St. Paul daily globe., 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.

DEs 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-
ical issues of the day before the stu
dents of the institute for the deaf and
dumb at Council Bluffs. Of course this
was 4 facetiouS charge made by the
wicked Democrats, but Chairman Mack
supposed it was made in good faith, and
was seriously embarrassed by it. Mr..
Wheeler put his mind at ease by enter
ing clear and explicit denias 1t was
not qualified or evasive like that
gentleman'S denial of certain other
charges relating to his opera
tiOnS on the Chicago board of trade.
There is no reason to doubt that great
injustice hns 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
III its incipiency. The Republican state
central committee has sent Il 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
N nonh v,yI, hoI -
"spend as much of our time as shall be
necessary to thoroughly organize the
Republican voters of our precinct; to
spend ali of the Monday preceding cleo
ton i'll planning for the work on eec-
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-
cinct." Here follow three blank lines
for signatures, below which is APP
pended the following note: Each
worker should Siga .two9f these, blanks,
one to be on ile 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. Lukewarm 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
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 done by volunteers
from the best elemeut 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 HireIings.
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 anti-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
ters were sent secretly to every anti
prohibition Republican i'll the state
whose name could be obtained, and it
was hoped that the Prohibitionsts
could not get hold of th9m. 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, 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 comforting 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 the address
is the promise that if the Republicans
control the next legislature they will
pass resolution reSuOmitting 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 reSubmitted to vote of
the people. The Republican party made
the
Liquor Question in Iowa
| a political one, they have indorsed 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 ''Michiganizing" fake for all
| it is worth, although no intelligent man
in 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
odlous 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-
bition 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-
vided they could get some petty office.
They are after the tleshpots and moth
ing else. A letter received mere at Dem
ocratic 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-
ment of the Republican party. who
know too well that they have that Or
ganization in their grasp, and never
fail 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