The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-10-27
FOR HARRISON.
BUSINESS MEN, MANUFACTURERS,
MERCHANTS AND FARMERS.

Their Reasons for Voting with the Repub-
lican Party--They Don't Want Business
Observation-Disclosures Remember Demo-
| cratic Attacks on Their Homesteads.
| Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Inforlnation
received here points to certain Republic
an victory This information indicates
that the people are making a 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 it over.
A large proportion Of them nave 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 business estab-
| lished prior to that time have adapted it
| 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 a 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 I'M
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
500, 100000 in favor Of this country in
the past ten years, while in the same
time it has been $500, 10000 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
|
having protective system Hence they
will vote with the Republican party.
The farmers are :elnem boring that
President Harrison's 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 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, 1000, 600. 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 80 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 &C
per cent. of the homestead entries were
fraudulent; that 80 per cent. of the tim
Der culture entries were fraudulent, and
that 100 per cent. Of the presumption
files were fraudulent. It suspended hun
dreds of thousands of claims for homes
and went out of Office leaving $50, IS;
entries for homes Enacted upon. Presi
dent Harrison's administration has
cleared up all of these and acted upor
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 K
524 pension bills, while all the presi
dents who had preceded him had onl,
taken this action upon five bills The!
remember that Cleveland's administra
ton elected thousands of soldiers from
Office and showed its lack of sympath.
for them at every step. Hence they will
vote with the Republicans.
The foreign born citizens compar
their condition in this country with tina
of free trade countries, and are unwill
ing to exchange the system which ha
given them prosperity here for the sys
. tenn which pays starvation wages abroad
: and which they left their former home
to escape. Hence they will vote witt
the Republicans.
The colored voters remember that i
is to the Republican party that the,
owe their present free and prosperou
condition, and that large share of tn
Democratic party is conducting tn
campaign under the inspiriting and un
e just cry Of 'No force bill; no negr
. domination" 0. P. AUSTIN.
Both branches of congress will necee
sarily be Democratic in case of Presiden
| uarrison,s defeat We Counot lneo th