The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-23
POLITICAL POINTERS
Demecrst. in wi.eos.ln.

Democrats in Wisconsin.
 Miiwaukee Correspondence of Wash
 ington Post.
 As for tns cssss of ,,;S the snaIisr sn ps many. and. as a rule. they apply to other States. as has been pointed out in previous dispatches. Here they are; cratic ranks, foiiowinx ieHSks the first nom inaion of Bryan in lsse, is almost closed. The party is as nearly reunit- ed Rs # ever will be again. Between serted ted twelve w year years s ago ' and md voted for ready to vote straight" this year. It Is estimated that from 10000 to 25,o0o bolted on account of the free silver is-
 serond--Radicai Republicans have no decided aversion for Bryan. who ts held in high sssssIn ssa by thsir ewS ,s,ts issa- Some of them would not object seri- ously to supporting him because the Democratic national platform contains certain La Toilette blanks which were Third--Tariff revision sentiment is stronger here than, perhaps, In any other State in the Union. A vast num- Der of Republicans, chiefly the La roi- was proposed by the National Conyen- ton. and they are still resentfpis oe- cause the Senator's plank on this sub. asiso by the Wisconsin state convsn- tion. last month.
 sT socleiist Vote Heavy.
 Fourth--Tho Social Democratic raT- ever before, and It will draw new re cruits from the manufacturing cities. where men have ceen out or Work. The Republicans will suffer more in the Rsai5sa tSs Ssasf Fl asrs ' in iS MwaaKss the new party elects men to the City Council and the Legislature, and Is likely to poll more votes than the Dem-
 Fifth-Ths defection of railroad men Is extensive, and. as elsewhere, is at- tributable to Judge Tafts injunction decrees during the Americap Ratiway Union strike fifteen years ago, and in the hostility of railroad managers to President Roosevelt.
 Sixth--The people of the State are surfeited with ipolities Under the pew elections annuafly--two in the spring and two in the fall. The campaign now in progress Is their fourth dose i thIs year, and they have not fully re- difficult to get up meetings, and Satur- day night Governor Davidson failed to dray applause by q eniogistic mention of Roosevelt's heretofore magic name. The Republicans have more to fear from such apathy than the Democrats in Wisconsin.
 Repmblcan Factiens Bitter. Seventh-The Republican factions are engaged in their perennial row and they fight like bulldogs, year in and year out. There will be considerable slashing of candidates on the State ticket, particularly Davidson, who Is has some effect upon the national ticket Furthermore, under Q law passed last year the Presidential elec- tom ton Of the ballot sheet, instead of at the top, and thls is something of a
 Eighth--rRe depression. Is proving an asset to the Democrats, as 1t Is gen. erai throughout the country, the un- employed being disposed to blame the party in power, as they did in 1898.
 Ninth-The Government guarantee of bank deposits scheme appeals to many Republicans, and 1t is recalled that Senator La Toilette was one of nine Republicans who voted for such an amendment to the elastic currency bill in the Senate last session. + +
 ThRt's State a Battle Ground. Washington Special to New Orleans
 The Republican National Committee
 ct last recognizes that Taft is in great danger of losing his own State and will at once take charge of affairs out there and send orators of aatiOnal
 ground. The list of speakers includes Mir. Taft, Postmaster General Meyer. Secretary Garfield. Secretary Straus, Senator Deliver, Senator La Toilette, Leslie M. Shaw. Gen. O.. O. Howard. | Representative Foster of Vermont. and
 Representative Longworth of Ohio. With President Gompers of the Amer 1 lean Federation of Labor, sending re- 1 endorsements to the Buckeye State. the l voters wip be pretty well stirred be- | tween now and November 3.
 Attack on GompeFn. Somewhat of a sensation has been | caused here by the appearance of the | National Labor Tribune with violent
 editorial attack upon President Comp CTS.
 "Mr. Gompers." 1t says, lis no long l CT a trades union leader. He is simply | a Democratic Party politician. and has
 ended his usefulness to the union | cause" .~-
 The editorial is one of the most