The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-07-16
CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES.

Col. Brice putting the Atlantic ocean
between him and the pretticst fight
ever witnessed in the Buckeye woods.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
lY"Since the nomination of McKin,
ley the democrats nave found it ncces
sary to plate their lives with something
harder than tin. The falsehoods they
are setting afloat now are brass mount.
ed and copper riveted. Minneapolis
Tribune.
eE'Prominent free silver democrats
in Minnesota have called a conference
to discuss plans for "ovcrthrowing the
bosses" This means in plain English
that Grover Cleveland will not be Min
nesota's choice for president at the
national convention next year.-Cleve-
land Leader.
s8~For t~hirty-fivc years the demo-
cratic party has followed this simple
method of making a platform-to find
out what the republicans propose to do,
and then be ''agin It." The time has
come when they must take some posi-
tive ground. The people of the United
States are getting very tired of a party
whose policy is always destructive and
never constructive. Toledo Blade.
CB"We would suggest that the Ohio
democrats follow the example of their
brethren in Iowa, and, at their conven-
ton, adopt a plank condemning corrupt
senatorial elections. They cannot
point with pride" to the last one in
which they participated and should,
therefore. view with alarm the prac-
tt,n ,yhi,h Inp ,nalo 3lnr, ,nt-;>,,.
the country ovcr.-Cleveland Leader.
s83"On a tombstone in the cemetery
at Attica, Harper county, Kan, the
following peculiar inscription is found.
Through this inscription | enter my
dying protest against what is called the
democratic party. | have watched it
closely since the days of Jackson and
know that all the misfortunes of our
nation have come to it through this
so-called party. Therefore, beware of
this party of treason"
sT~The Iowa democrats held then
convention next door to a saloon,
where several hundred kegs of beer
were used to keep the convention from
running dry. The republicans held
their convention without the aid of o
saloon and it required no stimulant to
keep it down to business. The differ
ence between the republicans and dem
ocrnts in Iowa is the difference between
the home and the saloon, between
Philip sober and Philip drunk.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
cT-1he form of debt statement
adopted by Secretary of the Treasury
Foster is substantially that of ex-Sec-
rotary McCulloch, and of all the chiefs
of the treasury department previous to
Dan Manning, under the Cleveland adj
ministration. The new departure was
devised for democratic partisan pur-
poses, and gave no better knowledge of
the treasury's condition than did the
old system. Manning also included
the Pacific railroad bonds as n direct
debt of the government, and Secretary
Foster has abandoned that part of the
democratic plan. The old system is the
best and it's revival is n good thing
Chicago Journal.
CSNThe republicans, by nominating
Mr.. Mckinley in Ohio, have set IA good
example. They have shown their con-
fidence and courage. They have pre-
scented what every election ought TO
present--a definite issue and a repre-
sentative candidate. The decision will
! be unembarrassed by personal consid-
erations. That is the situation which
=. is desirable in next years general cleo
i, ton. If the democrats propose to make
the word democracy" the issue, and
run in a fog, they should nominate u
candidate who is not a representative
of distinct DolicieS. Rut If thew moan
to ask the country to approve certain
I, ineligible and beneicent Legislative
measures, they should nominate u can
didate whose name personifies them
Harpcr's Weekly.