The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-14
IS PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC,

Imperative instructions have gone
out from Republican Headquarters to
the district chairmen throughout the
State of Pennsylvania. They are con
fidentially informed that the labor
troubles at Homestead and elsewhere
have seriously affected the party, and
that the result Of the Reading com
bine and the adoption of the new bal
lot law will Sin all probability prove
disastrous to the cause of Protection
in Pennsylvania. Then they are urged
to quietly employ every means in their
power to win votes from the Dcrncs
cratic ranks, and it is suggested that
COMMITTEES Of five be appointed in
each district, each committee to work
on one Democrat. The method Of
working suggested is for them to select
one man and go after him alternately,
first one and then another meeting the
victim and using argument, persuasion
and all the usual methods to induce
him to vote the Republican ticket.
And it is most vehemently and posi-.
lively urged that each committee can
and must secure at least one Demo
cratic vote for the Republican party.
Then it is figured out how desirable an
Offset one or two votes gained from
the Democracy in each district would
be to this serious dlsaifectlon in Re.
publican ranks. And the chairmen are
warned that such an "offsei' is neces.
sary.
To any man who will sit quietly
down and consider all the facts, the
reasons for grave anxiety on the part
Of Republican leaders in Pennsylvania
are obvious. There is none of the us
ual buster and brag and "hurrah" in
the State this year. Manufacturers are
ashamed to tell the workingmen that
they need protection to give them high
wages. People no longer credit pre-
dictions Of ruin and disaster to follow
Democratic success The workingmen
who on the eve of election, hitherto,
were loudly and aggressively for the
Republican ticket are saying nothing.
They are reading and thinking. They
have begun to understand the tariff
question. Th silence, this extraordi.
nary quiet in the State is ominous for
the Republican party. In fear and
trembling the managers recall the
campaign Of 1890. They know Of wha,
the independent vote Of Pennsylvania
is capable and that it has always leaned
towards Cleveland. 'rhey know how
many thousands of voters have been
coerced into voting the Republican
ticket in the past and that the great
majorities of Philadelphia and Ale
gheny, under the new ballot law can
no longer be depended upon. And
their every movement indicates doubt
and fear for Pennsylvania.
There are so many absolutely un-
certain quantities in the political prob
lem to-day that no living man can ap-
proximate the result in this State.
With such men as Judge Cooley, Judge
Gresham and Wayne McVeagh declar-
ing in favor Of the Reform demanded
by the Democracy in the interest of
the people, the front rank of the Re-
publican column is broken and the
leaders in Pennsylvania may we'll be
dismayed. All the signs are favorable
to the Democracy. The cause OF La
Dor and that Of Tariff Reform go hand
in hand. The one hope of the masses
is in the triumph Of Democratic prin.
ciples. And the friends of Grover
Cleveland may well ask themselves
with hopeful expectation as the Re
publican leaders are doing with fearful
doubt "Is Pennsylvania Democratic? p