Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-23
THE, REPUBLICANS DESERVING
BY HUNDREDS AND BY
THOUSANDS.
The Democratic Ranks still Swelling
by Distortions from the Party of
High Taxes and Free Whisky.
Prohibitionists get their
Share also.

Grand Rapids Eagle, ana writer OF great
reputation.
Wesley W. Hyde, formerly Deputy District
Attorney, Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
James T. Lowell. aNpointed Minister 70
England by President Arthur has expressed
his determination to vote for Mr.. Cleveland
this time. He can't swallow the Chicago
platform. The influence of the accession to
the Democratic party of such men as Lowell
and Seth Low of Brooklyn counterbalances
many times the loss of men whose selfish and
monopolistic interests carries them naturally
to the Republican party.
W. II. Nicolls, who was formerly president
of the Young Mems Republican Club, has
resigned from the Twentieth Ward Republi-
can association for the reason that he cannot
support the prohibitory tariff plank of the
Chicago platform.
Hon. John G. Sullivan, a leading lawyer
and president of the Irish Blaine and Logan
club of Wellsville, N. Y, in 1884, is support
ing Cleveland.
Hon. Fred. w. Cook, President of the
Freedom and Right Society, and one of the
leading Germans in the State, employing
over 800 men, has come out for Cleveland.
He was once elected by the Republicans to
the Legislature.
The president of the Harrison and Morton
Club, of Goshen, Ind, badly demoralized that
organization by announcing his intention to
quit the party.
j. K. Russell, the great Massillon manu-
facturer, kicked on free whisky and joined
the Prohibitionists.
John Getz, ofFredericktown, of an influential
German.
James Mitchell, of Knox county, is support
ing Fisk and Brooks.
Alfred Calhoun, an influential farmer of
the same county, has also gone into the
Prohibition ranks. r..
Oh. Laylander, of Iowa, is red hot for
Cleveland, heretofore known as a rampant
Republican.
Arthur T. Lyman, at the head the Kadley
Manufacturing Co.. of Boston, in response
to the appeal of the Republican League to
manufacturers to contribute. writes that "the
position that the Republican party has taken
makes it we'll for the country, as it seems to
me, that it should not have the control of the
government for the next four years"
BENZ. G. Potts, q Republican woolen manu-
fac turer, of Media, Pa, is another.
d. s. Early, of Harrisburg, Pa, Greenback-
Labor candidate for Congress in 1880, and
several prominent Greenbackers.
Grant Bradley, of Bentonville, o., an in
fuential farmer.
A. ]. Drexel, the great Philadelphia bank
er, announces his conversion to free wool and
will contribute literally to the Democratic
campaign expenses.
Alfred Jones, an old and influential Repub-
lican of Washington, Ind.
Samuel Mackall, of Georgetown, lifelong
Republican.
no. Nelson, of st. Louis, large manu-
facturer of machinery and steam plumbing
goods.
John H. Clough, a Republican senator for
eight years past from Chicago.
Charles A. Fogerty, well known railroad
man of Indianapolis. is also among the
boilers. He was a soldier. He says that so
per cent. of railway men of his acquaintance
will vote for Cleveland.
Henry D. Hotchkiss, prominent Brooklyn
lawyer, resigned from the First Ward Repub-
party.
Peter Ritner, leading Republican of
Carlisle, Pa, and very influential among
farmers. He voted for Harrison in 40.
O.. G. Lovejoy, of Princeton, ILL.,, life
long Republican, fops, on the tariff plank.
The ladies of Button, Ind, have organiz-
ed Frances Cleveland club, which includes
many who were formerly Republicans but
can't stand free whisky.
A Republican writes from Ft. Wayne re-
garding Harrison and Morton chances:
"They cannot possibly carry this State.
This county, (Allen) will go possibly 60Oo
and perhaps 1900 for Cleveland and Thur
man." Nt t ft
An Indianapolis dispatch says: The Labor
Signal, the leading organ of the organized
labor in this State, favored the nomination
of Judge Gresham and is now attacking Gen.
Harrison. Among the leading journals that
follow the Signals lead are the United Labor
Age, the Lansing Sentinel, Labor Leaf, Labor
Echo, Industrial Age, New Order, Milwaukee
Labor Review, Duluth Labor Age, Labor
Herald, Fort Worth Southwest Southern
Industry, Cleveland (O.) Workman, the
Standard, Council Grove (Kas.) Anti Mono
polist, Denver Arbitrator, New Britain Inde
pendent, Fort Wayne Dispatch, Alabama
Sentinel, San Francisco Star. These papers
seem to regard Harrison as friend of mono
poles, and that his nomination was brought
about by the attorneys of the great railroad
corporations.
Robert Bleakie, rich wooden manufac.
turer of Lewistown, Me-, lifelong Repub.
lican, will support the Democratic tariff
plank, and says under Mills Bill protection
if England could get free labor for her manu-
facturers would still have the advantage.
George 7. Chambers, of Carlisle, Pa. Re
publican candidate for treasurer one yea
ago.
Hon. NJ. N. Arnot, president of tn,
Chemung Canal bank and the most infuen
tial man in his section.
George A. Macbeth, of the Pittsburg firm
of Macbeth q Co., the largest manufacture
of lamp chimneys in the world, has startle
the Republicans by letter denouncing thei
position on the tariff. He was supposed