Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-28

vocate and how to defend them: which /.
seeks and generally secures prosperity for .
the people, and which usually wins. am
tired chasing the will.of-the- wisps Of the I
third party movements The leaders in .
them pretend that they are endeaE ring 20 4
rid the people of boss rule. In reality 1
they are seeking to elevate then selves /
to boss ship, which, ii successful. would I
be more tyrannical because more ignorant I
than the nominations of the leaders /
or of the bosses in the two great parties,
He added that many would follow his ex- /
ample.
Atlanta Constitution (Dem y There has |
been no democratic victory in Massachu /
sets, and Iowa may be contented TO vote
the republican ticket in national cleo
ton, 1t would be foolish therefore, for
the democrats to scatter their forces and
waste their energies in an effort to com
pass the improbable. The party, first Of
all, must be sure of carrying New York,
and that state is not so safely democratic
that 1t can be left to itself The campaign
must, OF necessity, be central IN that
pivotal state, for there success is abso-
utely essential. There must be a strong
and a successful tight made in Connecticut
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
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
IS A In ai1t1, Il
TO Sl69, ASS, 463, or over $4,000 ,00) 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
$50 600, 900 for the full calendar year. The
calami.y-criers are placed at a dlsaGyln-
tage 10y these figures They have nothing
now TO LOOK to tor the production of dis.
asters, except "a democratic congress. But
even TINS resource will fail them while a
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
suasive 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
-ty~l,E No
much neglect our opportunities Of per-
suading others to our ways Of thinking.
! We carry too far the simile which makes
of political canvass a campaign, and
of an election battle.
| New York Tribune: The tariff issue is
the only one upon which the party now
hopes to make a stand. The shrewder
4 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, Che entire
west is abandoned as hopeless, notwith-
/ standing the pretense so often made that
the western people are opposed to protec-
I 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
tions. 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 a tle, ooes not offer
so exhilarating a prospect as democrats
would like.
State Journal: The free trade papers of
London, England, do not agree with the
/ democratic press of this country on what
the result of the elections proves as TO the
Mckinley tariff The London Globe view
ed the result as follows:
They prove beyond a doubt that there
/ is a popular reaction in favor of the Nc
/ Kinley 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 dem
/ ocratiC triumph IN 1899, and for the
abandonment Of the pr0hibihye.'
( The Globe is not far wrong in It's con-
illusions as to what the elections prove. 1t
would be a good idea if the American
I organs of free trade would take the same
view of the situation