The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-09-24
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The candidates In the states which
elect governors this fall have about
all been chosen, and the campaign
10 nov on which practically decidss
the battle Of NEXT ysar's presidential
campaien. The issues ct stake are
largely thst Of two years ago, With
the exception that In some quarters
the Democrats have adopted the free
coinage issue as q blind; they don't
say what they mean by it. and when
driven into q corner they invariably
give the impression that they are
willing to adopt and advocate any
thing to beat the Republicans.
When you talk tariff they accuse
yeu OF dodging the coinage question,
and when you give them all they
want on the money question they as
stoutly maintain that the tariff issue
Is being ignored. The truth 10 they
have lost all the courage, or more
properly speaking, the bravado In
stilled into them by their great
stuffed prophet-Cleveland, and
have fallen back on the old line Of
"anything to get into office"
In Ohio the tariff issue was forced
upon the Democrats by the nomins-
ton OF Mckinley. As a counter
irritant, at the Cleveland convention
the democrats incorporated free
coinage" or imitation, into their
platform. This has had the effect OF
q boomerang upon them, aud Of it's
self would defeat them If nothing
else would. So far IS the campaign
has progressed Mckinley has the
best Of il aud Is gaining strength
every day. Added to this the dis
affected element in the Democratic
ranks, which knows nothing but
revenge, makes an overwhelming
victory for the Republicans in Ohio
assured.
In New York these issues have
nothing TO do with the campaign.
The issue i'm that state Is TammaDy.
Tsmmany il an organization Of
Democratic political highwaymen
and brigands. An organizations
which is living menace to the free
dom. not only OF the city and state
OF New York, but the whole country.
1t is q society composed Of all the of
scourings Of the great city, whose
object is to make politics CONNER
ciaI transaction. Its leader, Croker,
boasts that "he has killed his man."
and its rank and file comprises des-
perate characters Of all kinds i'm
| aginable. Besides this all those who
make politics trade, and are In for
what money they can get out OF 1t
belong too. Tammany's motto is,
rule or ruin" and when their men
are not nominated, they bolt. 1t is
an organization that must be stamp
ed out OF existence sometime, IL
liberty is to be maintained, and the
campaign this year will be conduct
ed by the Republicans as an effort at
its determination, or at least q cur
tailment OF its power. The Republic
cans have nominated . man who IL
popular, honest, clean, young vigor-
Gus, magnetic, aggressive, and in fact
who has all the elements Of q sue
cessful campaigner. On the other
hand the Democrats dictated by
Tammsny, have nominated Million
aire Flower. There Is much that
may be said against him personally,
but the issue and not the men are at
stake in the the New York campaign.
In Massachusetts, the issue Is
whether dollar shall be worth 100
cents, or any sum less than that,
and the prospects for Republican
success were never brighter.
In Iowa the issue is calamity. AS
in Kansas the majority Of the farm
ers belive in the tariff policy OF the
Republican party, but some Of them
up there have been led astray by
the sophistries OF their Democratic
governor, and while there is no show
for Boies's reelection, hard fight Is
being made. the end of which will
again place Iowa in the old reliable
column of Republican states. Pro-
hibitipn showed some symptoms Of
weakness early in the campaign, but
the Republican convention settled
the status Of the question, and it is
not an issue except in the minds of
the jointists and Democrats. The
re. submfssion Republicans aequisced
in the decision Of the Republican
state convention, trusting to future
cam paigns to do their work.