| Show A POLITICAL REVIEW MR MB HENBY WAT of the courier journal offers the following testimony on the recent electa elections one had the democratic candidate for governor in iowa delivered the speeches on silver which united the party in massachusetts he could not have won had the democratic candidate tor toa governor in massachusetts dealt with 8 silver ilver as it was wa 8 d dealt ea it with in iowa att would have been defeated 1 the significance of this to ie not what ill it seems to be upon the first thought it seems V tj say that mr boles of lowa has been stuffing the pe people 0 pie of ak his I 1 S 1 e with the doctrine of free silver coinage 0 a and calling it demo democratic r A t to b because eca u be h belh knew the majority of the voter oh the state were free salv and that mr russell has beba preaching the opposite idea A and call 1 ing it democratic because he knew no the majority of the voters of alaspa chu were goodites gold ites such an in terp would imply a monr condition of ignorance in 10 iowa wa an and d massachusetts which is hardly able the true interpretation we believe la that governor russell was reelected elected re by the people of ef massachusetts not became he was a faithful part izan on the all silver question but because he had bad div givens 31 them a style of government that they liked and his of sort politics was in tho the main adapted to the interests of massachusetts chu this is exactly the case with mr air boles boies of iowa he gave the deop people ae rf that state slate a kind of government which suited them and they elected reelected re him on the strength of his record heno doubt gave way to the temptations of the he h hour our a and nd t tickled I 1 akl od his hearer heare n J more or less with theories on silver coinage which he knew they would j N applaud but it is not dot probable t that ha t att J utter silence on national would have changed change d the complexion of a single vote in his case both the democrats and republicans are counting on these two states for the presidential elec election tin in 1892 the ill republicans claim iowa because it his nan been the habit of that state to give ite electoral vote to the republican candidate in national elections the demo crate claim the state because it bin baw elected a democratic governor which the past has proven to be far more than a mere theory in massachusetts the republicans while not electing their can candidate didat have realized a heavy gain in their vote and this is why they claim the tali state for 1892 the rhe case of to is the worst one possible for PO politicians bitic islip to gamble on the controlling oon trolling element in massachusetts just now is re reform form of at corruption they no doubt elected go governor vornor russell upon that basis and t the republican candidate for can persuade them that he will cepure re to the government the purer ministration he will get their votes respective irrespective of his views on an the silver question this cannot be safely asserted of any axer after of the seven doubtful states but tb country is in drifting in that direction flie arhe inspection of candidates on lines of honesty and capability as distinguished M service that is purely p partisan pirt artlean isan is liciag with the municipal and aad tte to elections it is to be hoped that ome a day evory every state in the union itell in be able to pledge its vote to the governor vernor or the president that will wil I 1 give te it the braoo honorable and economic ministration of the affairs with hach these offices are concerned we I 1 then have a proper peopled people Ps gov |
