Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-23
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
Representative Democrats who are Ito-
pairing Their Political Ways.

AEOhISL IlG-IOII3 OCuIOCIdb, CdpOa
James L. Topping Of Genesee County,
n. Y, has come over to the right side.
Thomas P. TuIte, City Treasurer of
Detroit and heretofore a leading Irish
Democrat. is vigorously supporting Har-
rison.
Joseph Rutherford and Doc Lampkins,
old dyed-in- the-wOol Democrats of Ohio
County, Indiana, have come out for Har.
risOn.
Simon Howard and Charles Collins,
two lifelong Democrats of Wyoming,
N. Y, are among recent converts to Re-
publicanism.
The Dramatic Times, the leading the
atrical paper Of New York, has come
out for Harrison-its first break into the
political field.
Fourteen stanch Democrats in the
town Of Jerusalem, Yates County, n.
Y, have joined the Harrison and Nor
ton club at that place.
The Middleport, (O.) Herald. hereto
fore the only Democratic paper in Meigs
County, has hoisted the Republican
National and State tickets.
Robert Macbeth and Cephas Good
enough, both old time Democrats and
extensive wool-growers of upper San
dusky, o.. are earnest supporters of
Harrison.
The Saguache, (Cal.) Democrat, here
tofore a stanch Democratic organ, says
that hereafter the paper ''will be Re-
publican to the fullest ability Of the edi-
tor"
The Utica Herald has a note from a
member Of the largest manufacturing
firm in Brasher Falls, heretofore Demo-
yy-h I11c ra TO
for Harrison.
Max Blach, formerly of Vevay, Ind,
now an extensive woOl-grower in Texas
and always and everywhere a Democrat,
Is opposed to the reelection of Cleveland
on the wool issue.
The Hon. Joseph Murray, one of the
leaders of the Labor party in Colorado,
has come OUT in hearty support of the
Republican ticket and will stump the
Estate for Harrison.
Ex-Congressman Scoville of Buffalo,
\. Y, democrat who was popular
enough to run 4, 900 ahead of his ticket
and to succeed Cleveland as Mayor of
Buffalo, is out for Harrison and Morton.
There is a Republican Club in the
Twenty-ninth Assembly District of New
York composed of 143 workingmen.
NinetZ per cent of the members have
heretofore voted the Democratic ticket.
Thomas Lee, well-known Irish ora
tor of Decatur, ILL.,, who has always been
Democrat, has ''taken off his coat"
and will sacrifice his law business to
making Republican speeches during the
campaign.
Mr.. John Morris, a well-known New
York florist, who has voted the Demo-
cratic ticket steadily for nearly thirty
| years, has come out for Harrison, and
says there are thousands of his sort in
the big city.
z. T. Yost, a prominent insurance
agent of Wheeling, w. Va, whose
democracy dates back to the time he
was qualified to vote, has repented Of
/ his political sins and enlisted under the
/ Republican banner.
| w. G. Randolph, manufacturer at
| Palmyra, n. j. who is a strong prohi-
/ bitionist, says Fisk and Brooks are
! brevet Democrats, az d he will vote for
| Harrison and protection. Thomas Wells.
another prohibitionist and number Of
! Democrats are with him.
At Republican caucus held at Falcon
er, n Y, Prof 7. J. Pratt, formerly
| principal of the Mayville school. and
! who has always been a Democrat, de-
| clared his adhesion to Harrison and
! Morton, and deposited his first vote for
the Republican delegates.
j. F. Dry, prominent soldier we'll
| known all over the state and resident
of Sanduslzy, O.. has voted the Demo-
cratic ticket all his life. Cleveland's
pension vetoes and the Rebel flag bust
ness have settled him, and Dry has come
| out for Harrison and Morton.
The Hancock Legion Of Elmira, n.
Y. an association of old soldiers that
did yeomau work for Cleveland in 1884.
is now breaking up as Democratic
organization. The majority have de-
clared for Harrison, pensions, and pro-
lection. while the rest are on the fence.
J. J. Baker, Chairman of the Demo
cratic Committee of Doniphan County,
Kansas, tells his associates that he Il
opposed to building UP British institu
tons at the expense of the wage-workerS
of America" Mr.. Baker seems to under.
stand the use of the American language.
Last Sunday afternoon 100 democrats.
every one of whom voted for Cleveland
in 1884, held a meeting in the Second
Ward OF Elizabeth. n. j., for the pur
pose of organizing Harrison and Nor
,, ton Campaign Club. Many of them
. have been more or less prominent il
: politics.
DIR. E. NJ. Rogers. a prominent ply
stefan of Radcliffe, Ia. a recent candl
date for the Legislature on the Demo
cratic ticket, and lifelong Democrat
, has declared that he will never again
vote for Cleveland. but will hell