Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-21
rHELEssoN or ONO.
The Importance of National Issues in state
Campaigns.


Campaigns.
The New York Tribune, in discussing
the recent election in Ohio, and urging the
imporl ance of throwing national issues in
a state campaign, says;
''The man who protests against existing
customs is always in the minority. But It
Is the genius of the republican party to
seek better and ever better government IN
every state, and therefore to protest against
all sorts of abuses and evils, wherever they
appear Its members are not always wise,
as The world goes, and do not always con
fine their demands to those which the PEG.
pie In The different states are ready 70 sup
port. indeed, it is the nature of reformers
10 be ahead of the majority. ) 1t comes
to pass that on local issues the republicans
are apt to be defeated, because they almost
always expect from the people more lntelll-
gence and more ardent jes re for the pub
Inc welfare than the yotsrs are at the time
ready TO show. On national issues the
party runs the same risk, but has the
restraint Of different opinions IN the dit
ferent states Its demands FOR a better
and more fully protective tariff we're met
by the republicans in congress, under the
leadership Of Major Mex mley, with the
brayest and best tariff bill ever framed
The same state which elected Governor
Campbell by large plurality now elects
over him Major Mckinley by plurality
quite unusual in year when no president
Is elected.
These facts ought to sink deep into the
understanding Of republicans everywhere.
They show that 1t is not wise to ignore
national issuses on which the party wins
most Of its victories. They make 1t clear
that no evasion or lodging Of those issues
is ever expedient. liz New York It seemed
that the people would not hesitate 70 con-
denim Tammany rail- and its corrupt meth
DDS Yet the result has proved that the
people of this state were not as anxious TO
secure good state government as many re-
publicans suppose. Thousands Of republic
can voters failed to cast their ballots, and
many thousand more failed to register so
that in the country districts the republican
vote fell short by many thousands OF fair
vote even for state election. The contest
between Tammany hall, with all its cor
ruptiOn and its debasing methods, did not
move the voters of this state a. powerfully
as the plain issue between republican and
democratic national politics influenced fine
people Of Ohio.
The leaders Of the republican party
have occasion 10 consider this state Of
facts someN what more seriously than they
have done hitherto Their strength lies
in the national policy Of their pn y hey
cannot afford to dodge or ignore it on any
pretext whatever. Whenever and wherever
they do 80, they are likely to he defeated,
and their divergence to local issues On any
uretext whatever is likely to lead them into
disaster On the other hand, the strength
Of the party on national issues mas never
been more fully illustrated than in the re-
cent election, and there is every reason 70
believe, judging from results Of these
elections stnat in the national contest
which is coming next year the republican
party wall be found stronger In New York,
as II many other states, than It has been
fond this year.