Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-10-30

to accept contributions voluntarily tend
cred BY employees of the government
because at the beginning of the cam
paign it was determined, in order tC
give no excuse for criticism, that nc
money should be received from Federal
office holders; but those office holders
who have been disposed to contribute
their money to help the party have had
no difficulty in doing so. The various
state associations have all had gentle
men VINO have had no connection with
the government service. actingas treas
urers of the respective associations. and
they have gladly received all the money
| offered, whether from office holders or
private citizens, and from a somewhat
close investigation, | am certain that
the entire amount raised by all the
state associations in Washington will
not exceed $1,000 and at least one third
of the amount was raised by two state
! associations-Oh and Indiana.
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The charge of bull-dozing by the state
associations to intimdate the clerks into
contributing is as foundationless as that
against the Congressional committee
and both of them had their origin
among democrats, who are so badly de-
moralized at what they privately ac-
knowledge to be their almost certain
prospect of defeat, that they haye raised
the cry of political assessment and
campaign boodle,' TO explain that de-
feat. No employee of the government
has contributed one cent under '.com-
pulsion' the large number of employees
and the small amount of money raised
shopld be sufficient TO convince any
fairminded man of that. The state as.
sociations have done the party a far
greater practical favor in getting very
large number of voters to go home to
vote, than if they had raised a bic
purse. More voters will go home this
year than have gone at any election, in
GLIDING Presidential. for the last ten
years, and it is the work of the state as
sociations that has made them agree to
do so.
There is no disposition to brag at the
Congressional comm ittee headquarters.
and no prophecies are made as to the
majority in the next House of Repre-
sentatlves, but there is a quiet CONT
dence that the republicans will have a
good working majority, that is infect
ious. OF one thing | am certain; if the
republican voters throughout the cOun-
try do their part on election day as well
as the committee has done its work here
a great republican victory will be
achieved on that day-one that will
give an lmpetuous to the industries OF
his country that will be felt for de-
cade.
Secretary Blaine has gone to Ohio to
make several speeches in Major Me
Kinley's district, and although no pro-
gramme had been determined upon
when he left here, it is probable that he
will speak at several other places next
week. He has had invitations by the
hundred since the campaign opened,
but the business of the state department
| il in such condition that it seriously
incommoded him to accept any of them,
and nothing but his answering devo-
ton to the republican party and its
| principles has taken him from Wash
! ington at this time.
It's a poor day now when new
/ democratic fake about the census
office is not sent out on its travels. OF
course every sensible person knows that
4 the census was not perfect one-it
would be impossible to take perfect
one; but that it was better taken than
any of IFS predecessors and that the
census bureau is months ahead of the
record in giving out tabulated results.
is acknowledged by everyone familiar
with the work.
The President has taken advantage
of a temporary lull in his work and the
cool weather, to make arrangements
for couple of days duck shooting next
week. The talk of his calling an extra
session of Congress in November seems
to have all died out, and the impression
is general that none will be called.
The treasury department will be pre-
pared in week or ten days to supply
the great demand for one anil two
dollar silver certificates. They are nov
being printed.