Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
SUCCESS INEVITABLE.
Never Before Were Signs so Hopeful for


Never Before Were Signs so Hopeful 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 year.
The campaign Of 1855 was fought apcn
an issue that was new to the voters of
the generation, an issue which proposed
to clear array 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 go
to the people on the issue of tariff re-
duction some time for the first time,
and to take great chances of defeat
when it first made the contest on that
line. Defeat came in 1883; but in a
marvelOusly short time the issue has
gained ground with the people. In
1883 a majority of the voters of the
United States expressed themselves in
favor Of tariff reduction as outlined in
President Cleveland's message and en-
bodied in the Mills bill; but the cleo
toral machinery provided by the consti-
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 it 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
,@% %1oD ,1x-
proofs of the ascerdaney Of democrat
lie principles and purposes. State after
state which in 1883 voted for Harrison
and protectionism has joined the repub-
lican column, until the fingers Of the
! two hands outnumber the states which
the republican party with any certain
/ ty 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 shes of the Legislature;
they have carried Indiana by nearly
twenty thousand, and have demon
strated that the republican nominee
cannot win in his own state. Twice in
succession they have carried Messachu-
sets in the east and Iowa in the west,
| two states once claimed as republican
strongholds. and the aggressive de
mocracy of those states are confident
that for the first time they may con.
tribute positively to the election of a
| democratic president and vice president
| Wisconsin and Michigan have each
democratic governors and democratic
legislatures, and where democratic
hopes in 1883 in those states were built
upon the rainbow, this year they rest
on tally sheets Of elections held thai
certify to democratic majorities in those
states. Illinois has been steadily grow
ing in democratic strength, New Hamp
shire, honestly carried by the democ
racy, stands ready to rebuke republican
fraud which deprived the state of IT.
| democratic governor and democratic
United States senator, and in Mime
sofa, Kansas and Nebraska, the repub
ncan party has become a minority par
| ty which must struggle hard to main
tain place in the republican electora
column
There never before have been so man!
doubtful states in presidential eleAtior
as there promise to be this year. Stat.
after state in which in the quadrennia
| struggle the democracy have made blu
| perfunctory efforts, this year will b
the scene of determined attempts, no
to fight against odds, but to repeat vic
tories already woa in 1890 and 1891, O.
in both years. It is not surprising tina
the republican party does not wis.
| to risk the denomination of Harrison OF
the one hand, and on the other does no
know which way to turn. The situa
ton has nothing Of encouragement in i
for the republican party. The field i
already occupied by the democracy
Albany Argus.