St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
Uncle Hiram Wheeler Is an
Extremely Busy Man These
Days.
He Didn't Deliver a Political
Speech to the Iowa Deaf
and Dumb.
Sanguine Ohio Republicans
Placing McKinley's Plural
ity at 10000,
But There Are Plenty OF Indi-
cations That They Will
Slip UP.

DIES MONIES. To-, Oct. 2S-Farmer
Wheeler was in town yesterday. He
came at the command of Chairman Mack
to enter denial OF the charge that he
had delivered an address upon the pOlit-
icai issues of the day before the stu
dents of the institute for the deaf and
dumb at Council Bluffs. Of course this
was Il facetious charge made by the
wicked Democrats, but Chairman Mack
supposed it was made i'll good faith, and
was seriously embarrassed by it, Mr..
Wheeler put his mind at ease by enter
ing clear and explicit denaL 1t was
not qualified or evaSive like that
gentleman's denial of certain other
charges relating to his opera
tons on the Chicago board of trade.
There is no reason to doubt that great
injustice Inns been done to Mr.. Wheeler
He may be grain gambler. he may
farm by telephone, he may be opposed
TO the public school system, he may be
tax dOdger, and he may be and doubt
less is very poor politician, but he has
too much sense to deliver an address
before the students of the deaf and
dumb institute. Chairman Mack has
done We'll TO strangle this campaign lie
in its incipiency. The Republican state
central committee has sent contract to
all the doubtful voters whose names
were collected through the agency of
Wheeler's ''blocks OF five' letter. The
contract is for an agreement to be made
by
Three Party Workers
in each precinct, who shall agree to
''spend as much of our time as shall be
necessary to thoroughly organize the
Republican voters of our precinct: to
spend all of the Monday preceding cleo
ton in planning for the work on cleo
ton day, and to devote our whole time
Oh election day in getting out full Re-
publican vote. To provide teams.
wagons and workers necessary to poll
all the Republican votes in this pre-
einct." Here follow three blank lines
for signatures, below which is APP
pended the following note: Each
worker should Sigll. tWo,ef these. blanks,
one be on file with the county chair
man and the other to be sent to the
treasurer of the state committee -
There is another feature of the Doodle
campaign in Iowa. LukewarHl Repub-
licans are to be stirred into activity by
contracts of this kind. While the
amount is not stipulated, the fact that
copy OF the blank is TO be filed with
the treasurer of the committee shows
cOnclusively that it will be accepted as
a voucher for political services rendered
and paid accordingly. People OF Iowa
are not accustomed to the imposition of
paid workers at the polls. Heretofore
that work has been dOHe by volunteers
from the best element of both parties,
and the presence of hired workers now
will disgust the Republican volunteers
and leave the electioneering to be done
entirely by
! Mr. WheeIer's Hirelings.
The result will be directly contrary to
that which Mr.. Wheeler anticipated.
1t means the loss of several thousand
votes to the Republican ticket in Iowa
The true inwardneSs of Mr.. Wheeler's
appeal for the names of ahti-prohibition
, Republicans has been revealed. These
men have received copies of an address
which it is hoped by Mr.. Wheeler will
hold some of them in line. These let
tiers were sent secretly to every anti
prohibition Republican in the state
whose name could be obtained, and it
was hoped that the Prohibitionists
could not get hold of them. The adj
dress is full of ''chestnuts,'
starting out with the statement,
wrongfully attributed to Judge
King, that 1900 Democrats voted
for the prohibitory amendment
to punish the Germans, a campaign lie
which was exploded long ago. 1t says
the Democrats in the senate of the last
legislature voted against Senator Law |
rence'S bill cOnferring license upon
cities of 5000 population or more. which
is true, because they had much better
bill of their own. The address does not
mention that nearly all of the Repub- |
licans also voted against the Lawrence
bill, but the main point In tbe address
Is the promise that if the Republicans
control the next legislature they will
pass resolution reSubmitting the pro-
hibitory amendment. The Republican
platform declares that the prohibitory
law shall be maintained and enforced. |
This secret promise is that the amend |
ment shall be reSubmtted to vote of |
the people. The Republican party made |
the
Liquor Question i'm Iowa
a political one, they have Endorsed the |
policy in their platform, and they must |
meet the question fairly on its merits. |
and not attempt to dodge it in the way |
this circular implies. The address then |
works the .'Mchiganizing'' fake for all |
it is worth, although no Intelligent man |
i'm the state believes that the Democrats |
will attempt to do any such thing. On |
the contrary, every well-infOrmed per- |
son knows that the Democrats do not !
propose and would not dare to take any |
partisan advantage should they be in |
structed with the power to repeal the |
odious prohibition farce. 1t is |
the SillieSt scare ever attempted by |
the Republican leaders and cannot |
deceive an intelligent people. The adj |
dress is signed by few alleged prOhi- |
sbition Republicans, but they think far |
more OF party advantage than they do of |
the coed of the state. Every one of |
them voted against Boies two years ago, |
every one has been and is an office |
seeker, and would be willing that Iowa /
should be ruined by prohibition pro-
.yided they could get some petty Office. |
They are after the feshpots and moth
ing else. A letter received mere at Dem
oeratic headquarters to-day from one of |
the principal river cities, written by an |
independent Republican. who will vote |
the Democratic ticket this year for the |
first time in his life, refers to this cir |
cular IN words of
Scorn and Contempt.
: The writer says it was never sug-
gested by any but the prohibition ele-
anent of the Republican party, who |
know too well that they have that or
ganiZation in their grasp, and never /
fall to shape its policy to suit them
selves. The writer recalls the interesting |
fact that the present prohibitory law was
passed in the lower house in 1884 by the
votes Of Republicans who secured their