The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-12
THE ISSUES AND THE RESULT.

1t is proper at the close of one O
the most exciting political campaign
ever conducted in Iowa, that cain
survey Of the issues be reviewed, ant
the result noted. Governor Boies ad
dressed nearly sixty political meet
ings speaking in nearly two-thirds o.
the counties of the state. Every
where national issues were involved
and discussed. The assault of the
Monopoly press OF the country from
Maine to California, from the lakes
to the gulf, upon his New York
speech made their discussion impera.
tive. What effect the result would
have upon the contest in 1892 was full.
~ realized by the republicans in
their appeals to liberal men Of their
party to stand by the ticket as the re
election Of Boies would jeopardize re
publican chances In 1892. and by d EN-
ocrats that Iowa by the result u.ipb
be taken from the list OF do, ,btfu
states.
The result is the reelection of Gov
Boies by an increased majc rity up.
on the largest vote ever poll ed i'm the
state and with him the ent ire demo.
cratic state ticket. Ifperc nance the
republicans control either branch OF
the legislature, it is not the result OF
the popular will but in defiance OF it.
and because gerrymander OF til
state enables 40 per cent OF the Don n
lation to defea t the declared viii =
% per cent Of its voters. Every wi ,er.
the popular vote on the Iegish ,tiv.
ticket has been greater than thu vot.
east for the state ticket, demo ,nstra
ting that with an honest dis srictine
Of the state the legislature as well >,
The state officers would. be democrat
ic.
At three succe.siye elect ions the
democrats have swept the state. In
IN 1859 in the election OF Governor
boies and tieing the House even
with the dishonest Siistricting then as
now; IN 1880 by cnssing nearly 1900
uiore votes UPON national questions
ior democr atie congressman than
were cast lor the republicans electinS
s'A our IT eleven; and in 1891 by elect
Ing TIE efssire state ticket and on the
popular vote giving probable ma
,ority tsr the democratic legislative
candidates of $1,000.
While prohibition played an i'm
portant part in the campaign, AZ q
political factor it bore no comparison.
to the national questions involved.
The republicans in their state plat
form made an issue of Gov. Boies'
speech before the Reform Club, and
every republican newspaper OF the
state and every stump speaker was
instructed to denounce him as a cal
amiation and slanderer of his state
which had honored him with it's chief
magistracy, because he had said that
eorngrowing was not sufficiently
profitable to Justify imposing bur
dens upon it in the manufacturine.
transportation and monied interests
OF the east. This was the issue; and
In every speech he vindicated the
truth OF the statements and argu-
ments OF that New York speech, the
farmers recognizing their champion
In the bold and intrepid Horace Boie
and to him and his policies they gave
their SURFACES. The West is against
the republican party. The significa-
ton of the vote of 1890 as corrobora-
ted by 1891 is that if the democrats
continue to champion Western in
terests, they can carry Iowa, Wiscon.
sin Indiana and Illinois in 1892. The
question of currency reform must be
honestly met with courage, ard wisely
disposed of in the interest of the peo.
pie rather than of Wall street. The
attempt OF Wall street democrats to
suppress this demand will be fatal to
success. With such policy represent
ed by such candidates as Boies of
Iowa with Voorhees, of Indiana for a
running mate, victory would be as.
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