The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-05

seeks and generally secures prosperity for
the people, and which usually wins. am
tired chasing the wil.of-the- wisps of the
tbird party movements. The leaders in
! them pretend that they are endeav ring to
rid the people of boss rule. In reality
they are seeking to elevate themselves
to oss'ship, which. if successful. would
be more tyrannical because more ignorant
than the Nominations of the leaders
, or of the bosses in the two great par les,
lie added tLdS many would follow his ex-
| aMple.
Atlanta Constitution Dem J: There has
been no democratic victory In Massachu-
sets, and Iowa may be contented to vote
the republican ticket in a national eIec-
tion. 1t would be foolish therefore, for
the democrats to scatter their forces and
waste their energies in an effort to com.
bass the improbable. The party, first of
all, must be sure of carrying New York,
and that state is not 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 strong
and successful tight 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
snipes and to chase rainbows may be Il
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 bieadstuffs amounted
TO sl69 ASS 463, or over $4,000 ,00) more
than during The same period of 1890 The
great increases, of CO lrse, have occurred
since Angus, and at their present rate
they are likely to an.ount TO at least
$50, 0OO, 900 for the full calendar year The
calami y.criers are placed at disadvan-
tage Ly these figures. They have nothing
now TO look 10 tor the production OF dis.
asttrs, 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-
suasive element in our oratory and in
political writing. We are too ready to
treat the political adversary us the public
enemy, which he is not. We toe often
use against adverse opinion tue weapons
OF scorn and dennnciation, which should
be reserved for the chas;isement of DIS
honest and uprighteous courses. We too
much neglect our opportunities of per
suadlng others to our ways of thinking.
We carry too far the simlle which makes
of a 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 fleet, the entire
west Is abandoned as hopeless, rotwith-
standing the pretense SO often made hat
the western people are opposed TO protcc
ton. On this statement by democratic
journals, II may lie realized why there
is much anxiety manifested by capable
men OF that party since the recent elec
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 C)nntc-
tIcut was practically ii tie, uoes ro5 offer
so exhlIaratlng a prospect as democrats
would like.
State Journal; The free trade papers OF
London, England, do not agree with the
democratic press 0f this country on wha.
the re:u't OF the elections proves rs 10 the
Mckinley tariff. The London Globe view
ed the result as follows:
They prove beyond doubt that tnera
Is popular reaction in favor of the Me.
kin!.y tariff. His triumph was the most
Striking fea' ure OF the election, bot il is
doubtful If II was the most significant
The success in other states can on,y mean
that the tariff has not been found TO work
SO badly as at first imagined The mischief
wrought b. British industries will. more
over, help TO convince the American yoIer
tnat 1t must somehow be OF good to him
self. We should thus make a great mis-
take it We look too confidently for IA dem
ocra;ic triumph in 1892. and for the
abandonment of the prohibitiye."
The Globe Is not TAR wrong in It's con
clusions as to what the elections prove Ii
would be good idea if the American
organs of tree trade would take the same
view of the situation.