Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-23
Public Opinion.

Mrs. CLEVELAND out OF the campaign
She is not an issue in it, but one OIL
Its most interesting features.
The New York World says that
lit IS becoming more and more evi.
dent that the Republican campaign
is to be made mainly in the state oil
Uncertainty We thought the bat
tie ground would be somewhere, and
the above appears to settle it.
The Senate has again lowered its
record by passing 129 pension bills
in fifty minutes. 1t isl the review Of
such farcical put costly legislation
that has subjected the President
to so much fierce abuse. The Sen.
ate is making itself nuisance. =
Macon Telegraph, Dem.
The preparations for Mr.. Blain's
reception in New York grows apace,
An acute observer once observed
concerning Henry Clay that shc
could get more men to run after him
and fewer to vote for him than any
candidate the Wing party ever had.
-Providence Journal, Rep.
American taxes ON raw material
used in Ameracan manufactures act
as protection for forign industries.
Every Republican who believes in
thus protecting foreigners should read
President Grants message and be
converted to common sense.-St
Louis Republican, Dem.
1t must be conceded bp every fair
minded observer of the admlnistra.
ton of President Cleveland that,
since 1t began, the reform of the
civil service has not only gone back
ward, but has made certain advance
to a higher plaine of official excel.
nce.-Philadelphia Ledger, Ind.
Such a thing as negro Demo-
cratic club was unknown in the
north few years ago, but education
has taught the race to think ard act
for themselves, and the result is they
are breaking away from the Repub
lican party because its leaders have
merely used them for their yotes.-
Cleveland Fleader, Dom.
The old South, as we'll as the new
South, wants immigrants, railroads
factories and all sorts OF new indus
tries. In tho matter of politics The
Southerners proposs to take jusl
enough interest in public affairs t.
secure and maintain an honest gov
ernment, and they can do this with
out neglecting the material enter.
prlses which are now claiming thel,
attention.-Atlanta Constitution.
When President Cleveland sen,
his tariff message to Congress last
winter the Republicans said that in
trying to STIR the fire of public popu
larity he inadvertently seized hold
of the hot end Of the poker. Well
perhaps he did. But he has been
string that fire SO effectually tha,
now the other end of the poker is
the hot one. That IS why the Re-
publican Senate is figuring on The
best method Of getting the Presi-
dents end of the poker away from
him'-Chicago News, Ind.
A man who makes 81, 100000 a
year out of the war tariff, and then
cuts down the wages of his working
men, is not only suitas le compan
ion for Mr.. Blaine, but he would BE-
well received by Ben HARRISON
Louisville Courier Journal, Dem.
With the tax removed from oleo.
margarine the cost of furnishing the
table may be greatly reduced, bu,
the quality of the table service will
not be advanced, while the farmers
will suffer tenfoId moro than by the
removal of the tax on wool.-Phila-
delphia Herald, Dem.
Gen. Harrison is surely capable OF
something better than the platitudes
and castiron phrases he gives bis
visitors In his speeches at Indianapo-
lis. de seems to be lacking in topics
that gives thought free play. And
yet there are questions upon which
the people could be electrified
Cincinnati Enquirer, Dem.
The Republican papers generally
predict that Mr.. Blaine win 90 INTO
the HARRISON cabinet as secretary OF
state. For the same reason that led
him to write his letter OF withdrawal
"a reason not altogether unconnect.
ed, il is believed, with Mr.. Cleve.
lands popularity-Mr. Blaine him
self has no confidence in this predic-
tion--C Chicago Herald Ind.
AND now Vicksburg wants the
soldiers to charge down her bills
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