Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-20
THE COMING ELECTION.

have to decide whether the Repuollcan
marty will be upheld in its admlnlstra-
tion of our affairs or whether the Dem
ocratic party shall be given encourage
mept for the future. 1t Is amusing TO
see the Democratic candidates again
irving TO hoodwink the people OF the
State by the speclous cry of reform
continually thrown out by their candl-
date for governor and the little satellites
that follow in his orbit. The people
will not forget that Grover Cleveland
and his crowd kept mp the cry OF re
form. reform, the country Is gong TO
the demnition bow vows ana there
must be reform, to such an extent that
a great many well meaning people be
gan to think there must be somethlhS
wrong, and we will vote fora change.
Grover Cleveland was elected and with
him a Democratic House and Senate, so
that they had full control OF the gov
ernment, able to carry out their Ideas
cf economic questions, which consisted
of free trade"-or turning our own
ueople out of work and opening our
markets TO the manufactures of the ola
world. After a long wrangle IN the
House and Senate the Wilson Dill was
finally nassed and sent to Grover Cleve-
land. who refused to sign 1t, because II
did not hit our industries hard enough
but let 1T became a law wlthouI MS
SIGNATURE. at the same time denounclnS
II ne an act of ''perfdy and dishonor
on the mart of his party friends. we
oil we'll remember the train of evils that
| followed the election of Cleveland and
his narty to power. and the passing OF
tbe Wilson bill. The industries OF our
country from one end to the other were
naralvZed: our iron mills, woolen mllls,
cotton mills, silk mills, glass works, and
all other manufacturing industries We're
either shut down altogether, or com
pelled to reduce the wages of their
employes and run shorter time. The
railroads all oyer the country were
without traffic. and on the main lines OF
the roads of the country could be seen,
as the traveller passed along, miles ana
miles of siding filed with empty, idle
cars. no ore. nor coal, nor freight 10
haul which in turn threw thousands
upon thousands of people out OF EN-
nioyment and sent them out into the
world begging for work to do 10 get
bread for themselves and families. Inc
result was that in all our principal cities
and manufacturing centers. soup
houses purely Democratic lnstltu-
tion. that had not been known III our
country for over thirty years, or since
the last Democratic administration
went out of power-had to be opened
to keep thousands of people from stary-
ing. In our own Pittsburg thousands
of men We're glad of a chance to work
with pick and shovel in the parks at
dollar and quarter per day, VINO IN
the mills and factories of the city had
been getting their two and half TO
four dollars per day, but unfortunately
had not laid up any for rainy day,
The farmers of our country Jared al
most equally as bad The prices for his
products fell to a very low figure be
cause so many wage earners were out
of employment and had no money with
which TO buy. Wheat went away
down. wool lower than il had been for
a generation, sheep worth three dollars
per head would only bring from seven
tv-tiye cents to dollar; and everything
else in proportion. We could go on and
enumerate many more items by way OF
illustration but the bitter memory of
| the recent past is only too fresh IN the
| mind of every one to need more. But
the Democratic leaders say-''there are
no National issues this year, nothing
but local and state issues and IN their
| usnal way, try to deceive the unthlnk-
| ing and unwary into voting the Demo
| cratic ticket.
| The Democrats are very anxious to
/ get into power. They make great
Dromises-very plausible in their way
| but once they get the reins promises
and all else go to the winds. When
the devil was sick the devil saint
| would be, but when the devil got well
the devil saint was he"-an
old and trite saying will apply
very forcibly to the Demo
cratic party. When in control OF
the government they have always taken
the course and followed the policy that
was against the industries of our coun
try and why should Republicans be in
duced to listen to their siren songs. Dul
candidates for the State offices are all
staunch Republicans Our nominee fol
Congress, Hon. j. B. Showalter, witt
his past experience, will be better able
% serve the people, and avoid any shor
coming that might be charged to mex
perienee. On all national questions h'
; would vote right and eupport Mckln
, iey's administration, while a Qemocra
would vote the other way. OnF candl
dates for the Legislature. Hon. jane
: N. Moore and Hon. John Dindlnger
2 have been tried and found faithful t(
the interests of the people; 10 matte
what evil disposed and designing mel
tried TO induce them to do Our candl
= date fog District Attorney, j. NJ. PAIN
ter. is an able lawa4, aud our candidat
for County Surveyor, Mr.. McQEistiQn
a young and clever man, is now flllln;
5 that Office
q The safe thing for Republicans TO d
. | is to vote the straight ticket
: THE Illinois coal operators are tryin
q to put the blame of the Virden TRACED
: upon Gov. Tanner, claiming it was HI
r duty to protect them ia importing NJ
f groes and running their mines wit
q them. and declares Grand Jury wi
s decide whether the Governor must ans
wer for the killing of minors and dt
tectives before criminal courts. W
: would guess that the Illinois Gran
Jury will place the guilt where
rightly belongs, on the coai operator
who tried to import the negroes.