Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-02
THE REASONS WHY
CLEVELAND WILL BE CHOSEN
in NOVEMBER
The Prospects Were Never Brighter for
Success-Tammany Hall in Line for
Victory The Living Issues Dis

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The Democratic chances Of success in
the campaign now opened are much
better than they were in 1888, for these
reasons:
/. The country is now with the Dem
ocrats upon the main issue of the can
vass-tarif reform.
Four years ago the question had been
too recently precipitated upon the
country to be generally understood.
Since then the Mckinley act has shown
to the voters what high protection
means The monopolist has been
schoolmaster in the campaign OF edu-
cation. Higher prices and lower wages
have been object-lessons to the people.
The issue has actually been twice
passed upon by the voters and the
Democratic position sustained. In 1890
the anti-Republican majority was over
1900 900. Last year the important
and typical States Of New York, Massa-
chusetts and Iowa repeated their YER
diet.
To use legal smile, in 1888 the
Democrats simply opened their case
This year they ask to have affirmed the
Judgment twice given in their favor.
II. The Republican record is the
Republican platform, and the record
condemns the party.
What was Democratic prophecy IN
1853 is now actual history.
The taxes have been increased. The
surplus has heen succeeded by de-
| fcit. The revenues of the future are
mortgaged for subsidies, bounties and
other permanent expenditures. The
pensions have increased enormously.
Bribers have been shielded, corrup-
tionists rewarded and partisan tools adj
vanced in judicial positions. We have
had a bumptious foreign policy for
| politics only. The public service was
| looted for spoils and has been openly
used to promote the denomination of
| the President.
This and many other scandals and
abuses, is the new record of the Re-
publican party. There is enormous ad-
| vantage In it to Democrats.
III. The Force bill has arisen as a
menace to free popular elections since
| potent in holding the South together
and confirming all Democrats in their
hostility to Federal Capitalization.
". Pallot-reform laws have been
passed, and are in force In all the
dcu btful Northern States-New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, and Indiana.
Their good effects have already been
| proved. Bulldozing and surveillance
of the working men at the polls are no
| longer possible. a free and secret bal
| lot is secured. Bribery is rendered
difficult and doubtful. There can be
no more of the block-of-fve business
in Indiana nor purchase of move
| ments' with Wanamaker's funds in
this city and Brooklyn.
V. There will be no State ticket in
New York to form the basis of trades
| nor to divert the attention of Demo-
Gratis It is not probable that there
will be any Democratic division over
| the local ticket. The names Of all
candidates will be on one official bal
lot. 'Buaching' will be impossible.
Treachery would disclose and locate
itself.
vi. The Democrats will have ma
| jority of the election officers in this
city, as the Republicans have long had
| in j, the lcountry. There will be no
| more intimidation of voters or delay
ing the casting of votes in Democratic
districts.
VII. The breach between Harrison
| and Blaine, and the casting aside OF
| the great leader of the Republican
party by stipendiaries and mercenaries
at Minneapolis, will cost the ticket
| thousands Of votes-many of them in
| chose States.
VII. Six additional States have been
made Democratic, or hopefully contes.
| table, since 1888. They are Illinois,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota. These States have
seventy-six electoral votes. To them
may fairly be added Massachusetts and
New Hampshire. The Republicans
| must fight as they never did before fol-
all these States this year. They are
| pretty certain to lose some of them.
They cannot, at least, concentrate
their effort and N oneY, as heretofore
upon New York, Indiana and Con
| necticut
IX. The District, Electoral law will
| give the Democr. Its four electors ii
Michiganicertain. and perhaps more.
X. The hostility of organized labor
to the Republican candidate for vice
president will lose. that party thousands
| of votes.
If any dispassiozlate man can con
slider these points and not admit thai
the Democratic canvass starts niue
more propitiou sly than it did in 1885,
we would not value his augment.
Grover Cleveland can be elected, ane
| he is going to be elected.