Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-26
SUCCESS INEVITABLE
Never Before Were signs SO Hopeful for
Democracy.

Never Before Were signs Hopeiu, for
Democracy.
Since the war the democratic party
never entered a presidential canvass
with so strong hold upon the conf
dence OF the people of the several
states of the union as it has this wear
The campaign of 1855 was fought upon
an issue tina. was new to the voters of
the generation. an issue which proposed
TO clear away the tax legislation of the
war period and restore the country to
the normal conditions of development
under which it was prospecting before
the war necessitated enormous taxa
ton which brought about abnormal
conditions The party was bound to 90
20 the people on the issue of tariff re-
drction some time for the first time
and to take great chances of defeat
VIXEN it first made the contest on that
lire Defeat came in 1883: but in n
marvelOUsly short time the issue has
gained ground with the people. In
1883 majority of the voters of the
United States expressed themselves in
favor of tariff reduction as outlined in
President CleveIand's message and en-
bodied in the Mills bill: but the cleo
tuition was against the popular vote.
For four years the democratic party
has been making the fight on the same
lines as in 1883. and as a result 1t has
driven the republican party from every
great office for which the people during
that period have been privileged to
vote. An overwhelming democratic
majority in the house OF representa-
tives and republican losses in the
United States senate are not the only
proofs of the ascendancy of democrat
ic principles and purposes. State after
state which in 1855 voted for Harrison
and protectionism has joined the rcpub-
iican column. until the fingers of the
two hands outnumber the states which
the republican party with any certain
y can count on TO give their electoral
votes To Harrison in November.
The democracy have carried New
York By fifty thousand plurality and
are in control of every executive branch
and both bran hes of the legislature:
they hare carried Indiana by nearly
twenty thousand. and have demon
stratcd that the republican nominee
cannot win in his own state. Twice in
succession they have carried MaSsachu
sets in The east and Iowa in the west.
two states once claimed as republican
stvoaghO!dS. and the aggressive de
mOcracv II those states are confident
that for tie first time they may CON
tribute positively to the election of
deT.<cratic president and vice president.
Wisconsin and Michigan have each
democratic governors and democratic
legislatures. and where democratic
hopes in lSSS in those states We're built
upon the rainbow. this year they rest
on tally sheets of elections held that
certify TO democratic ma jorities in those
states. Illinois has been steadily grow
ing liz democratic strength, New Hamp-
shire. honestly carried by the democ-
racv. stands ready to rebuke republican
fraud which deprived the state of its
democratic governor and democratic
United States senator, and in Mime
sofa, Kansas and Nebraska, the repub
lican party has become minority par
ty which must struggle hard to main
tain Il place in the republican electoral
column.
There never before have been so many
doubtful states in a presidential election
as there promise to be this year. State
aftaS state in which in the quadrennial
struggle the democracy have made but
perfunctorv efforts, this year will be
the scene Of determined attempts. not
to fight against odds, but to repeat vic
tories already won in 1890 and 1891, or
in both years. 1t is not surprising that
the republican party does not wish
to risk the denomination of Harrison on
the one hand. and on the other does not
knew which way to turn. The situn-
ton has nothing of encouragement in it
for the republican party The field is
already occupied by the democracy
Albany Argus.