
and some of them talk very plainly. The ac-
count from all portions of the State are of
similar import In tone and highly auspic-
ious for the Republicans. We have only
room for the words of the Tribune report
er relative to Erie County aud the city of
Buffalo, where Grover Cleveland is under
stood more thoroughly than anywhere
else.
''Should President Cleveland take few
days vacation aud spend it in Buffalo, he
would probably return to Washington with
his superb self-complacency somewhat dis
sarbed. Certainly he would see much in the
present political situation of his native city to