Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-15
NEW YORK FOR CLEVELAND.
Strength of the Democratic Leader In
the Empire State.

The reasons for Mr.. Cle-eIands'
strength in this state are known OF all
men. Briefly summed up, they are
that he is an honest man. u faithful
and fearless public servant, conscien-
tious executive, a true and not a false
friend of the people. This old-fash-
toned virtue remains to-day the most
popular attribute OF q candidate for
public Office in this country. Mr..
Cleveland has won it by acts which
have made all doubt as to it's quality
impossible. From the time that he
vetoed the fve-ceDt fare bill rs gov
ernor down to the moment when he
. issued his famous letter against free
silver coinage. not = single act in his
career can I've pointed TO which is
tainted with de,nagogisI1. He has ami
forn.lv done what ne believed to be
right without the slightest regard to
its effect upon his personal fortunes.
All these acts have been done in the
sight OF the PEOPLE Of New York, and
the first of them was done as their gov
error. They have watched his career
with increasing conf !ence and pride,
for while every step OF it has exhibited
constantly growing capacity fer public
affairs. not Gre step Of it has shown
any falter;u 2 IN the high sense of duty
which has marked i. from the outset.
1t would be d genuine phenomenon If
man commanding this great popular
confidence in his honesty and useful
ness were not able to lead people to Il
belief in the causes which he adTo-
Gates. To say that the voters Of New
York believe IN Mr.. Cleveland as in
no other public man OF his time, and
vet do rot believe il tariff reform. and
will not trust him rs the head OF al cd
rilistration committed to it, WOE, d be
an obvious absurdity. Yet that is VIVA.
the republicans must sly il they are
going to show any basis FOR their claim
that Harrison can carry New York.
They have 10 20 even further than this
and claim thai the voters of this state,
after committing themselves By very
large ma iorities in two elections in
favor OF Mr.. CIeveland's tariff reform
views. are now going to turn back and
vote against him.
We have never been able to see any
reason for this cxt-aordinarv claim. In
the congressional election Of 1879. with
tariff reform and the Mckinley bill as
Cregatc ma iority in the state OF over
seventyfve thousand. In the election
Of 1891, with Mr.. Cleveland himself in
the field as the chief advocate Of the
democratic candidate for governor AMI
the chief exponent OF the principle in
volved in the contest. which he de-
ciared 10 be tariff reform. the DEMO
Gratis carried TIE state by Il plurality Of
nearly forty-elght Thousand. What
reason is there for thinking that there
has been change of sentiment among
the voters of the state since last No.
velnbcr? The only evidence of change
which the republicans can point to is
the falling OF in the democratic vote
in the spring elections. but it IS absurd
to say that either Cleveland or tariff
reform had anything whatever to do
with that. or that the causes of il will
play any part in the election OF No
vemOer.
At heart the republicans have no
fs:it, in the claim that there has been
any change in the attitude OF the vuters
of this state towards tariff reform.
They know that Oh { square test Of
that issue today there IS Il LARGE ma
jority in New York against -Icllinley
prices and against the fraudulent
adulteration by which prices have IN
many instances been kept down to
their former level. 1t is this cheat OF
putting inferior and deceptive goods on
the market. at the same prices formerly
asked for honest and greatly superior
goods, which constitutes the main
count in the Indictment OF the demo-
cratic platform that Republican pro-
lection is fraud" and the political
prophet who thinks that the voters OF
New York state are Of such inferior in
tclligcnce that they will fail to realize
the full extent OF this fraud viii
make a serious mistake in his calcuia-
tons. New York is tariff reform
state. and it shows no sign OF abandon
ing its faith
The real reason for republican hope
of New York was given by Mr.. Dapew
IN his extraordinarily frank interview,
published few days after Mr.. Cleve-
lands nomination. to the effect that
the democratic opponents OF that noin-
ination would never permit Mr.. Cleve-
lands election Every republican
prophet of success in this state, who IS
pressed to the wall, gives the same
final reason for his faith. but it is no.
ticea bic that as time goes on and the
democratic organization in the city and
state becomes obviously more and
more solid for its party's candidate,
republican confidence in aid from this
quarter becomes less buoyant. In every
respect, personal popularity, strength
of his cause. and loyal and hearty sup
port from every faction of his party,
Mr.. Cleveland is obviously stronger in
New York state to-day than his oppo-
nent. This is the situation as the cam
paign approaches its active stage.-N. !
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