Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1888 — WISCONSIN DOUBTFUL. [ARTICLE]

WISCONSIN DOUBTFUL.

A Great Effort Will Be Made to Carry the State for Cleveland. Ex-Congressman Winans of Wisconsin was one of the delegates to the Baltimore Convention of Democratic Clubs. In talking about the prospects in his State, on his way home, he said: “We Shall make a very strong effort to carry the State this fall for Cleveland, Thurman, and tariff reform. The effort is already under way. Our Democratic clubs are strongly organized and numerous. We shall push them in every direction, and shall make the first strong and united effort to carry the State since the Tilden and Hendricks campaign of 1876. The Republicans have been growing weaker and weaker there for years, and their present attitude on the tariff will be the last straw. Our people, irrespective of party, are tired of being mercilessly taxed for the benefit of a privileged class of manufacturers. The changes are coming already. Numerous life-long Republicans of whom I have personal knowledge are coming into the Democratic party and avowing their purpose to support the Democratic ticket.. We have a majority of about 18,000 to overcome iu a total vote of some 400,000. This means a change of less than 10,000 votes. To Eastern people, accustomed to slow political changes, such a possibility may look extreme, but in the West party lines sit more loosely than in the East. We have for the last ten years all over the West been cutting a wide swath in Republican majorities, bringing them down toward the turning point, which I firmly believe we now have reached. An active, earnest, sincere, and honest campaign will do the business and the political complexion of the Northwest will be changed. Where are we to gain our 10,000 votes? First, the chango all along the line can not be less than 2% per cent, of the total vote. Takp Milwaukee. Congressman Henry Smith, elected as a labor candidate, a conservative, able, and honest man, will support Cleveland and tariff reform. His personal convictions lead him to that end. But his constituents, the laborers of Milwaukee, well organized and almost unanimous, will undoubtedly do the same. The Union Labor and United Labor tickets will scarcely poll a handful in the State. Wisconsin may as well be classed among the doubtful States by the Republicans first as last.” —Washington dispatch to Chicago Times