Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-29


call q platform, for 1t Is mere vote
catching net, is most atfectingly lacry-
NOSE over the troubles of Germany
But Mr.. Harrison's antagonism to tie
Germans in America is only equalled by
the favor he bears the Chinese. Why
the Germans have picnics on
Sunday. They drink beer and
sing Heine's erotic songs. They
are an utter abomination in the nostrils
OF this lineal descendant OF Cromwell's
Puritans. The nearest Mr.. Harrison
ever comes to uttering profane express
sion is when he sees German picnic
party in the streets on Sunday. Then he
hurls npon their devoted kopfs all the dire
thunders of his anathema maranathas-
| whatever they may be. He hates a
German as the Devil hates Holy Water,
or as Pixley, that other smoky luminary
OF the g. o. p., hates the Irish. Harrison
hates Teuton as he loves Chinaman.
THE SILVER srRADDLE.
Another point in the platform which
Harrison will find it difficult to reach is
the unmeaning bit of twaddle on bimet-
ailism. To be sure that plank is quite
innocent. 1t merely affirn1s what no one
denies unless it be John Sherman. He
did deny that silver was a proper metal
for coinage purposes at one time. But
John claimed he had been converted
from this error by an earnest desire to
be President. The Ohio iceberg having
warmed up to silver, no one now turns
the cold shoulder to the queen
Of metals. 1t was proper the Re.
publican party should put itself on
record, for its allegiance to this royalty
in the mineral kingdom was suspected.
Now, if with all his other straddIes,
Harrison can get his foot squarely
planted on the silver knot-hole in the
California plank-said hole being the
superlative effort of his whole life, on
the part Of Mr.. Osborne, Of Los Angeles
then Mr.. Harrison will be the greatest
political straddler of this or Of any other
age. He was, in his devotion to coupon
clippers, bond-holders, millionaires,
plntocrats and kindred interests, the
worst enemy the old Greenbackers
met in their combats in Indiana.
He would venture new profane express
sion for the benefit Of fiat money man,
as he would for that OF German. The
The only aim, practically speaking, of
the Greenbackers was to get sufficient
supply Of the circulating medium in
culation to give the borrower a
half even change against the lender.
That is about all the silver advocate aims
at to-day.
THREE RS OR THREE MS.
Democratic views are always the sound
est. Let us stick to them. Here is short
expression of opinion on the part of one
of the members of the party of Jefferson
and Jackson. A Republican said his party
will win next November. His reason is
that Burchard's three big RS in 1884
defeated Blaine, and that the alliterative
liar cannot get in his political gospel in
1888. That is all right, remarked a
Democrat in the crowd. We will dis
pense with Burchard this year. We have
very neat little ALTERATION of
our own. It has the benefit OF being
strictly true, and is q popular rather
than religious war cry. 1t is not three
Rs; but it is three whopping big Ms. 1t
is Money, Monopolies and Mongolians.
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion are no.
where as compared with this.
THE LABOR VOTE.
Let us wind up this with brief refer
ence to the attitude the labor people will
assume in this campaign. There is a
very representative man of this class
here. He has lately arrived from the
East. He knows New York and Indiana
particularly WE'LL There are 1900
members of the Trades Federations in
New York City. The "obscure labor
advocates of Indiana" as city
contemporary, with that true sympathy
for labor which lies so near the average
Republican heart, calls them, claim that
there are 5000 labor votes in that State.
These, as this labor man thinks, will go
solid against Mr.. Harrison. He thinks
there is no doubt about it. They are real
working men, they are intelligent and
will vote for their own interests. Doing
so they will not vote for Harrison.