Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-20

/ present appearances lne Noi' Ol thh
| party will be quite large. The largest
| vote ever cast by the peoples party
| was in 1886, when C0ckrane, thell
candidate for governor, received IL l6'
| votes. I'm the election of lSSS this vote
| dropped TO a little over 5000, and II
| 1880 went 10 J,4I1. In 1872 1t crcp
| back TO 9,G4O. This year the shrewd
est politicians say it will be III excess
| Of the vote Of 1856.
| Democrats have much less to fcaI
| from Ibis than the republicans a
| feast this is the way prominent Icadcrs
Of The party look at 1t. They say Cha
| the workingmcn in the state have III
| ways found the democratic party thelI
| friend. and In support of this they
| point to the numerous laws passed by
| the democratic legislatures 9. the past
| four years. among which dle the 60
employee bill and the bill making an!
| labor ON land lien against the land
| The c0rmployc bill, which Is the most
| important, was passed by til" lrgis
latlrrS of 1893. Away back in the
| '7O's II similar blIl had been passed
IT, too. was passed by a democratic
| Legislatures. When the republicans
| came into power II was repealed, and
| the men In the employ OF the corpora
| tons left to shift for themselves. An
attempt was made aftcrward to pass
| another bill through the republican
legislatures. II was defeated; II was
always clnlmcd by the workingmen
through The efforts OF Colonel John G.
SpOOnCr, who was then the attorney
for the Omaha company. 1t was re-
m"mbcrcd against Colonel Spooner in
1892, and the remembrance was bad
for his hopes. He went down outside
the carthworks, and rs he lay sur
rounded by the wounded and dying
In the ditch he could recognize the
work Of the men turned down few
years before.
Then there was the lien law, which
was raised as II bulwark in defense
Of the lnbOrinE men against land
sharks who used what they wanted Of
the lnborcr'S bone and sincW and then
slid ont from their obligations by II
transfer Of the land, leaving the poor
lnbOrcr to shift for himself and keep
from starving us best he might. Ills
case was laid before the democratic
legislature, and prompt relief was af
fordcd In law making labor II lien
against the land itself and securing to
the labor"r his pay, no matter how
many times the land might be trans
frrrrd.
Then, again, 1t Is asserted the work
lngmcn of the state are under obliga-
tIons to Governor Peck personally. 1t
Is very well known that no oh" in the
state sympathizrs more througnly with
the workingman than til" governor,
who makes no bones of the fact mat
fer many years he was Il workingman
hl nSClI, While firm In his maintenance
of the laws of the state Governor
Peck has always tempered his lirInncss
with wise modcra ton, which left no
sores behind. There have been several
occasions during his two terms ns gov
rrilor when urgent appeals were made
In each ease the peace has been pre-
served Just rs strictly ms though n
brigade OF troops had been in the Held
and yet not II single soldier was or
dcrcd out This was because the GOV
ernor wisely concluded to argue first
and fight nrtcrwurt, IL necessary
rather than fight first and argue with
the survivors. The result OF the course
has been that In every ease the dig
nifty and honor OF the state has been
upheld, property protected and law
l"ssncSS put down and all without II
single bnyonct in tho field. At Ash.
land aud Merrill In former years aud
Spoonrr the past summer the correct
ness of the governors method WAS
proved. In each and every instance
tn" feeling LETT behind ON both sides
was one of gratitude AT every place
there was the making of Il firm fight"
All that was necessary was to throw
in Il company of troops and war cor
respondents would he hur wing lo The
front, In each ease grim visagrd war
SmoUthcd his troubled front aud for
got his grievance to laugh at n quaint
courrit from the man who would not
listen to his escaping from the leash.
The worklngmcn have good reason
to be grateful to Governor Peck aud no
one recognizes that fact better than
themselves.
Back OF all this stands the malchless
record ct four years OF democratic al.
miuiStrNtiuu which members of the
party do not hesitate to say is I'M.
paralrlCd IN the country. Whether it
Is or not the fact Is growing more
prominent every day that every attack
made ON ii fails miSrrahly aud that
these failures are a source of strength
to the democrats. Enthusiasm is grow
, inG every day. Tho apathy of two
mouths ago has entirely disappeared
aud there is II rapidly increasing class
' Of democrats who do not hesitate IL
say that he state ticket will he re-
elected TINS year 10y a larger ma iority
than in lSo2, Whatever may he the
result, this Sign can hardly be looked
I lac a