Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-29
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

-Cleveland's official plurality in
New York is 5,449 Republicans have
concluded not to Contests Paul
GloDe.
1.-THE tariff law is now old enough
to talk for ITSELF said Mr.. Mckinley
the day before election. And how it
did talk!-Chicago Times.
When Mr.. Cleveland becomes
president again he will find that there
are "a. 1872 more of6ceholders than there
were when he left the white house in
1889. Chicago Herald.
Cleveland carried California by q
plurality of 153 over Harrison-count-
ing the highest vote for an eiector ON
either ticket. The lowest candidate
for elector on the democratic ticket Is
defeated by the highest on the repub-
lican ticket Harrison's plurality four
years ago was over 1000. California is
all right-almost-N.Y Y. World.
The republicans seem bound to
leave the democrats nothing to receipt
for when they assume charge of the
United States treasury. It is some
time since the victors SO efficaciously
cleaned up the spoils as did the present
administration. If they'll only leave
clean balances. however, Mr.. Cleve-
land is amply able to look out for the
future. He has demonstrated his finan-
cial ability before.-Chicago Times.
During the last twenty years the
United States has given away hum
dreds of thousands of farms to set
tiers. In the same time the rents of
English farms have been 1885, O00, 600
more than the value of the produce.
Yet the republican party has not alto
gether given up its attempt to persuade
the American farmer that his greater
prosperity over that of the British
farmer is due to MISUNDERSTANDING
Argus.
to the people, in the plain language
which the people recognize as their
own. has been heard with joy in every
corner of the land. He promises them
to do his utmost to bring the conduct
OF their government back to that sim
plicity and economy of its founders
which have always been the objects of
their reverence. In his mouth 'Jef-
fersonian simplicity" is something
more than catchword--it is q pledge
and public creed.-N. Y. Post.
The democratic senatorial steer
ing committee has decided to let the
knavish republican plots work them
selves out in Montana, Wyoming, Kan
sas and Nebraska A mine will be ex-
ploded under the conspirators At the
proper time. and the further they are
allowed to go with their plot. short Of
actual success, the more certainly do
they insure their own destruction. Let
them steal these states, and tho states
will hereafter give democratic maio
tiles so pronounced as to leave no room
for fine work.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Mr.. Cleveland is right. There n
nothing shabby in thrift and economy
either Of public or Of private resources.
That we may be free we must be =
frugal people. That all may have
equal chance for independents the
practices Of thrift must not be thwarted
by the granting Of advantages TO one
citizen denied another. The citizens
Of republic founded on justice and
discarding ~ base . policy Of paternal-
ism destructive Of individual sclf-respect
and independence need no other than
such reasonable inducement to bind
them In loyal devotion to their govern
ment Chicago Times