The record-union., 1896-10-08
Politics in Oregon.

Eds. Record Union: At the present
interesting time in our country's history
/ though it might be interesting to my
Sacramento friends to learn what the
prospects seem to be as regards the
coming election. hope it will show
upon counting the ballots that William
Mckinley has received a, handsome ma
jority. l am sure never in this States
history was there SO much interest
taken in any election among all classes
of citizens. You see them on the street
corners, both laborer and merchant,
with the United States Treasury re-
port and other statistics, reading them
to the assembled crowds, trying to make
plain each citizens duty on November
Sd, and I find among these assembled
crowds the majority wear the McKin-
ley buttons and favor American protec-
ton in preference to free trade and free
silver, and I notice on the bulletin
boards bets are freely offered 3 and 4
to / in favor of William Mckinley.
did hear one Popocrat that don't think
had been reading UP very carefully say
that he would bet $1OO even that Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington, the
three Pacific States, would go for Rry-
an, and he did not think Mckinley
would carry his own State, and was
sure he would not carry the county he
lived in, but such people are few, and
all are anxiously waiting the opportu-
nifty Of doing their part to decide either
for or against the prosperity of this
country.
At a political meeting a few nights
since had the pleasure of talking with
a laboring man that had been In the
employ of large manufacturing estab-
lishment, and he told me that up to and
during President Harrison's term this
firm enjoyed great prosperity and made
money, but since, owing to depression
caused by free trade, this factory, en-
ploying a great many men, had failed
and gone out of business. throwing this
man and many others out of work, and
now they found it a hard matter to find
any work. So much for the present
party and it's future policy, and it don't
seem to me we want it any longer
therefore I can't believe that the Amer
lean citizen will be so devoid Of reason
on this question when it comes to vot-
ing, but that they will in no uncertain
way by an overwhelming majority,
say to the Populists, Democrats and Sill
yerites on November Sd, I'VE have no
use for you, for you have been tried and
found wanting. We think too much of
this grand American country to trust
it in your hands"
I heard a good story that may be new
to you. A father was telling his son a
story about a rabbit out for his morning
meal, at the same time watching for a
wolf that might devour him. He soon
discovered one, and started to run over
the fields, with the wolf in hot pursuit
and so near did the wolf get that the
rabbit felt his hot breath and ran UP
a tree. "Oh, no. said the boy, ''you
can't fool me that way. Who ever heard
of a rabbit climbing tree?" The
father looked at the knowing son, and
said: Yes. but, by God, he had to,''
So the speaker said the Democrats had
to take up silver because that seemed
to be their only salvation, but it looks
now as IL 1t was going to be their down
fall and that on November Sd there
will be other States beside Maine to
hear from. and William, Mckinley, the
true American soldier-statesman, will
be honored with the Office of President
Of these United States, and once more