The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30
them because he wants to defeat Ait

them because he wants to defeat Ait
geld.
Such are the motives behind those of
the cuckoos who have joined the So
called national Democracy. The reasons
behind Pierpont Morgan, Perry Bel
mont and others Of their kind need not
be stated.
The Republicans are preparing for
their annual game Of bluff The state
elections in Vermont and Maine are
close at hand. Vermonts election is
next Tuesday, and that in Maine is on
September IA. Both of these states have
been overrun with Republican cam
paigners during the past few weeks A
big part of Hanna's barrel has been
sent into each of them and every prep
aration made to roll up a heavy Re
publican majority.
This has been a favoTite game with
the Republicans ever since the war
| Well knowing that Maine could be de-
! pended upon to send in good majority
| for their candidates, they coined the
proverb, LAS goes Maine, so goes the
nation" This proverb has done service
! for New York, Ohio, Illinois and many
| other sections of less note, but it is
again seized with JUNCTION. The idea
IS TO catch the large vote that gener-
! ally goes with the winning side" All
QO44liC4di1S 11S UIS OH ILLS NOlSs CiiQ Il
to catch it. For its benefit they use
professions and eXtravagant claims.
They know that many weak men like
to drift with the tide and only concern
themselves in politics by guessing Whach
will be the winning ticket.
But the test of opinion in this coun-
try cannot be found in the east this
year. In Vermont, which Mark Hanna
said would ''be a better register Of pub
lie opinion at this time than Maine"
can be found one of the greatest pur-
chasaible votes, compared to population,
in this country. Besides, Vermont does
not respond as readily to changed con-
ditions. That its verdict does not indi-
cate the real temper of the people of
this country or even of the eastern
states, is shown by the storm years of
the last decade.
Harrisons plurality in 1888 was 29,404,
and in 1892 was 21,667. In the Repubh-
can landslide of 1894 the Republicans
gained majority of only S,451, almost
1000 less than the plurality Of 1888. In
1888, it will be remembered, Harrison
carried New York by less than 1900,
while in 1894 Morton carried it by $780,
600. The comparison is significant and
the result in Vermont may be discount
e..
Names vote cuts no figure. Every
body knows in the east that the fac
tional fight against Sewall has split the
Maine Democracy for ii time. so that 1t.
wiz be impossible to make as good a
showing at the state election as viii
be made at the national election. Maine,
too is a goldbug state. Thus the only
significance that could be attached to
its vote would come If the Democrats
should hold their own or make gains.
The Harrison plurality in 1892 was IA,
979, while the Republican plurality of
1894 was SIS, 979.
Against the verdict of Maine ana Yer
mont, however, will be placed the YER
diets already rendered in two OF the
states vitality affected by the silver
cause-0regon and Alabama, in each
of which, after a very hard contest, the
gold men have been worsted. Another
verdict, too, will be rendered before that
of Maine. 1t will come from Arkansas,
to which state Senator Jones has been
devoting particular attention. The cleo
ton there will be held September Z.
1t is expected that Arkansas will give a
heavy increase over the Democratic ma
jority Of 24,lSS in 1892, and that the
figures will largely exceed the majority
of 29, 119 for Cleveland in 1892.
Florida will hold an election October
Z, but it will not be significant, because
gold ideas have been fostered in that
state by the summer resort, railroad,
sugar and other monopolists, VINO viii
make as strong fight as possible
against silver. That Florida is safe,
however, is attested by a well-authen-
ticated story that comes from the back
woods.
One of the delegates to the Florida
state convention, who was instructed
to vote for silver delegates to the ma
tional convention and violated his in
structions, has been sent to coventry.
His neighboTs will not speak to him.
If he comes in a store or church or any
other public place they get out. They
have thus made him so uncomfortable
that he will not stay there long.
A sample in the Champaign of educa-
ton" that is being conducted by the
gold press is given in the following ex-
tract from the New York Times:
Two Irishmen were discussing the
financial planks in the platforms of the
two great parties few days ago.
I'm puzzled said one of the men,
"over this business of Is to 1. 1 can't
make il out at ALL
s'That is easy said the other
How do you make it out?' asked the
first speaker
ITS simply a question of the alpha
bet, and when you have studied the al
phabet you find it is easy"
What's the alphabet got to do with
II. dSheU the uldn lOOhl4S Luz lA4OA
nation.
You want to take the figures 16 to l
and use the alphabet as a key, and
there you are. Take the first figure
it's l. Now, what is the first letter
in the alphabet-it's A. Then take the
sixteenth letter and what do you find
the letter P Then go back to the first
letter and you have The letter q again.
That makes it A. P. A. There is the
whole thing-it's the A. P. A, and it's
got nothing to do With the finances. 1, !
for one. will vote against anything that
favors the A p. Al
This is a Democratic year 1t is
becoming SO apparent that old polite |
ians live in expectancy daily OF a warn |
ing from the New York Tribune against
Republican overconfidence."
Nine-tenths of the sickness of women
comes from some arrangement of or
gans distinctly feminine. Nine-tenths !
of this sickness can be cured and avoid
ag1 b1y 11ca of nr PiasNo,afc To- r,o1-ite |