Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-05
IT will require good deal of sticking
plaster to keep the South solid this year.

THAT hustling Hoosier, Rhody ShieI
who 30 distinguished himself in Harrison
behalf at Minneapolis, has been in consulta-
tion with Chairman Carter. or the condi
tion of the canvass in Indiana he said: "We
have an important local issue in the tax
question. The Democrats have practically
held control OF the Legislature for the past
20 years, all that time having had control of
one branch or the other. They have in
creased the debt from three to nine millions
in the last ten years. The Legislature of 1891
passed a tax bill authorizing a new appraise
ment of all real and personal property, and
in many cases raised the taxes 100 and 20(
per cent, and a general increase ol
about 60 per cent in the State, and
the levy for State purposes, hereto
fore IL cents, was raised to IS, which
will bring in an amount sufficient to pay the
de BIT in four years" or the gerry rymander in
Indiana Mr.. Shiel said: "Under the present
gerrymander the Republicans must carry
the State by 10000 to get the House OF
Representatives, and by from 10000 to 4O, 900
to control the Senate. The Democratic
counties have double the representation of
Republican counties" Accounting for the
lack of activity in politics, Mr.. Shiel said
that everybody was wrapped up in business.
People are satisfied with existing conditions
and their time is occupied. 1t seems to be
the impression that there is no need of
be done in q week. There will, however, be
q very lively campaign in the last few weeks
before election, according to the Indiana
political expert.
No new question concerning the meaning
of the Baker ballot law has arisen during
the past "a hours.
FOR some inscr utable reason it is an
- n-.~ IT,
propose to send number of their heavy
weight orators into Pennsylvania this year.
The list announced includes such we'll
known apostles of free trade as the follow
ing: Hon. John G. Carlisle, Kentucky: Gov
ernor Horace G. Boies, Iowa; Hon. William
NJ. Springer, Illinois: Governor Lyman Abb
bett, New Jersey; Hon. Bourke Cochran.
New York; Hon. Charles F. Crisp and Hon.
William S. Holman, "Uhe great obj ector," of
Indiana. Keystone State Republicans will
await the coming of these distinguished
gentlemen with considerable equanimfty.
The speakers are far more likely to imbibe
the protection sentiment that pervades the
air in Pennsylvania than they are to make
converts to their own visionary ideas. If
the visitors will only use their eyes carefully
their trip cannot fail to be of value-to them
selves.
by the Democrats for Governor OF Michigan,
has resigned the office of Chief Justice of
the State Supreme Court. And now some
Republicans are unkind enough to call State
and Ma tional Chairman and Secretary of the
Commonwealth Harrity's attention to this
shining example.
ALL of the rainbows visible only to
Democratic eyes this year are not located in
the Western sky. Encouraged by the re-
peated success of Governor Russell the
Massachusetts admirers of Cleveland are
making some sanguine estimates Frederick
c. Prince, of Boston, visited Ma
tional Democratic headquarters the
other day and the faithful there
had their dropping spirits somewhat
revived by his call. "We are going to sur
prise the party by the vote in Massa-
chusetts,' said Mr. Prince. "For the first
time we are relieved of the necessity of
paying poll tax as qualification for vot-
ing. Although this tax is a small one, still
with many of the rank and file of the De-
mocracy in our State it is often inconvenient
to pay. expect the Democratic vote in the
State will be greatly augmented in Novem.
Der because OF this relief from the poll tax.
1t is reasonably certain that we shall again
elect Governor Russell. His record has
greatly increased his popularity" Mr..
liICO ppDhLOHoiy ONOliOOhcu tbC lCooOu
OF the returns of the spring election of this
year in the neighboring and similarly situ-
ated State of Rhode Island.
THE latter part at least, of the title of
stuffed prophet" should no longer be ap-
piled to the lone fisherman of Buzzard's
Bay. No free trade prophet would have ap-
pointed Mr.. Peck Labor Commissioner of
New York in 1888 in the light of the report
which that statistieian has made in 1892