Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-03

pass the improbable. The party, first of
all, must be sure Of carrying New York,
and that state is net so safely democratic
that it can be left to itself. The campaign
must, OF necessity, be central In that
pivotal state, for there success is abso-
lutely essential. There must be a strong
and a successful fight made In Connecticut
and Indiana. These are the states where
probabilities exist-these are the states
| the democrats must carry. To follow
| lightning bugs in the wilderness, to hunt
snlpes and to chase rainbows may be
profitable business fer mugwumps and
democratic gushers, but if the party is to
succeed the practical methods of common
sense must prevail.
For the ten months ending October 81,
exports of American bleadstuffs amounted
to $3.50, AIS. 1853, or over $4,000 900 more
than during the same period of 1890. The
| great increases, Of course, have occurred
since August, and at their present rate
they are likely to amount to at least
$50, 900, 900 for the full calendar year. The
calamity are placed at disadvan-
tage 10y these figures. They have nothing
now to look to tor the production of dis
asters, except a democratic congress. But
even this resource will fail them while
republican senate and republican presi-
dent remain on guard.
New York World: In sincere and large
minded politics, ideas and not offices are
the matters of prime concern. The aim
of every honest man in politics should be
to win others to his way of thinking, be-
cause he believes that 20 be the right way
of thinking, the way which best tends to
the public welfare. We are all of US apt
to forget this. We neglect the per-
suaslye element in our oratory and In
political writing. We are too ready to
treat the political adversary as the public
enemy, which he is not. We too often
use against adverse opinion the weapons
OF scorn and denunciation, which should
be reserved for the chastisement of dis
honest and uprighteous courses. We too
much neglect our opportunities of per-
suading others to our ways of thinking.
We carry too far the simile which makes
OF political canvass campaign" and
of an election battle
New York Tribune: The tariff issue is
the only one upon which the party now
hopes to make stand. The shrewder
democratic journals now point out that
the party cannot expect to carry any north
ern states except New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Indiana, and that it
must carry all these and all the southern
states In order to win. A loss of Connec-
ticut or Of West Virginia to the demo-
Gratis or a loss of any larger southern
state, would be fatal. In effect, the entire
west is abandoned as hopeless, notwith-
standing the pretense SO often made that
the western people are opposed to protec-
ton. On this statement by democratic
journals, it may be realized why, there
is much anxiety manifested by capable
men of that party since the recent cleo
tlons. The attempt to carry four northern
states against protection, of which New
York and Indiana voted in favor of pro-
lection in 1888, while the vote in Connec-
ticut was practically tie, does not offer
so exhilarating prospect as democrats
would like.
State Journal: The free trade papers of
London, England, do not agree with the
the result of the elections proves as to the
Mckinley tariff The London Globe view
ed the result as follows:
''They prove beyond doubt that there
is a popular reaction in favor of the Nc
| Kiniey tariff. His triumph was the most
| striking feature of the election, but it is
| doubtful if it was the most significant.
The success in other states can only mean
that the tariff has not been found to work
SO badly as at first imagined. The mischief
wrought to British industries will, more
over, help to convince the American voter
that it must somehow be of good to him
self. We should thus make a great mis-
| take if we look too confidently for a dem
ocratic triumph In 1892, and for the
abandonment of the prohibitive,"
| The Globe is not far wrong in It's con.
clusions as to what the elections prove. 1t
would be a good idea if the American
organs of free trade would take the same
view Of the situation.