Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-10-21
THOSE POLITICAL CONVERTS.

In order to INSPIRE waning hopes
and offset large Republican accessions
both in the persons Of Democratic
leaders and from the ranks of work
ingmen, Democratic sensation monger
have been indulging in wild fictions
about the alleged conversion Of Re-
publican leaders to Democratic here
sizes, says the Tribune.
One of the most sensational fakes
was the report that Judge Gresham,
Judge Cooley and Wayne McVeagh
had been recently converted from Re-
publicanism to Democracy.
AS to Mr.. Wayne McVeagh, he has
been a Democrat and supported Dem
ocratic candidates for president and
governor, for the past ten years. He
has already voted for Cleveland twice,
and it is not strange, important or sig
nifcant if he does so third time.
AS to Judge Cooley, his son informs
the Tribune that his father will sup
port Republican principles and candi.
dates in 1892 as he has for 80 years.
Finally. as to Judge Gresham, that
gentleman writes that the Democratic
stories about his politics are purely
gratuitous. There is about as much
truth in the Democratic story that he
will stump for Cleveland, as there
was in the Populist rumor that he
was going to be the Popu]ist nominee.
When, however, it comes to the
politics Of those eminent Democrats
Gen. Sickles, Gen. Slocum and Geo
Ticknor Curtis, the expounder of the
constitution, the country has some.
thing more substantial on which tc
base its conclusions, than mere rumor
From Generals Sickles and Slocum
have come those explicit sentiments
concerning Cleveland and his wal
record:
"His dignity could not face soldiers
North or South"
f. "Nol No soldier can vote 70,
Cleveland !"
From Geo. Ticknor Curtis, the not
ed author and historian, whose works
on jurisprudence, the constitution, and
constitutional history, are standard
authority, the country has received
now the fourth letter tearing into
shreds the Democratic platform anG
-Cleveland's assumptions.
In this fourth letter, which discusses
the attitude Of the fathers of the cons
titution toward the first American
tariff bill-a measure based on avowed
protective principles, and introduced
by Madison supported by Jefferson
and signed by Washington Mr.. Cur
It's, formerly a lifelong Democrat
says
The fisrt congress, Washington ano
. all his cabinet, and the entire genera
ton Of men by whom the constitution
was established, knew perfectly vel
that encouragement and protection d
{ manufactures was one OF the object:
for which the revenue power wa.
granted. The nonsense of tariff fol
revenue only could not be perpetratec
by that generation. But now come.
Mr.. Grover Cleveland, in this year o
our Lord 1892, and says virtually
that he knows more about the purpos
es for which the constitution was made
than the men who made it. He say
virtually that if lie had been presi
dent Of the United States in 1889 h,
would have sent the first revenue bill
back to the house with veto messag
in which he would have told tina
body they must alter the preamble $,
as to make it read that tariffs shout,
be imposed for revenue alone, other
wise he could not sign it. I did no
I suppose him to be 80 ignorant Of poll
teal history as his letter Of acceptanc
shows him to be.
Between Larry O'Neal, Henr,
Watterson and Grover Cleveland !, o.
the one hand, and George Washing
ton, james Madison, James Monroe
Thomas jefferson and Andrew Jack
son, on the other, Mr.. Curtis, lik
many thousand Of other sound Demo
Gratis, will choose the latter enninen
authorities IS interpreters Of the cons
titntion and guides ii statesn,anshi|
md will vote in ccordance with thei
precepts
[r. Holmes, who is in charge Of I'll
pump house for the railroads ompan,
moved M tamil Into the Rasseo