The Republican journal., 1888-08-16
Minneapolis and Minnesota Politics.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE Journal: Tie
political campaign is now opened in this State
| and bids fair to outlo the great struggle of
1910. | we'll remember that campaign. and
although not Il voter at tina; time was 4 Wing
in principle and attended many of their mass
meetings. | remember one at Belfast when
all of the towns in Waldo county turned out
large del, cations and many of them brought
log cabins with :hem. | well remember one
that came in from >carSmont drawn by twelve
horses. 1t had "A liberty pole in the centre of
the cabin, with the American flag tlying and a
live coon on top of the poic. The inside Of the
cabin was filled with barrels of hard cider,
one barrel on the rear end and one on
top. There were also several notices on
the sides. one of which was hard cider,
roast beef and two dollars per day" All
other read thu>y: "Have you heard from
Maine how She went hell bent for Edward
Kent, Tippecanoe and Tyler too:" All. but
they were glorious political campaigns in
those bygone days. Mr.. Editor. there are Il
few things the Democrats of this State don't
like about the Republicans. They don't like
our candidates. Harrison and Morton. They |
don't like our platform; they don't like the
Republican clubs. and above all things they |
hate the old soldiers. We started Harrison
and Morton soldier club in this city with 5s
members on the 4th Of July; now we number
1000 strong, and will have from 5000 to 5000
by September. 1t takes in about all the Old |
veterans. There will not be one soldier in
hundred who will wipe his nose with the red
bandanna. That is the original aud true en-
hem of anarchy and communism. Old soldiers
come in and join our club who have voted the |
Democratic ticket for thirty years. and say
that they are done with that party forever
We are to have one tent that will seat 900 peo-
pie: then we have Republican wigwanl> in
every ward We are to have a Grand mass !
meeting of old soldiers from all over the State |
and also from Wisconsin. IN September. BY |
that time we shall hear the first Gun of the |
campaign from Maine and no doubt it " i'll he |
50 loud that ii will be heard from Belfast to the
Golden Gate. We are to win in this campaign |
-Four years of Democratic mi>rulc is enough
for the people of this country. They have not
forgotten that in 1861 the Democrat, stole
every dollar we had in the treasury. stole our
navy and navy yards aud then left Ii, with 4
four years war on our hands. We all remem- !
ber that during the last twenty years the Re
publican party has nearly paid he public debt |
reduced interest on the balance to three per
cent. and turned the government back to the
democrats With 4 treasury full to overflow |
irg. What have the Democrats done in lS>s: |
What Hill they do at St. Louis: Simply |
stole the last emblem of slavcry-the red han- |
danna As a motto. and under which they pro- !
pose to carry On their campaign. The \mcri- |
can lla@ is hot GOOD enough for them. Grand !
patriotism, truly The stars and stripes are
sill good enough l0r the Republicans. Thank |
GOD tor that. White we are wide awake in |
this state and city, in National matters we are |
also alive to the situation. There is no corrup |
ton in our state government fur the simple |
reason that it is Republican, and has been for |
Years and will be so fer wears to come Whcr- !
ever the Democrats are in power look oGt for |
boJllc. The city government OF Il, Paul has |
been Democratic for wears until last surin@. |
Now the council is two thirds Republican, bat |
as an offset Our city of Minneapolis has a Dem
orratr Council. Before our last election their |
cry was "rctrenchment!" After election it was |
to See how ninch they could make the city |
government benefit the Democrats. party. |
They first raised the salaries of the city officers
eighteen thousand dollars. The next move |
WAS 10 create H.tr offices, for which there was |
no earthly need. simply to make warm places
for political friends and ward strikers. Our
Health Department costs lis eleven Thousand |
io!lar> more han it did last year The Poor
Department costs Us eighteen thousand dollars |
more than i'll any single previous year. During |
the last twenty months Of Democratic rule it |
has cost The city two hundred thousand dollars |
more than the preceding twenty months of
Republican rule. The Democrats have done |
away with contract labor and ito the city work
by 'lay labor. 1t is unnecessary to adj that no
man can gel Il Job unless lie is 81 Democrat.
The Democratic ra.ty. from Cleveland down to
our city government. thoroughly hate and de |
>pi>e the Old soldiers. II makes no difference
even when they are members of their own
party. our city council bchealed thirteen
old soldiers WHO We're holding offices under Il
Republican Council and did not put single
Democratic soldier III their places. On the con-
tIalN tue Nattlt POSITIONS we're Hitit III every
instance with saloon keepers. They put a II
loon keeper in rs Superintendent of the work |
house in place of I'M old soldier. This worthy |
was recently summoned as Il witness before the |
Grand Jury. and was 50 drunk that he had To |
be sent away in patrol wagon he was I'M
able to testify. In the management Of our city |
funds by the Democrats our taxes are nearly |
oue-half higher than in past years. Df course |
there are some decent men in the Democratic |
party. but they are now deserving lie Old rotten !
hulk as rats leave Il sinking ship. Harrison |
and Morton clubs are taking in the Old soldiers, |
Prohihioni>s and all. The President of our
soldiers club is Lieut.. j NJ. L underwood, of the |
old l4th Maine. lie has been ProhihitiOni>t |
for the last six Years bu, cannot play into the |
hands Of the Democrats any longer. would I
like to say that if have any old army conn |
rades out about North SearSmont who belong |
to the Prohibition party they had better ret |
back into the Republican fold a> quickly as
possible. 1t is extremely doubtful if the Re-
publrans will have them after September. |
Come in. Bateman, out of the rain. Where is |
the hue headed iconoclaSt, any way: And |
BOYS: You will hear from me again before the |
campaign closes. RUFUS ROBERTS.
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