New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05
ro,-p GETS OF CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD

FOUR SETS OF CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
,,rr,r. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM LIKELY TO
REGAIN MANY wAHDEIERs-FREE SILVER
DEMOCRATS AIIENATED-EFFE-T
OF HARD TINES.
Des Moncs. Iowa Nov. CspeciaD.-The FOUR po'
y,;, ,or,ios in this State have started on the
III or tho last week OF the campaign VII"
craat deal of enthusiasm. The various chai,"
are setting every possible interest In action p
shot'' literature is being carried OUT vi De'
10 the voters even in the remotes' Pa'.' VI
c,o,o nv every mail The campaign when Is apou'
-. hos hean in many respects remarkable
80 An tho time four parties have been enSaseu
- .,o contest and part Of the time five parusS.
Tho last marty was ruled out by the Siate po'''
Elections refusing its Candidates au'n'77
tho official ballots because the names co'S'''u.7
tho ticket were already on other TICKETS. I"'
,,or,v was n cross between Repubncahs an" ~
b,hitionists That is. composed of RepnohcahS WIZ
,,a M, want TO ioin the Prohibition party OUT
right and Republicans who did not wan, u liz LII
any concessions to the anti-frohip'''o"'S''
hovo had a hard time OF IT TO keep their existent
1,s,,rc, and most Of those who have not iaieh
hack into the Republican ranks are 10" paw"
cqllv avowed political Prohibtion's'S'
.s,o all has bcen said IT is still true that the
oa,,noion which f. now drawing TO close III IOWA
has largely been determined by the issue ~ pr
bibit,on with Of course strong infusich oi '.''
c,ol questions and hard times. AFTER an eNpo'''"
of more than ten years. the popular Ne'ro. IL w
c,,o &c that Statewide prohibition IL iaiiuf' !"
'U''. - t co,pnaiens the ones Of 1859 and 1881.
,h p.,uhIcan party rcaffirmei its belief IN state
wide prohibition, and met with faiire poai, ',
This wear the leaders wanted n chahge' me! NV
not dare ask for much. for they belieVeu ''"' Wv
prohibition sentiment was still strong a'o"s u.
r,oeses egpecially In the country districts 'ut
,o ,ha ctoto convention met and the delegations
,-oro e.nerall. made Up this Issue the i"ah''S
v,ere SURPRISED and astonshed to see IN" cohNe"-
tion 60 farther it than they had urea'i'e" Vs.
The resolution which finally passed 'ha' oo"' "
tion not only relocated the question 10 the Ies'sa
tiv. districts which all that the an'-rroho'-
; ,u 81 tho marty had asked for before the con-
,er,ion hut EXPRESSED approval of such changes III
the law as shall give relief to those cominu'i'ie'
where the law can not be eniorceu' OILY vi vi
condition that prohibition shall not DC '"''' i''''
with where it can be mad, efficient. inns mas oee',
called local ortion 1.-THE other way'-that rs iocal
ontion with prohibition the basic law ms'eau
& or uce,ee and the burden OF the proof Is on the
elements that favor liquor. There mas pee" So'''
discussion as TO whether or not such Ia" "o""
he constitutional in Iowa, but man, Oh '"e ~
LAWYERS of the State have given 1t as theN oPlo"
that such law Is practicable and constitutional
3 ,rho chango in sentiment has been very marked.
Many Prohibitionists who a few years ago ue-
nounced any concessions TO what are called ''e
river cities-thc larger cities where prohpi'io'' ~
been impractcabc and dead letter ltoh' ''e
nrst-as anarchy. are now as earnestly sa!i''S "''
the rule or ruin policy of the extremists Is WRONG
in principle and unwise in practice. The third parry
4 prorbitionis,s and those who sympathize Win
them are still in favor Of enforcement even IL 1t
takes bayonets. The plan most often suggested II
that of "A State constabulary. but as long as the
combined prohibition forces cannot eject Wv
ernor there would be little use OF a stare con,
stabuarv with an anti-Prohibition Governor al
the head. The impossibility OF enI0reWs Pru''",
Vest Side the home OF Bennett Mitchell, me
candidate of the Prohibtioniss for G9veiior; IA
that little place OF GOO people seven liquor SHOPS
are now running wide open, ana nave pe,h n'Gt
since the present law was enac'ea ai, s h ,si
Mitchell has passed them every day oil MS resi-
What the strength Of the Prohiboniss VINO %aml
to rule or ruin is remains to be seen ihe cm'ii,
man of party thinks that they VIII poii H. at 4,
polled last year This would reduce the Reruplca,n
plmraty-for practically all these 2eCO votes would
nothng Unless the party should make gains from
other It viii do this The liberal r pd!
hundreds of voters who have been estran&-d from
the party account Of this issue In all OF ,n ar
river cities the party will make gains. even greater
than last year in the Presidential election COY,
sn Sei s has By the
The Republicans t2wapd tnis 1ssug Every
vote thai is gained on this issue comes from the
/ Democratic party and therefore counts as two In
piling up a plurality for Mr.. Jackson, the RepuD-
But the only gains for Republicans are not those ,s,
from the anti-frohibition ranks Great gains VIII
be made account OF the present rnahcia anu
Industrial conditions. There Is great deal Of dis
satisfaction among The laborng men OF the ci.'' =;
The labor organ Of this city and OF the stat IN
d 5af' bodls IN adyocacy Of Republican decirnes
especially the Tariff. This paper had hitherto
nonpariisan IN Des Monrs h cepnsed
the smaller traders and aborins men, VINO nave
lican meetings in which Protection ana currency
% wel s By are member Of the c"6 o'
| Another important factor in the canvass and an
OF the pending election is the Populist party That
party has never been as active in Iowa as it Is
General Weaver. the candidate for President.
This activity can be accounted for IN two Ways
where prominent campaign Is in progress ana me
p Prominent t speakers y in this state ssconG the
fus of the Democratic party to indorse free silver
coinage. In this connection Ii must be remembered
that the Democratic party in this State has been
freesilver party. three platforms in succession
having pledged the party 10 that course. The re-
suit has been that many Democrats have been
educated up to that policy. and have received their
from their own party hustings This year the
party went back on free silver and as nearly in
that date the free silver men have been active and
| the Republican party mas been harrassed By the
Prohibiticnists. the Democratic party has been as
! severely haTTassed by the free silver
Among practical politicians the two movements
are counted upon as being nearly equal and equally
dangerous to the old parties. There is this DIFF
! ference. the Republicans VIII lose a few votes on
account of silver. while the Democrats will lose
practically none on account OF prohibition
! Taking all these elements into consldera ton n
can readily be that the situation In this state
is most complicated. The strong points i'm the
| Republican campaign are the liberal platform a
platform upon which all Republicans can stand
except those who insist In making Prohibition SUI
peror all other questions. and there are not "A
! great many OF such voters a young fighting man
as the candidate for Governor: a vigorous cam
paign management under the leadership Of J. H.
Industries for the employment OF labor The weak