Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-09-22
pected of a party that changes it's
creed every four years?
THE OUTLOOK.


n. Y. Tribune: The placation of Mr..
Platt and the quieting of Senator Quay
have been discussed so long and SO
elaborately in democratic newspapers,
and represented as so necessary to re-
publican success and yet so impossible,
i that it must be extremely disco ging
to democrats to learn that these vet
eTan leaders are actively enlisted in
the campaign, and will labor with zeal
for republican victory. True, there
never was any sense in suppOSing that
they would not. Both are ardent in
devotion to the republican party. Both
know that republican national defeat
would be attributed largely to their
Indifference if they should either be
or appear Indifferent. Both know that
their future influence in the party and
in the country would be greatly dimin-
ished by the election of a democratic
president. Thus every conceivable I'M
pulse of a personal nature would move
them to do just what their known zeal
for republican principles has impelIed
| them to do in past campaigns.
If either was located in a different
state his interest in this campaign
might be less powerful. But New York
and Pennsylvania have as great need
of the maintenance of republican pro-
lection as any other state in the union.
In manufacturing they OyershadOW all
other states. The new tariff has
brought greater enlargement of in
IN 10 o+G
state. No leader could ever have
hoped to bear an active or prominent
part in the opposition to democracy in
either of these states, if by his act a
change of the tariff had been render
ed possible. Nor is this the only issue
which binds the strong men of Penn
SylVania and New York to the repub-
Gcan party. No political manager
manager can do much without the con-
tidence Of capitalists and business men.
The two greatest commercial cities in
the country, able by withdrawal Of
confidence to render any political
leader an impOSSibility, are both III
tenSely interested in the maintenance
Of a sound currency. The declaration
OF the democratic platform for q re-
turn to wildcat banking and for the de
SnuCtiOn of the national banking SyS-
TEN, as well as its we'll known pro
penSity for other dangerous financial
schemes, make its success dreaded by
conservative business men, who would
not readily forgive any sacrifice of such
nauonal interests by political leader.
AS there was never any reason to
imagine that ex-senator Platt or Sena-
tor Quay would be Indifferent this year
it was a stupid blunder of democrats
to raise hopes which were certain to
be disappointed. In all parts Cf the
country many democratic voters have
been counting largely upon the weak
ness of the republican party in this
state and Pennsylvania through the
deliberately hera!ded opposition Of well
known leaders to the national ticket.
In proportion to the false hopes thus
fO0liShly fOStered will be the disheart-
| eminent resulting when it is known
that the republican force is united and
| earnestly at work for the national
| ticket.
is seen. Speaker Reed has been called
lubeWarm by democratic journals, but
his speech opening the campaign in
Maine is evidence that the contest this
year arOuSeS him to the utmost Gov
ernOr Mckinley has been doing effect
i've work in several states already, and
even the most hopeful and rainbow
| chasing democrats admit that Indiana
| Is likely to repeat its vote for PreSi-
| dent Harrison. The nomination of
| Senator SpOoner for governor in Wis
consin gives bright promise of success
| in that state, and the withdrawal of the
| democrats governor from the canvass
in Michigan indicates clearly what he
| thinks of the situation there Now
are the democrats of Tennessee as
| happy as they profess to be at the pros
| pect that the present governor will be
a candidate against them, diverting
! thousands of votes to the peoples
| ticket.
| Republican prospects are bright But
| that is no reason for neglecting the
| thorough work which is necessary to
insure success. Repeatedly the great
party to which the country owes so
much of its prosperity within the last
thirty years, after beginning a presi-
denual contest with scanty confidence,
has compelled victory by the magnifi-
| cent energy of its workers. This year
it has more reason than ever to reckon
with certainty upon a splendid reward
for faithful effort