Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-05-19

| also control the State Legislature.
The Democrats can not offer any
excuses for the defeat. Nothing was
concealed by the Republicans. The
Democrats made supreme effort to
win, and sent their best speakers to
Rhode Island to try to hoodwink the
worklngmen, but it was not q success. /"
WHERE THE GAINS WE'RE MADE.
1.-The greatest gains made by the re.
publicans were where the issues were
fully discussed, and that goes to show
that the thinking people voted the
right way. In the large manufactur.
ing towns and cities the gains were
largely republican, and this d,scloses
the fact that thepeople connected with
the great industries OF the state were,
and are now for that matter, on the
republican side. AS the democratic
party did everything to influence the
working people, the result is signi6.
cant. 1t is all the more so in view Of
The claim made by the democrats that
the worklngmen are in favor of their
peculiar theories. 1t shows how the
thinking people will vote. Where there
was the most discussion, there the re-
publican gains We're greatest, while in
the towns where there was the least
discussion the democrats increased
their vote. But most of the people
went to the polls with perfectly clear
idea OF what they were called upon to
decide, and they decided for therepub-
llcan party and its principles. 1t was
the change OF thought in the large in
dustrlal centers that gave us our
sweeping victory.
"Ihe issues in Rhode Island were
national ones, and on those lines the
battle WAS fought. The tariff and the
currency were the two principal issues,
and the result IN our state dem onstra.
ties that the national democracy is
or the wrong side OF both questions.
Not onl " are they on the wrong side
in Rhode Island, but in every state in
the Union, and the republican victory
III our state proved it. And this re.
publican triumph also goes to show
that to be successful the republican
party must make an aggressive fight
Tor the protection of American indus.
tries and the maintenance OF a sound
American currency. Now that Rhode
Island election is over, the people OF
the country cannot ask for any great.
er proof that the republican party is
making It's fight this year on the grand.
est prlnciples-principles which appeal.
ed in Rhode Island to the workinemen
and every good citizen of the state,
and will appeal to the whole country
so powerful next November that a
magnificent republican triumph will
be the result.''
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.
The figures as shown by the result
are significant OF two things in partic-
ular. One is that the change IN tue
voting population OF Rhode Island
did not prove disastrous for our par.
ty as the democrats claimed, and as
we might have expected, and the 9th.
er is that when the intelligent voters
are appealed to, republican principles
will be upheld. In 1880, in the Gov.
ernorship election, the entire vote of
the state was $4,000; 1884, it was
$4,000; in 1883, owing to the Bourl
amendment which changed our sui.
frage laws, the vote increased to 49,.
600. This year the vote was $4,000.
The increase was largely due to the
change in our suffrage laws, but shows
also that Rhode Island is rapidiv
growing in population. It is also
growing in business and wealth, and
the republican victory at the same
time demonstrates that it is growing
in intelligence.
'This year, the increase OF registra.
ton was about 1000 over that OF
last year, and the Democrats con.
hdentlv claimed that those 1000
votes were Democratic. They claim.
ed them all, but said that they could
certainly count on 80 per cent. In
view o. this claim, and the tact that
the Republican vote increased about
5000, while the Democratic vote de-
creased 5000, the Republicans
throughout the country should be
most hopeful OF success in November.
They should and will draw inspiration
from the result in our State.
"The republicans in other states
should be guided by the way in which
the campaign was conducted. The
canvas was an argumentative and
straightforward one, and people there
were made to understand the tariff
question. The dullest men who went
to the meetings were made to under.
stand the Tariff question. It was ow.
ing to the republican newspapers and
the speakers that the independent vote
was won. After reading the arpu.
ments and listening to the DISCUSSIONS,
the independent voters who hitherto
acted with the democrats became dis.
satisfied with the democratic party on