The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-07-28
Political Notes.

Political Notes.
!, 4. pawlsy, Republican, copmtHs. Ohio, ha
The railroads of this country employ aver l. 0c0 90
lien. They. as class, are opposed TO Harrison.
Seorgc Martin. of shippensburg. Pa. prominen
snd influential Republican, has declared for Cieve
land and Thurman.
Over one and half million copies OF Presiden
Gevennd's tariff reform message will be distribute,
between now and November.
The California Democrat, published in San Fran
cisco, leading German paper for many wear
Republican, has decided to support Cleveland 70
the presidency.
Detroit Free Press 1t is out of the question for thu
Republicans to have a maiorityin Michigan. Thei
leaders would give fortune 70 be assured of tht
beggarliest of pluralitieS.
Mr.. Henry D. Hotchkiss. a prominent lawyer. ha
resigned from the First Ward Republican Club O
Brooklyn, n. Y. He says the Republican party i
now an organization without principles.
Frederick Hess, member of Tammany Hall. ant
a prominent German in New York, has been an
pointed special agent of the Treasury Department
with orders to report for duty at St Louis.
W. H. Nicolls has resigned his membership in
the goth ward Republican club, BROOKLYN because
he cannot support the Chicago platform He-was
formerly President of the Young Mems Republican
Club.
Owing to the fact that Republicans all over Min
nesoa are leaving the Republican ticket on account
of the platform. the St Paul Pioneer is trying Il
check the exodus by saying the platform is moi
binding.
we cannot help observing that a good deal more
than half of the Dragging Is on the Republican side
and good deal more than half of the betting is on
the Democratic ticket
Brooklyn Eagle: President Cleveland could have
drilled into certain success by simply keeping quiet
about the tariff question. He preferred, however,
10 be right rather than to be successful and the fiat
tering probability is that he will be both
Il tell you il looks ominous for u.s." said poor
Young Republican, pointing to his party,s banner
There's death in the namei There's death in The
name!' and he went off muttering Mort Mort.
Morton. "-BuGdlO Courier.
Suppose" says the Baltimore Sun. "that 500 900
employees working in protected industries do get
the whole benefit of the duty on their several pro-
ducts which they do not it is plain that the II 9OO
600 in unprotected industries get nothing of the
tariff but the enhancement Of the cost of everything
they buy. That is the argument in nutshell"
State Senator Lorenzo d. Whiting lending ILL.,
nois Republican and one of the largest farmers in
the state has bolted the Republican ticket because
of the high protective platform. He says that the
represented by the body over which Thurston. and
Estee presided, and thinks there are hundreds OF
principle at the dictatior of class interest -.
]. Hunt Reynolds. of Columbus Ohio, writes 10
the Daily Times of that city: The subscriber is one
who voted for Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, in 1870
and will vote, If life is spared for Grover Cleveland
and Thurman, too, in 1883; for protection against
another Republican administration, who when in
power taxed the laboring classes of these United
States 10 almost the last cent of their earnings not
for government revenue, but in the interest of
nopolists."
US GARRISON the Iowa member of the Republi-
national committee will take a cottage at Long
Branch and bring on his family for the summer.
He doesn't expect to get back to his home in Iowa
until after the election. Mr.. Carkson talks pretty
buntly at times and he declares that the failure of
the Republicans in Congress to formulate some
measure of tariff revision will cost the party good
many votes, not only in Minnesota but through the
Northwest generally.
d. S. Early, of Harrisburg, Penna. who was the
Greenback-Labor candidate for auditor-generai of
DpnnSylyania n
in 1880 has come out strong for President Cleveland
and the Democratic party. Mr.. Early says that the
made four years ago, while the Republican party
has been fathless TO all its pledges. He says Mr..
Cleveland has economically and wisely admins
tered the affairs of the country and his tariff views
are sound.
