The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-09-30
NIGHTMARES.
THEY ARE TROUBLING THE DEMO-
CRATIC LEADERS NIGHTLY.
The Issues Which the Platform Offers
Are Proving Troubiesome-The Voters
Are Pleased with Present Conditions
and Can't BE Persuaded to Change.
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and Can't he Persuaded to Change.
Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The evidences
OF Democratic alarm over the political
situation continue to make themselves
apparent The frequent conferences
between MIR. Cleveland and the various
members Of the committee which is
trying to run the campaign indicate
great anxiety. And there seems little
reason to believe that the developments
have been very satisfactory. The night
mare of free trade, wildcat currency,
pension vetoes and other peculiarities OF
the Democratic platform seems to disturb
them. With Democrats at every hand
denouncing the free trade plank of the
platform, English newspapers expressing
hope OF Democratic success, leaders OF
the Farmers Alliance denouncing the
wildcat money scheme which is made
prominent part of the party's principles.
old soldiers getting ready to avenge Mr..
Cleveland's treatment of their comrades,
and bitter fight continuing to rage be-
tween thetw factions of the party here.
the chances for Democratic success seem
to be exceedingly slim.
Harmony That Doesn't Count.
There is good deal of disappoint-
ment among Democrats over the evil
dent failure of the attempt at harmony
which Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Dickin-
son put up. The more the matter is
studied the more evident it appears that
the attempt was unsuccessful. The at
tack made by the national committee
upon Labor Commissioner Peck within
few hours of the time of Mr.. Cleve-
lands dinner to certain Of the Hill fol-
lowing seems to have upset any pros
poets Of harmony that may have been
hoped for us q result of that dinner.
Commissioner Peck is a close friend of
Senator Hill, and as such the attack
made upon him by the national COM
mittee is naturally, and quite properly,
resented by Senator Hills friends gen
orally.
In Peck of Trouble.
The efforts of the Democratic national
committee to discredit and generally
tear to pieces Commissioner Peck's re-
port create good deal of amusement.
1t is evident that they are hard hit.
Word comes from all the state and all
over the United States that it is proving
very damaging thing for the Demo.
Gratis, and is evidence out of the
mouths of their own party of the fallacy
of their free trade theories The ut
most efforts which they have made to
discredit it or lessen its effects have
been unsuccessful.
The Wildcat Currency Troubles Them.
Another feature of the campaign
which is giving the Democrats a good
deal of anxiety is the prominence of that
feature of their platform relating to a
repeal of the tax on state bank notes, with
the purpose of returning to the wild
cat currency of antebellum times. This
proposition is condemned by all classes
of citizens. There is not man found
willing to open his mouth in its favor,
and people are now wondering how it i,
that it was ever put into the platform.
The explanation is found in the franti,-
attempt which the authors of the plat
form were making to satisfy in some way
the demand of the south and west for
"more money" AS theyywere unable to
put free silver into the platform upon
which they were to put Mr.. Cleveland SIS
q candidate, they felt in duty bound to
do something else to placate that ele-
ment demanding ''more money" and 40
prevent 1T from going over to the third
party. Hence it was that the repeal Of
the tax on state banks was proposed. IT
was simply tub thrown to the "more
money whale, but it promises to prove
very disastrous to the people who threw
it. With the president of the Farm
ers' Alliance, of New York protesting
against this proposition as one which
would bring disaster to the country gen
orally and to farmers in particular, the
leaders of the party begin to see plainly
that they have made a mess of it in this
particular and wish that the wildcat
scheme was out of their platform.
The Rainbow 1Chasers.
The .rair bow,chasers seem to have sub
sided. You hesr scarcely anything more
of the talk about carrying western states.
The "sick Cleveland fund" is dead fail
WIN d LWO
newspapers all over the country clamor-
ing for subscriptions, the total aside
from the amount subscribed by three o.
four newspapers which expected to get
an advertisement ont of the scheme, is a
mere trife, and shows that the people
are taking no interest and have no con-
fidence in the claim that it is possible to
carry any western state.
English Support the Democrats.
Another circumstance which has de-
pressed Democratic stock materially il
the arrival of anumber of English news
papers complaining bitterly of the injury
being done to English markets and manu-
features by the Mckinley tariff and its
accompanying feature of reciprocity.
These statements show that the British
manufacturers and exporters are already
conceding heavy losses in their business
with other countries by reason Of the
new American tariff. The reciprocity
feature of the tariff is distressing them
greatly. The fact that the United States
is able to send its goods free of duty into