St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-17
Why the Once Roek-Ribbed
Republican State Will
Elect Boies.
Ex-Chief Justice Day Writes
a Letter on the Prohi-
bition Law.
It Will Be Worth Thousands
Of Votes to the DEM
ocpatS.


its history has the great state of Iowa
been stirred from center to circumfer-
ence, politically speaking, so thoroughly |
as it is during the present campaign.
The great commonwealth which gave
Garfield $4,000 majority has become fight
ing ground, with a Democratic governor |
now occupying the chair. The proud |
Republican majority, which was con-
sidered impregmable, has dwindled |
down to almost if not quite minority. |
By dint of hard work, the state ticket |
was saved to the g. o. p. last fall by |
pldralities of a little over 1000. 1t was |
most complete revolution-not for a |
single day, but for years. Its effect |
became visible when William Larrabee |
was last elected governor in 1887 He was
minority governor by nearly 1000. In !
reality, however, the revolution dates
back to the campaign OF 1888, when the
Republicans elected 4 majority of only
two in the lower house Of the legiSla-
ture. 1t WAS only by a bare-faced Sys-
TEN of gerrymandering congressional
and legislative districts that the Repub-
licanS retained control of the state. and
the political map of Iowa stands to-
day as a MONUMENT to their desperation.
Comfortable HIaiOrfties.
Last fall the Democratic majority on
congressman was over 5000 This, too,
when purely national issues were III
| CONTROVERSY With these sumo national
issues incidental and added to the alb
sorbing local question of prohibition it Is
as certain to follow as night follows day
| that the Democratic majority next
month will be doubled il not trebled.
| Two years ago Hon. Horace Boies was
elected governor on the Democratic
ticket. lie has pr0ven the best executive
Iowa ever had. With record as clean
| as falling snow. his course in the guber-
| Material chair has challenged the adj
miration of the entire state, and
| even Republicans are forced to admit
| his most excellent administration. The
! radicals themselves admit 1t, when they
| fOrsake an attack upon his official acts.
and contine tIieir TRADE against his New
York speech, in which he demonstrated,
| from figures furnished largely by Re-
| publicanS themselves, that farming Is
| carried on at q loss. 1t is but a
| few years since the Des Moines
Register, the leading Republican daily
| of the state. advised Iowa farmers to
! burn their corn, because it was more
valuable as fuel than TO be placed on
the market at current prices. In their
attack upon the governor the Repub-
licanS found they had made an over
whelming blunder. Business men re-
fused to fOrsake him for telling the
truth. and the farmers, on whom it was
hoped the TRADE would have the great
est effect, rallied to the Boes standard,
| loudly proclaim;ng him their leader
who had the manhood to stand before
the nation and eloquently plead their
cause. The Democratic committee Sent
the governors speech
Broadcas: Over the State,
| and its influence was exactly opposite
to that expected by the Republicans.
! Seeing their error in attacking his New
| York speech. the party organs have en-
| tirely fOrSaken the fight, and are now
/ concentrating their efforts on holding
their followers under the party yoke
through fear. The terrible cry of
merchandising Iowa" has been raised,
and the Republican bosses assert that if
| the Democrats capture the state they
will pass a law whereby each congress
sional district will choose its own presi-
dental elector, thus giving the Demo
| cratic candidate Il majority of IOWa's
electoral vote. Thew have set up
still another cry. The legislature,
which meets next winter, redistricts the
state for congressional and legislative
purposes. Republican leaders claim to
see danger that the Democrats, if sue
cessful, will gerrymander the state so
completely that Republican success will
be absolutely impossible in the future.
A few who love party better than prn-
ciple were being held in the traces on
this cry, when Gov. BoieS effectually
| exploded their fear by announcing that
he would never, if reelected governor,
sanction a redistrictng bill which does
injustice to any portion of the state.
He would never indorSe such 4 district
as the Third, Henderson's
t'Monkey yVrench'' District,
which is but one county in width and
extends 200 miles, over half way across
the state. The Republicans have given
sufficient prOyocatiOn for the Demo
Gratis to do likewise, if placed in power,
and that is what they fear; but the
| standard-bearer declares, in unmiStak-
able language, that his party must be
just to the people. He is openly pledged
to this, and his pledges will be re-
deemed. There is great difference be-
tween the two candidates seeking the
suffrageS of the people. From the day
he was nominated until this, Hiram c.
Wheeler, the Republican candidate, has
given no expression TO his views upon
any question. He has never written a
letter of acceptance, and the people of
Iowa are to-day in ignorance whether
he cOnscientiOusly stands on the Re-
|
made a speech. His plan of cam
paign has been to ride around
the state shaking hands and
exhibiting himself at county fairs.
When in Dubuque and other large cities
of the state, reporters on the daily press
attempted to gain from him aninterview,
but without success. He steaafastly re-
fused to talk politics. In striking con-
trast to Wheeler's campaign is that of
Gov. Boies. He not only wrote manly
letter of acceptance, but he is also eX-
pressing himself unequivocally on the
great questions now agitating the minds
of the Iowa voters.
He Does Not Dodge
single point or evade a single issue.
The people of Iowa know him not only
by his nnequalled record in the guber-
Material chair, but also by his expressed
opinions on what local government
should be. if his party is placed in
power. Never did a, Democrat in the
state wage such a mighty and success
full warfare before. He is on a triumph
81 march across the state. Visiting
every section he is received everywhere
with enthusiasm. and Independent Re
publlcans are daily fiocking to his stand
ard. He is delivering from four
to six speeches each week, and
] their influence is being felt.