Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27

eising their constitutional right Of nde-
pendent political action, now ana 'neh'
in order to promote good purpose.
Neither are the Germans likely TO lot
oct that he was a conspicuous champion
of the Bennett law in the tall OF !9Jo,
and did not change his attitude un'ii ne
thought it was necessarT II 9l.sr
feather. his political nest. nike il,on.
Republicans his support OF that lleasul ,f
proceeded from his deep-seated hatreu ot
that nationality because Of the hablt %
its members of voting independently on
PARTIES when, in their opinion, pOonc AZ
terests may demand such acton.
Most Germans have the nerve 10 Vote
according To their conYlctionS' "le.lle t
the professional politician likes II OF llo'.
10 those Germans Democrats, VINO are
lacking in this respect. the Australi'il
ballot will afford a neat little ins'ruihe1ee
to thrust between the poiitlG2l tbs -
their malignant censor-the Ieiiocia'io
congressional nominee.
We shall little later on. reptouu'e
the Wecker's protest against the re-eles-
ton of the Democratic congressman uu
less. in the meantime. the Crescent sh'il
have forestalei us III printing trahsla-
ton III its columns.
The Summing Up of the Victory IN
Maine.
1t was splendid victory the Repub,,
Leans won in the Pine Tree state ana
since all the returns are IN the coliques's
foot up 81, ia plurality. This Is tht iars
party in Maine. See the marvellous
change in public sentiment on rue tarlil
question: In 1892 eleven DEMOCRATS were
elected to the Maine Senate. This year
the Senate is solidly Republican. Two
years ago fortyfour Democrats We're
elected in the lower branch OF the Maine
Legislature. The Democratic Delegation
Ia
lonesome individuals. each OF whom Is
wondering how he happened to escape tue
flood. Clevelandism is producing ITS nat
ural result. 1t has reduced the Demo n,o
cratic vote in Maine from oo.39l to oo'ofo
and the Democratic representation among
The state lawmakers to quartette or
a year and a half the people of the North
have had to suffer disaster, poverty ana
insult at the hands of the most treacher-
Gus and imbecile administration IN Amer
lean history. They recognize that the
time has come when they can effectually
answer the sugar trust cOnsplrators ana
the Bourbon wreckers of Northern INDUS
try; and the returns in Maine show that
they propose to take full advantage OF the
opportunity.
What Protection Has Done for Farms
and Homes.
There are some very interesting figures
given by the census office showing the
splendid results of protected homes and
farms in the United States. 1t is the
first investigation OF the kind ever made
in this country, and the result will be read
with great interest:
OF the 12.69O.152 families in the whole
country, 1870 per cent own their farms
and homes, and 52.2O per cent. hire; and
of the families owning their farms and
homes 27.97 per cent. have membranes
thereon and 1908 per cent. no lncum-
brance.
The number of resident owners of land
in the United States is 6,O66,41I plus
such a number of lana owners as may be
living in tenant families.
The farm families number 4. 1861 ,179. of
which 65.92 per cent. own their own
farms and 34.S per cent. hire, while of
the owning families $500 per cent. have
membranes on their farms, and 71.7S
per cent. have none. In 1880, 2o.o6 per
cent. of the farms were hired.
The results for 7.992.973 home families
(city and country are that 5000 per cent.
own their homes and 63.1O per cent. hire
them. while of the owning families 27.7O
per cent. own their homes subject to in
cumbrance and 72.3O per cent. free.
Among cities having 100000 population
and over, New York has the highest per-
centage Of home tenancy. namely, 03.61;
Boston is next with S1.I1 per cent.
The value of the 1.696,S9O farms and
homes subject to incumbrance is So,6S1.-
29S. O69. and the incumbrance on them
is $2.132 ,949 1868, or $3.50 per cent of
the value.