The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

This plank in the Republican platform
deserves to be read aud remembered with
care: On behalf of the farmers of New
York we protest against free wool, which
means the destruction Of our sheep hus-
bandry and which has brought the price
of wool to the lowest figure recorded. We
denouuce the federal administration for
surrendering an annual revenue Of SS,-
900, 900 on wool and imposing burden
nearly ten times greater by levying tax
on sugar, the commonest household neces
sity. We protest against the removal OF
the protective barrier to the importation
of Canadian agricultural products. The
farm products of New York deserve pro.
lection equally with the rice of South
Carolina and the sugar of Louisiana. We
denounce the administration for striking
out the agricultural schedule of the Nc
Klnley bill and substituting an agricultural
free list fraught with ruin to the farmers. "
The Democratic press will scarcely have
the hardihood to accept this challenge
They know too thoroughly that its state.
ments are true.
When all the circumstances OF the case
are considered, the current talk of Demo-
cratic newspapers about the triumph Of
the bossn and "Platt's man Morton"
strikes the independent Rochester Post
Express as utterly absurd. In every way,
except in sly political maneuvering, Mr..
Morton" says that able journal, "is q
broader, better and more capable man
than Mr.. Platt and to those who know the
two men the idea that the party boss can
control the party candidate, either now
or after the election, appears mere non
sense. The simple fact ia that Mr.. Platt
does not manufacture the Morton senti-
ment or create the demand for Nor.
toms nomination, but saw what the
Republicans wanted and was shrewd
enough to see that they got it." This
seems to be fair expression of the gen.
eral opinion. Mr.. Morton's candidacy
everywhere Is receiving the most cordial
support.
By a blnnder The TRIBUNE Yesterday
ascribed to Squire McMulleni OF hiladei.
phia, the credit for retiring Wi'l,am Nc.
Aleer. The fortunate man. however, was
Joseph P. McCullen, a clean cut Demo.
crat with no pugilistic "reminiscences in
his past. There is no hope Of his election,
since the wound created in McAleer's
forced retirement will not yield to pacifi-
catory treatment. Ex-Councilmsn Halter
man, the Republican candidate and
respected American of German
ancestry, will be the next con.
gresham from the Third, thus giving
to Philadelphia solidly Republican dele
CATION. The lesson to be learned from
McAleer's defeat will not have to be
studied long when it is remembered how
McAleer, elected as protective Demo
crat,n went back on his constituents, his
promises, and, we dare say, his innermost
convictions by voting for the "perfldy
and dishonor" tariff bill.
According to all reports, Mexican
county will give General Hastings a
rattling plurality. The placing of lumber
on the free list has struck the county's
numbering interests hard, as Canada il
their competitor in their markets. The
wood alcohol industry, there being four
teen chemical works in the county en-
gagged in the manufacture of that article
and its kindred product, acetate of lime,
are almost wholly prostrated. A year ago
they were paying out more than SIS, 600 {
month in wages and now but s., 900 is be.
ing paid. The charcoal industry, which is
! allied to those mentioned above, have suf
fered in like degree. You couldn't get the
voters of Mexican to vote for "Protec-
tion Democrat"
The Harrisburg Patriot warns the Dem
ocrats of the Seventeenth district against
over confidence. II the feeling since
Buckalew was named is overconfidence
we wonder what anxiety must be like.