The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

Republican executive committee of that
state, who stopped in Washington on
his way to New York, where he had been
called by business. 1.-THE campaign"
said Mr.. Pierce, us moving very salts
factorily to us, and the State will go Re
publican beyond doubt. There are a
remarkable number of changes OF life
long Democrats to the Republican side.
Cases are reported daily, among farmers
as well as mechanics and business mem
and now recall seven counties in which
marked changes have taken place. With
in the last week ten vo tiers in one family,
in one of the southern counties, came
over. because of the free trade plank in
the Democratic platform. A few days
ago Democrat who is prominent
wholesale merchant of Indianapolis told
me that ne intended to vote for Harrison,
because he considered the changes which
would necessarily result in the business
world from the election of Cleveland and
a Democratic Congress dangerous; and
besides, he was so we'll satisfied with
the able. digni6ed and conservative adj
ministration Of President Harrison that
he was anxious for it to continue four
years longer"
The Democrats are getting alarmed
over the news OF a new "kick" by Tam
many, which comes from New York, and
some OF them acknowledge that it is use
less for Cleveland to expect to carry that
State; if Tammany's demands are salts
fed the mugwumps and anti-snappers
will become "kickers."
Mr.. Cleveland's letter of acceptance
has injured instead of helping him, as it
has destroyed the belief of the people in
his political straignt-forwardness and
honesty and shown him in his true COL
ors as a webbing politician who tries to
write on both sides of every question
without definitely committing himself to
anything. For instance, while agreeing
with the Chicago platform that the pro-
tectIve tariff shall be abolished he assures
the people that the Democratic party
does not propose to iniure the business
interests of any American citizen. Even
a Democrat must be able to see the con-
tradiction in this. He sauarely lodges
the issue OF wildcat currency, made by
the plank OF the Chicago platform favor
ing repeal of the ten per cent. national
tax OH the circulation of State banks,
and so ably met by the President in his
letter of acceptance and by Mr.. Blaine
In his letter to the Maine Republicans.
Democrats here have taken the cue
from Mr.. Cleveland's labored attempt to
save New York, New Jersey and Connec-
ticut, the voters OF which states are so
deeply and personally interested in The
maintenance ola protective tariff, by
writing around the tariff plank of the
Chicago platform, and they are no long
er even claiming to believe that they will
carry any of the northwestern states.
They are also very much afraid that the
third party will break into the solid
south, and the shameful treatment of
Weaver in Georgia is believed to have
been the direct result of orders from the
Democratic national headquarters, to
break up the third party movement in
the South by fair means or by foul
means. There are excellent reasons for
believing that the fight upon the third
party in the Southis to be as velentlessly
waged as was the fight which practically
drove the Republican party out of exist>
ence in number of those states. Still
the rest OF the countryis asked to believe
that citizens residing in the southern
states are living under a republican form
ofgovernment, having the right of free
speech and free ballot. Yes; they are,
but it is much the same sort of republi-
can government as that under which
Mexicans live. Speech is free provided
you talk Democratic nominees.
All the news received at the headquar-
tiers of the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee is encouraging,
and, notwithstanding the enormous
Democratic majority in the House, which
everybody knows was obtained by con-
certed Misrepresentation OF the McKin-
ley tariff law. there are good prospects
OF electing majority of Republicans to
the next House. The workings of the
Mckinley law, as shown by reports pre-
pared in numerous states by Democratic
as well as Republican officials, are PROV
ing to be the most convincing sort of ar
guments, and Republican speakers who
took part in the campaign of 1890 are
proudly recalling to their hearers the
prophecies made then as to how the law
would work. The wildcat money plank
in the Chicago platform is also reported
to be doing good service for the Republi-