Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1888 — THANKING HIS FRIENDS. [ARTICLE]

THANKING HIS FRIENDS.

In a letter to the Logaosport Pharos, Hon Yalentine Zimmerman, late Democratic candidate for congress in this district, sets forth the result of the Republican victory and thanks his Democratic

friends for their support He says: “The clashing of arms has subsided and the b ittle is ended —monopoly and high taxation have won the day Crushing as the defeat has bren to the Democratic party, nevertheless a party supported by such eublime and e' ernal principles as promulgated and established by the illustrious Thomas Jefferson, is full enough of strength and vitality, to survive -a shock; much more severe than the one received on Tuesday, Nov. 6th. The victory achieved is net attributable to the fame and virtue of the Republican party nor its declared future policy; nor can it be charged to the want of fidelity and patriotism of the outgoing administration; but it is the result of false predictions of the destruction of American industries resorted to by our adv rsaries.— More than that, it is the result of the concontrated efforts of the combined trusts, corporations and monouolies of the country generally . Pledged to these selfish inst’tutions, and vested with the powers, legislative and executive, the Republican party will stand for a continuation of high taxes on the necessaries of life. Depew, Vanderbilt and Gould will name the railroad commission for the interpretation and improvement of the Inter State commerce law. — Rates of transportation will go up gradually, and a reign of public extravagance will be inaugurated all around. In the meantime, the people, pillaged, abused and deceived, will again rise in their might, and as of yore appeal to and invoke the assistance of the Democratic party for honest government, such as the country experienced under the able administration of President Cleveland, and under the trusted leadership of the Jeffersonian forces, the people will achieve a victory in 1890 unsurpassed in the history of the country. As to my defeat, I bow submissively to the verdict of the people. 1 have battled earnestly and vigorously for a just and righteous cause —for a reduction and equalisation of the people’s burdens. The large majority against me at the outset, and tne heavy republican gains in nearly every county in the district, caused through methods and practices too vile and corrupt to mention here, together compassed my defeat. lam deeply grateful to the Democracy of the tenth di strict for the hearty welcome wtith which during my canvass they greeted me everywhere, and the strong support given me at the polls.”