The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-21
HAPPY REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS LEAVING THEIR PARTY
IN LARGE NUMBERS.

Thousands of Democrats Announce Their
Converslon 60 Ecpublicanlsm - The
Tariff, the National Bank Law and
Other Features Drive Them Out.
Especial Correspondence
NEW York, Oct. 10.-According to
the Democratic national committee
Great Britain has grown tired of her
free trade and is about TO put "A tariff ~
certain American products upon the
American protective theory. The liter
AIRY bureau of the Democratic headquar-
ters that the English pprlia-
ment will Us soon rs IL meets pass an
act placing n 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 in
wheat growing Australia, Canada and
India. Thus IL 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-
ton, while at the same time they are
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 u success.
Democrats Badly Alarmed.
The fact is tho Democrats have be-
come very much alarmed about the
situation. They have received reports
from tho west which convince them
that tho stories OF prospective Demo-
cratic success in the western states are
tho mcrcst m~oonshine. They have lost
hope Of carrying Illinois, Wisconsin
AID Others of the western states which
u month ago they were claiming with
great persistency. Their only hope lies
now in the assistant Democratic
party" as the Peoples party has re-
Gently been denominated. II they cor
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
Ncpublicans of those states are seeing
clearly that they are being made game
of and that the Democrats IRE attempt
ing to use them rs n cats paw to pull
their chestnuts out of the fire. They
see that n vote for Weaver and Field is
indirectly n 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
Va.) 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 1t Is high time that these camp
meetings Of the q. A.. II. were broken
up and discontinued. They originated
and are designed to keep alive the sec.
tional divisions and animosity growing
out Of the wal and to promote the in
~tercsts Of the Republican party. The
gathering in Washington is simply &c
help Harrison to the presidency. Who
cares if the approaching cholera does
discomfort and break up its plans?'
Cleveland finds Things Mixed in New
York.
Ex-President Cleveland, who has com
to New York for a permanent stay, find.
, that he came on too soon. The leader.
are in q panicky condition. Not only
are they depressed over the discovery
that they cannot carry any Of tho rain
bow states for which they had vainl,
hoped, but they see the ground slipping
from beneath their feet in New York
Almost every day some prominen
Democrat his transfer to Re
publican ranks. Not only has Genera
Sick!es by every public utterance sine
the Chicago convention shown his ab
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