Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-10-06
Washington Letter.
From our Regular CorespondentJ

The President has every right to feel
proud of the news brought from Indi-
ana by Hon r. b. F. Pierce, chairman
of the republican executive committee
of that state. who stopped in Washing
ton on his way to New York, where he
had been called by business. 1.-The
campaign said Mr. Pierce, ''is NOV
ing very satisfactorily to us, and the
State will be republican beyond a
doubt There are remarkable num-
Der of changes OF life long democrats
to the republican side. Cases are
reported daily, among farmers as well
as mechanics and business men. and |
now recall seven counties in which
marked changes have taken place
With n,the last week ten voters in one
family, in one Of the southern counties.
came over because Of the fire trade
plank in the democratic plato m A
lew days ago democrat who is a
prominent wholesale mere ant Of In
djanapolis told me that he in'endeI to
vote for Harrison, because he clrsid
cred the changes which would neccs-
sarily r,su in the business world from
the election II Cleveland ard demo
cratic Congress dangerous, AID
besides, in was 50 well sal fed with
the ale. dignilied and conservative
Administered on Of Presidert Harrison
that lie was anXi us fer it to continue
four years longer
The democrats are z ting alarmed
over the news If new kick by
Tammany, which comos from New
York, and ,omc of them acknowledge
that it IS useless for Cleveland t.
ext to carry that State; if lamma-
nys demands are satisfied the
mn-wumps and anti snappers will
become "kickers
Mr. Cleveland letter of acceptance
has injured instead Of helping him, as
/ it has destroyed the belief Of the people
in his political straight forwardness
and honesty and shown him in his
true colors is wobbl ny lolit clan
who tries to write on both sidys IF
every question without definitely com
mitt ne himself to anything For
instance, while agreeing with the Chi
cage platform that the protective tariff
shall be abol shed he assures the Poop g
/ that the democratic party does not
4 propose to injure the business intere Is
OF any American citizen. Even
democrat must be able to see tie con-
tradiction in this. He squarely lodges
the issue of wild cat currency, made
by the plank Of the Chicago platform
fayoring repeal of the ten per cent
national tax on the circulation Of
State banks, and 50 ably met bv the
! President in his letter OF acceptance
and by Mr. Blame in his letter to the
Maine republican,,
Democrats here have tax n the enc
from Mr. Cleveland labor attempt to
save New York, New Jersey and Con
neeticut, the voters OF which stat are
SO deeply and per onally nterts cd in
the ma ntainanee Of a protective tar Il,
bY writing around the tagttl piank OF
the Chicago platform, and they are no
longer even claiming % believe that
they VIII carry any Of the northwestern
state, They ar, also very much
afraid tbat the tairl parA VIII bcak
intp the solid south and shameful
treatment Of Weaver 10 6c r-ia +, be.
lieted d haze boon tile 4 IL tie lit III
order, flom The 3emoc attic Nat onal
4 adquartcrs, y break up ac third
III rty movement in the south bv fair
me ns or q, foul means Ihey ary
excellent reasons for beIe,j ug that the
light upon the third pa4 in tbe south