Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-27
HAPPY REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS LEAVING THEIR PARTY
IN LARGE NUMBERS.

Thousands of Democrats Announce Thei,
Conversion to Republicanism The
Tariff the National Bank Law and
Other Features Drive Them Out.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Oct. l0.-According to
the Democratic national committee
Great Britain has grown tired of her
free trade and is about to put a tariff on
certain American products upon tn
American protective theory. The liter
airy bureau of the Democratic headquar-
ters announces that the English parlia-
ment will as soon as it meets pass an
act placing tariff on American wheat,
for the double purpose of getting even
with the United States for our high tariff
duties and at the same time protecting
British colonists and British interests III
wheat growing Australia, Canada and
India. Thus it seems that the British are
actively cooperating with the Democrats
OF this country to try to scare the farm
ers of the United States into voting
against Republican doctrines of protec-
admitting their value by proposing to
adopt them for the benefit of British col
onists whom they propose to protect
against United States farmers. 1t is not
believed that this joint attempt of the
British and the Democratic party to
bluff the farmers into voting the Demo
cratic ticket will be success.
Democrats Badly Alarmed.
The fact is the Democrats have be-
come very much alarmed about the
situation. They have received reports
from the west which convince them
that the stories of prospective Demo-
cratic success i'll the western states are
the merest moonshine. They have lost
hope of carrying Illinois, Wisconsin
and others of the western states which
a month ago they were claiming with
great persistency. Their only hope lies
now III :. the assistant Democratic
party" as the Peoples party has re-
Gently been denOminated. If they can
get enough Republicans to vote with
that party in Kansas, Nebraska and the
Dakotas to carry the electoral votes
against the Republicans they will thus
accomplish all that they now expect.
But there is little prospect of that. The
Republicans of those states are seeing
clearly that they are being made game
of and that the Democrats are attempt
ing to use them as cats paw to pull
their chestnuts out of the fire. They
see that q vote for Weaver and Field is
indirectly a vote for Cleveland and
Stevenson.
The South and the Soldiers.
While upon this subject of the atti-
tude of southern Democrats toward
Union soldiers, it may be interesting to
quote something from the Lynchburg
Wa.) News as an evidence of the real
feeling Of the southern Democrats to-
ward the old soldiers. Speaking Of the
possibility that the outbreak of cholera
might interfere with the Grand Army
encampment at Washington that paper
said: IF that is all the harm the chol-
era might do, we think the nation will
be benefited by its appearance, for we
think it is high time that these camp
meetings of the G. A. r. were broken
up and discontinued. They originated
and are designed to keep alive the Sec
tional divisions and animosity growing
out of the war and to promote the in
terests of the Republican party. The
gathering in Washington is simply to
help Harrison to the presidency. Who
cares if the approaching cholera does
disconcert and break up its plans:'
Cleveland Finds Things Mixed in New
York.
Ex-President Cleveland, who has come
to New York for a permanent stay, finds
that he came none too soon. The leaders
are in a panicky condition. Not only
are they depressed over the discovery
that they cannot carry any Of the rain
bow states for which they had vainly
hoped, but they see the ground slipping
from beneath their feet in New York.
Almost every day some prominent
Democrat announces his transfer to Re
publican ranks. Not only has General
Sickles by every public utterance since
the Chicago convention shown his abb
solute contempt for Mr.. Cleveland, but
many other old soldiers are also doing
the same. General Beers, formerly of
Democrat, has announced his unwilling
ness to support Cleveland and Stevenson.
A prominent colored citizen-an ex-
consul-who has heretofore co-operated
with the Democrats, i'll long letter to
Chairman Harrity tells him why he
cannot support the Democratic nominee,
who has shown himself unfriendly to
the colored race. Hon. George Ticknor
Curtis, a distinguished Democrat and
lawyer of great prominence, has an
nounced his withdrawal from the Demo
cratic party and his determination to
support Harrison on a tariff and other
grounds. Colonel Cohen, who was a
Democratic candidate for state senator
two years ago, has announced his with
drawal from the Democracy. Florien
Grosjean, the proprietor of an i'm
mense manufacturing establishment on
Long Island, and warm personal
friend of Mr.. Cleveland, announces his
withdrawal from the Democracy on
tariff grounds and determination to
vote with the Republicans. Mr.. Glover,
prominent manufacturer of Glovers-
vile, n. Y, announces that his expert
ence with the Mckinley tariff has led
him to decide to transfer his allegiance
from the Democracy to Republicanism.
Colonel Cockerill, of the New York
Commercial Advertiser, for many years
prominent Democrat. is working ac-
lively for Republican success. And there
are hundreds, yes, thousands, of others
all over the state and all over the great