Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-11-04
FOR HARRISON.
BUSINESS MEN, MANUFACTURERS,
MERCHANTS AND FARMERS.
Their Reasons for Voting with the Repub-
lean Party-They Don't Want business
Observation-Disclosures Remember Demo
cratic Attacks on Their Homestends.
[speclal Correspondence.

Hc3n Party-They Don't Want business
UnsettIed-Farmers Remember Demo-
cratic Attacks on Their Homesteads.
Especial CorTespondence.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Information
received here points to certain Republic
an victory This information indicates
that the people are making careful
study of the situation and alternatives
offered by the two parties and their
platforms.
Since this is being done there can be
little doubt as to the result.
The business men are thinking 1t over.
A large proportion Of them have estab-
lished and built up their business under
the present protective system. The aver
age business man of today has estab-
lished his business since the protective
system was adopted thirty years ago.
Those who inherited a business estab-
lished prior to that time have adapted 1t
to the protective system of the last
thirty years Hence every business man
who knows that the election of Cleve-
land means a Democratic house, senate
and presidency sees that q general
change in the system of the conduct of
the government would change the con-
ditions under which he has had business
prosperity, and at the same time so un-
settle the general business conditions as
to render investments unsafe, and CAPT
talists unwilling to enter upon business
enterprises.
The manufacturers are seeing that
their industries have wonderfully devel-
oped; that the balance of trade has been
800, 900 900 in favor of this country in
the past ten years, while in the same
time it has been $500, ,000, 900 against
free trade Great Britain. Hence they
prefer to retain a system under which
their individual business and our ma
tional commerce have both been pros
porous.
Their employees are seeing that the
rates of wages in protected United
States are double those paid in free
trade England, and that employment is
more certain here than in countries not
having protective system. Hence they
will vote with the Republican party.
The farmers are remembering that
President Harrisons administration has
by its energetic efforts in their behalf,
increased foreign markets for their
products immensely. Not only has the
vigorous work of this administration
caused a reopening Of markets for our
meats, but through reciprocity our other
farm products have been given advan-
tages abroad, and the foreign sale of all
agricultural products has been increased
$275, 900, 900. Hence the farmers will
vote with the Republicans.
Merchants and financial men recog-
nize the fact that the Democratic party
is pledged to substitute for the national
banking system untaxed and unguaran-
teed issues of state bank currency. which
was so disastrous to all business inter
ests before the war. Hence they will
support the Republican candidates.
The people of the great west are re
membering that Mr.. Cleveland's admin
istration of the land office devoted its
chief energies to preventing people from
obtaining homes and homesteads, in
stead of aiding them, as this admins
tration has done. Cleveland's commits
sioners of the land Office charged that 40
per cent. of the homestead entries were
fraudulent; that 90 per cent. of the tim
ber culture entries We're fraudulent, and
that 100 per cent. of the pre-emption
files were fraudulent. 1t suspended hun
dreds of thousands of claims for homes,
and went out of office leaving 950, ,953
entries for homes unacted upon. Presi-
dent Harrisons administration has
cleared up all of these and acted upon
all others which have come in the mean
time. The people of the west, remem-
bering these things, will vote with the
Republicans.
The old soldiers remember that Pres
ident Cleveland refused his signature to
524 pension bills, while all the presi-
dents who had preceded him had only
taken this action upon five bills. They
remember that Cleveland's administra-
ton elected thousands of soldiers from
Office and showed its lack Of sympathy
for them at every step. Hence they viii
vote with the Republicans.
The foreign born citizens compare
their condition in tnis country with that
of free trade countries, and are unwill-
ing to exchange the system which has
given them prosperity here for the sys-
TEN which pays starvation wages abroad,
and which they left their former homes
to escape. Hence they will vote with
the Republicans.
The colored voters remember that it
is to the Republican party that they
owe their present free and prosperous
condition, and that a large share of the
Democratic party is conducting the
campaign under the inspiriting and un-
Just cry of mo force bill; no negro
domination" .. Z. AUSTIN.