At Socialistic town meeting" in Chicago on
Sunday afternoon resolutions were adopted declar-
ing that there exists irreconcilable and deadly
antagonism between the capitalistic and laboring
classes; that the antagonsm is fostered by munich
pal, state and national legislation that both the
Democratic and the Republican parties are the
agents of the eapitalstic class, and through them
such legislation secured The resolutions purport
to be the declaration of principles of the local
Socialistic Labor party.
Mr. William II. Pugh district attorney of CincIn.
natl, visited Democratic headquarters in New York
chance of carrying Ohio, He says the Germans in
all the large cities are mutinous and the Sherman
men are very sore. The Democrats on the other
hand, are united and stronger than they have been
for years. Thurman's name Is tower of strength.
Thousands of Democrats who have not voted for
years account of the alleged rotenness of machine
methods will come out for Thurman. Besides
Cleveland has won the confidence of the masses.
Gen. John NJ Palmer the Democratic nominee
for Governor of illinois, is hopeful of Democratic
victory in that state. He says ut is the tariff plank
in their platform that will cost the Republicans the
heaviest vote in all the agricultural states The
farmers are gradually throwing off the yoke. They
are refusing longer to believe that high tariff is
that large numbers Of them win vote The Demo-
cratic ticket that ground These people in the
rural districts good, conservative people They
do not change rapidly or hastily, but when they
do determine to vote against high taxation they
will do so in a manner TO surprise people. There
can be no question that there will be heavy DEM
ocratic gains in all the agricultural states on this
ground"
The latest accession to the ranks of tariff reform is
Judge Frank T. Reid, a leading Republican and the
Republican nominee for Governor of Tennessee
four years ago. Judge Reid says: 1.-The appearance
country or combinations of capital to control pro-
duction, to monopolize many of even the necessa-
ries of life the large number and formidable char.
acer of the labor strikes during the period Of
time, and the great interest shown in contemporary
literature in political. social and economical gues
tions. have caused me to study the question of the
tariff never did before and the result is thatI
convinced that the protectve tariff inures only
to the benefitofa comparatively few manufactures,
enables them IN reap immense fortunes by the tribute
IL permits them to exact OF consumers, and which
they more and more use to corrupt Legislatures and
the people at the ballot box and that IL does not
operate to secure to the laborng men of this country
higher wages than are paid elsewhere"
IN It's issue OIL July Il tne CnlcdSO Times COntaueu
an eght-page supplement giving brief interviews
secured by its correspondents with representative
men in every county of nine of the Western and
Northwestern States. In Indiana expressions were
obtained from 1888 men-Democrats and Republic
cans OF these. ten Republicans declared in favor
of Cleveland, and only one Democrat was found who
announced that he supported Harrison, while two
Democrats and one Republican will favor the Pro
hibitioh candidates. This indicates" says the
Times in Summarizing the situation, "a not gain Of
one In fortythree for the Democrats over the vote
of 1854 for President The total vote cast that year
in the state 1885, and the Democratic plurality
was ,5l2 Il the vote Of Indiana were 10 be taken
TO day therefore, the indications that this pu
rality would be increased by over IL 800 votes In
other words, Cleveland would beat Harrison In his
own state by 1900 votes
Washington Post The Republican party Is pledged
to repeal the liquor tax in certain contingency,
and the organs can make nothing by denying or
eyading. What is tina. contingency? Simply this
hsfore fnY RRrt of the protective system shall be
given up HE liquor lag Snail go, We do pot knoW
whether that cdntingency Is or Is not seriously CON
templated. The country must take the platform as
II stands Thus taken Il says plainly enough that
before the WOOL or salt or Timber duty, any other
protective imposts should be abolished the entire
system of internal revenue laws ought 10 be re-
pealed. This was not hasty, impulsiVe or emo
iDna declaration bptthe result of long and serious
deliberation The matter had been discussed for six
OF eight years, Mr., Blaine had but recently warned
his party 10 let the liquor tax alone But the feeling
in the Chicago Convention in favor OF protection
was strong that Mr., Blaines advice was set aside
and the so-called free whiskey" declaration was
made, As matter of course fair minded men viii
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