Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20

the robabilit:es are against the success
of another attempt of that kind
The Sugar Question Troubling the Dein
ocrats in Louisiana.
Mr.. Adolph Meyer. Democratlc tiei men
Der of Congress from the FIRST LouIsla 9
m district. speaking of the movement "
the sugar planters in that state 70 con
denim the Democratic Congress iof i'e
action on the sugar question, says: ,olo
1T may mean that a Repuohc3n uele-
cation will be sent to the heAI .ou7i
from Louisiana and that kepubhcan
presidential electors may be CHOSEN .No
wears from now. This movement IS no
more than might have been eApe9ae ,1t
The Democratic Congress mas oe' -
shamefuly with the great ll'e ,l,>t ,, "
been dealt unfairly with, but have peen
deceived in 4 word. buncoed. we were
promised back in the presidential t'n-
noion that the sugar industry shoulu lot
be crippled by any change III the 'aIiH
that the bounty should be continued lol
this year The crops this year WIZ
started on that understanding. invest
ments having been made on that basis.
s. * s. The Republican party mas en.
acted legislation under which the sugar
industry has prospered. The Republicans
in this Congress have voted Tor tllt suS 49,
bounty on all occasions and | thinH navy
done so consistent y. 50 nave t tar wv Nov
Congress holds Il further menace over our
heads in the form of Il threat to put susal
on the free list at the next SESSION 10
other industry has been treated III 'his
way n+,,
The sugar planters association reeentla
held Il meeting III 14oulSland ailo "i
these resolutions:
1yboro,s racant adverse tariff legislation
and threats of free sugar clearly lnaica.ee
that the dominant faction or tne IA, Hat tha :
will lead to the destruction or our lmuua
tries and the impoverishment OF our people,
therefore, be 1T :, ,s+;oa +o
ourselves vote for any candidate 70 repre- e
sent us in Congress who is not p.easeu ~
the protection Of sugar rre in tit
Resolved. that our candidate must De Tree
to vote for speaker OF the House' amu ~
effect an organization fav9ranag n no said
ton no matter to what poiltlcal party saiu
speaker may belong.
Ex-Goy. Kellogg of that state, who
understands pretty thoroughly the ten
per of the people of Louisiana, says the
planters movement means the e!ectloh VI
Two and probably three Republican con-
cressmen. and may be the means of secur-
ing the electoral vote of the state FOR
the nominee in 1896. Il place my Juds-
ment." he says, ION the fact that IN the
First, Second, Third, and part OF the
Sixth congressional districts the sugar
interests hold the balance of power as
between the Republican and Democratic
PARTIES, so that their utilization with the
Republicans means the election OF repre-
sentatives pledged to the. support OF the
states greatest industry
When the Democrats Of Louisiana 40
not relish the perfidy of their party, it ls
a very bad kind of perfidy. Instead OF
killing negroes, the Democrats of that
state will now turn their attention to Kill
ing the Democratic party. In this they
will have the best wishes OF the North.
What Louisiana much needs IS more
sugar and less Democracy.
How a Democratic Paper Tnterprets the
Vermont Election.
The New York Evening Post tells it's
party friends how the great Republican
majority was secured in Vermont. 1t is
a very honest confession for Democratic
journal The Vermont election affords
the first real test of public sentiment as
between the two great parties since the
issues were made up this year, the con
been so complicated with the question of
populism, and the Republican party in
each state being so weak. that the Demo
cratic victories signified nothing as to
the popular feeling throughout tn coun-
try. Vermont, on the other hand, one
l y
shows by the rising or falling of the Re
publican majority the drift of the tide
throughout the North. Thus. in the Sep
tember election of 1884 the fallingotf in
the usual Majority foreshadowed the de-
feat of Blaine; in 1888 Il large majority
preceded the election of Harrison; and in
1892 an unprecedentedly small majority
showed the influence Of that already ris-
ing tidal wave which two months later
swept Illinois, Wisconsin and other for
mer Republican states from their moor
ings, and left even Ohio in doubt for
nearly week. In like manner four
years ago this month, at the correspond
ing election midway of presidential
term the small Republican majority of
1900 gave the first indication of that
great revolt against McKinIeyism which
buried the party in the congressional
elections of November. It therefore
means something that yesterday there
was Republican, majority of $4,000 to
10000 in the state, that some of the
larger places gave greater Republican ma
jorities than were ever before known since
the organization of the party, and that
the Democratic representation in the Leg
islature is cut down to the smallest flo
ures for many years.
Disgust with the record of the Demo
cratic party--that is what the result in
Vermont means. 1t is a disgust so pro-
found that many Democrats would not
take the trouble to go to the polls. their
vote falling off about quarter as com
pared with the corresponding election of
1890. The Democrats of the Green
Mountain state are as 'indomitable' as
are to be found anywhere, but even they
have become wearied with the shuff1ng
performances of their party since it came
into full possession of the federal govern
ment. There is every reason to expect y
similar manifestation of public sentiment
in Maine next week, and throughout the
North in November"
A Protest from the Wool Growers
The protest of the Ohio wool-erovers
against the ruin of that great industry
by the Democratic tariff law will be ooh
oed throughout the West and the Sonth-
west. Even the wool-growers of TEXAS
are .repudlatlng the men who betrayed
the interests OF their constituents in scr