Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-11-21
SATISFACTION WIDESPREAD.

SATISFACTION WIDESPREAD.
If any republican lays the hattering
JUNCTION to his soul that all the members
of his party are in sackcioth and ashes be-
cause Of the terrible drubbing they re-
ceived recently, he is wofully deceived.
There was a widespread dissatisfaction
among republicans in general over the
conduct of affairs in their party, and the
result in Wisconsin and the nation at
large quite fully discloses the fact. Many
of those W no have regularly followed the
fortunes Of the republican party, broke
away this fall and aligned themselves
with the opposition, which they were
forced TO recognize as the only true party
of reform and a th' only party that
meant TO faithfully fulfill antc-clcctien
promlhes. in HE country especially were
the changes numerous Farmers who he'd
for long years borne burdens that were not
lghtmllv theirs had their faith in THEN
party, which had been aorcly tried before,
utterly wrecked by the passage of the I'M
called for unnecessary, unjust and oppres-
siye tariff law that the republicans created
and forced upon an unwilling people.
That was the last straw that broke the
camc's back Republicans no longer
combat the accuracy of this assertion 1t
is acknowledged by the leaders and con-
cedcd by the followers The result in
Wisconsin might not perhaps have so CON
clusivcly proven the truthluIness of this
contention bad not the revolution
III the congressional vote been
as great ~ That ON the state ticket. Local
issues would not naturally have exercised
but minniiied influence on elections of
national character And there is therefore
no good reason whatever for believing that
the overwhelming defeat of SO many re-
publican congressman is almost wholly
ehargeablo to the popular disaffection felt
toward the policy of the party in power in
regard to tariff taxation. In every state
in the union outside of Wisconsin the main
issue dividing the parties was the tariff
the Mckinley bill; and in many of the
states the democratic victory was even
greater than in our own commonwealth.
The tariff was the sole question raised in
Massachusetts and the democrats swept
the state us 10y Il whlrlwind
In Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas.
and in New Hampshire, New York and
other eastern states where the democrats
achieved unprecedented success the battle
WAS wagcd on tariff lines.
But there was dissatisfaction not only
with the great burdens that were being
put upon the people, but with the mani
fest sympathy with the pools, trusts and
combines, concentrated capital and manu-
facturers which the republicans were so
freely displaying while ignoring the
claims Of the great mass of the people
The violated pledges in regard to civil ser
vice reform were not acceptable to that
large class of electors who believe honesty
should prevail in politics as we'll as in
commercial and private life. The wretch
ell grasping of the spoilsmen
disguised many. and tho mani
fest crookeduess of various leaders
provoked widespread dissatisfaction.
Many republicans in our own state who
looked with disapproval ON the dangerous
and dishonest bent of their party ex-
pressed their feelings by not going to the
polls at all; and in these men, these
robust individuals who have begun to
seriously think fer themselves, who have
come partially out from under the seduc-
tive influence Of the cause Of high protec-
hon lies much Of the hope of continued
democratic success and of the ultimate
restoration to the people of the sacred
privileges Of equal taxation of which tEey
have been SO long deprived Already half
convinced of the iallacy Of their party 5
doctrine, the operation Of the new tariff
law during the next two years will fully
persuade them, and thereafter they will
be found Iaboriug for the cause of tariff
reform with that enthusiasm which has
marked the recent campaign in NaSSaehu-
setts and forever blasted republican pros
poets in that state.
Those republicans who refused to vote
are scarcely less pleased with the victory
of the people than those whose ballots
directly helped 10 bring about the splen.
did result so full of promise of equal rights
for the poor rs we'll rs the rich, for the
farmer rs well as the manufacturer And
the feeling Of qualification pervading the
democracy today extends in diminished
force even to untold thousands of voter,
whose lifelong allegiance to party KEEP
them in the traces this year while theil
innermost conscience told them they wer,
doing that which failed to meet with til,
approval of their better sense
Glass in His Knee
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