Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

CONGRESSMAN HENRY d. COOKE.
Ing out how badly they have been hurt by
q Democratic administration. My district
was 1000 Democratic in 1899, but shall
be elected by grand sweep"
OF the go districts which Democrats
think will come to them without special
effort IS have heretofore been SO strong
that no Republican ever dreamed Of carry
ing them in q presidential year, as in
stance those of Hon. W. s. Holman and
Hon. Jason Brown, which had an unbro-
ken record till the last time. The Repub-
lioan experts sorrowfully ooncede the loss
of three districts In Indiana, while the
Democrats confidently claim five.
Some of the anomalies of the last cleo
tion are SO very curious and SO Instructive
as regards the coming one that I have
questioned the representatives especially
ON the subject. Hon. Josiah Patterson
represents Memphis, and in his district
there are 80, 600 males over 81. Yet his
vote was but 6, 654 and the total for the
Aistrict but lO,088., Nobody charges fraud
ae bulldozing, and there was no contest
made. "How did 1t happens" asked him.
Lathe Republicans played sharp trick
On us. They quietly agreed not to make
y canvass and to keep still, 90 a. not to
hring out the Democratic votes" was the
ERly. re-. . 49,. ~.
,,Mr. McDearmon of the Ninth got lit
tle over one. fourth of the possible vote.
Mr.. Cox OF the Seventh and Mr.. Washing
ton Of the Sixth got the same and the 9th.
0Democrats little more, while the three
Republicans averaged 1900 each. So
1nybody can see where the Democratic
Aope' for this year comes In % to carry
Tennessee. An these representatives tell
the same story: ''They staid as home IN
sheer disgust ut low priced cotton, hard
times, no money and Cleveland sailing
honds to bolster up the gold ring But
4hey'n al turn, out this year-S0, 900
nore.' Mississippi has decided to 60 II
alone. "The national platform outs no
agure," says Representative illiams, So
the state is solid Democratic anyhow, near.
II solid for silver and likely to be quito 20. -
4; OF, all the Democratic states Texas Is the
worst torn up, and everybody admits 1t.
The Spartan boy might preserve smiling
cauptenance while the wildcat was tear
ing out his vitals, but smile from Tex.
az Democrat would deceive no one In view
e the patent facts. IF the election were
held today, ;" says Representative Abbott,
.:the Populists would elect at least SIX,
and they may do 1t anyhow"
1t would be sheer madness, ;" says Rep.
resentative Bailey, "for US to indorse
Cleveland or gold platform, as we could
4 not save more than three districts at the
outside and should likely lose them."
% Representative Maddox Of Georgia pre-.
SCENTS this diagnosis: "In 1899 there were
$4,000 votes cast in my district, but at the
! last election cotton was cents pound
and everything else worse, the Democrats
were utterly disheartened and would not
turn out even to hear speech, while the
other fellows were not organized. Where
4 they did try to do something they fell into
the hands Of their worst men, and SO thei1
Fellows wouldn't vote either" r
In Representative Livingston's district
there are about 81, 1000 men of voting age.
He got Z, 1893 votes and the Populist &, 042.
,He admits that they are organized to give
him "good warming fight this year, but
with Atlanta at our backs we can turn
them down. It would be insanity Of the
widest kind to split on silver, as we arr
all for 10 except the Populists, They pro
tend to be for 1t, but are at heart for pa
per. -,
Now just look at that rascal Towards