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John V. N. Gregory, of Lima, the nominee...

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21
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September
Year
1888
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John V. N. Gregory, of Lima, the nominee of the first district representative convention last week, is a strong and able man and will well represent his district in the state legislature. - Adrián Press. TwENTY-two thousand pension ers are paid over a million dollars every pay day in the Detroit pension agency. This is the way a grateful nation cares for those, who cared for the nation in its hour of need. Four years ago the republicans crowed very loudly over Maine. They are doing the same thing this year. It is well that they can be happy now. The November election wil! make them smile on the other side of their mouths. The Courier having charged our candidate for congress with displaying some "pernicious political activity," Mr. Stearns in the Press remarks: "It's a fact, neighbor; it will be pernicious, persistent, pertinacious political activity, without so much as asking your permission." Walter Westerman ,a prominent republican lawyer of Adrián, has come out for Cleveland and Thurman and will take the stump in their behalf, Ex-Representative D. W. Sharts, of Ovvosso, alvvays hitherto a strong republican, has also announced his intention of taking the stump for Cleveland. And still they come. We are living under a very high tariff lavv and yet T. V. Powderly asserts that there are a million idle workmen in this country to-day. Why does not this much vaunted tariff give employment t.o workingmen? Experience shows that it doe not do it. How then is it of an} benefit to the American people? Even the republican candidato for prosecuting attorney in his speech to the nominating convention was forced to acknowledge tha "Cleveland has undonbtedlv the ability to make a good president.' No man in this county doubts Cleveland's honesty. And if he has the ability and the honesty, he is just the man to re-elect. The Courier this week repeats the lie that Grover Cleveland said ,'I believe in free trade, as I believe in the protestant religión." The Courier repeats it, after it must have seen Mr. Cleveland's denial of evei having used the words. It is simply a silly, foolish and mendacious falsehood and only re-acts upon the paper which prints it. The Adrián Lance, the prohibition organ of this district, speaks of Allen as a splendid temperance man. By this it means an advocate of prohibition probably. It is a wel known fact that Allen is an open advocate of prohibition. There is a bilí in congress now favoring nationa' prohibition. That is probably the reason the Lance speaks a good word for Allen. The leading papers of the country of all political parties assert or acknowledge an improvement in trade and manufacturing industries in this country, reaching almost every branch of trade. This upon the heels of the tariff discussion, after the Mills bilí has passed one house of congress, indicates, what is true, that the democratie party is not unfriendly to the industries of this country. They would do nothing to ruin them, as some foolish republican papers claim. How does a high protective tari) raise wages? Governor Green, o New Jersey, tells how it worked in one instance. In 18S3 the pottery manufacturéis asked for a heavy in crease in the duty on pottery tha they might pay better wages. Con gress increased the duty very largely making it fifty-five per cent. Th very next year the pottery manufac turers cut down the wages of thei employees ten per cent. In thi case wages were lower under th higher tariff. The Chicago Times has been co! lecting the names of those who hav changcd their politics this year Last Saturday it published th returns from Indiana and Illinois They are non-partisan and th reporters were instructed to al low no political bias to tinge thei reports. The names and addresse of all converts to the various partie are given. In nineteen counties o Indiana, the names of 133 who change to Cleveland are given, o 64 who change to Harrison and o 14 who change to Fiske. In 29 counties of Illinois, the names of 126 who change to Cleveland are given of 92 who changed to Harrison anc of 62 wh changed to Fiske. In In dianapolis, Harrison's home, the ñames are giren 'of fifty-two who voted for Blaine in '84 but who wil vote for Cleveland rhis year; the names of only fourteen are given who voted for Cleveland in 18& and who will vote for Harrison now Coming from Mr. Harnson's own home these names indícate tha where they know him best, Harri son is not the most popular man in the world. Now that the exact election figures for Maine are in, the Chicago Times sums up the result as indicating that if the same percentage of gains of all parties should occur in the vvhole country as in Maine, the democrats would carry all the states they carried in 18S4 and also Michigan. The republican plurality in Maine this year was 18,495. n 18S4 it was 19,709. The democratie vote is 3,038 larger than it was the and the republican 1,824. The dem ocratic gain on its vote in 18S4 is fiv per cent and the republican gain 1 two per cent. This gain in New York state would mean a majorit of 18,000 for Cleveland and in Mich igan a majority of 3,307. Here ar the figures for Michigan, from whic it can easily be seen that the state ment is accurate. Vote for Blaine 192,669 Add 2 per cent 3,853 - 196,52 Vote for Cleveland.. 189,361 Add 5 per cent .9,468 - 199,82 Cleveland over Harrison 3,30 From these figures it will be see that whatever comfort there is in the Maine election, belongs to the democrats. The republican county convention Tuesday, went through the form 01 nominating county officers. It tooi themjust fitteen minutes to nomi nate the ticket. This indicates tha the republicans were not anxious fo a place on the ticket.But after it wa nominated our republican friend aflected to believe that they woulc elect portions of it. They will mak such an effent. There exists no good reasons why a democrati county shoüld eléct republican office holders. The republican nominee may be good men enough but they are of the wrong pohtical stripe anc the democratie nominees are also good and competent men. The re publican nominees stand on the wrong platform, pledged to upholc the wrong doctrine. They knew what the platform was when thei took the nominations. There is no need of the republicans placing an} dependence upon democratie disaffection. There was a struggle tor the democratie nominations o course, but the republicans need expect no aid from the defeaLed candi dates. They are too good democrats to give it. A word to the democratie workers of this county might not come amiss. Never before was there a campaign where so much might be accomplished. Extra efforts will be made by the democratie nationa! committee to carry Michigan. At the conference between the democratie leaders with Chairman Brice in Chicago last Friday, ït was decided that, with judicious work, Michigan could becarried for Cleveland. If Michigan were carried for Cleveland this year, her influente on national affairs would be greatly increased. More appointments would await deserving party men. More attention would be paid to the interests of the state. Our own Don M. Dickinson would stand a good chance of being the next democratie nominee for president. It is worth the fighting for. Every democrat should be a committee of one to get a new vote for Cleveland. Let the work 3e done thoroughly. Post yourselves on the issues of the campaign, and you can the better post others. This is a campaign of reason. It is a campaign for the reduction of unust taxation. It is a thinking cam)aign. Let every township in this county give a good account of herelf and ._ return heavy democratie jains.

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