Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1888 — THE POPULAR VOTE. [ARTICLE]

THE POPULAR VOTE.

Chicago Herald. Tariff reform carries away one trophy of the recent battle Gen. Har--risen was elected by states, not bv the ballots ofc. the whole people. It Is generally conceded that Mr. Oleve* land received at loa-t 100,000 plurality In the United States. The Prohibition party had a low tax plank In Its platform. That organization polled 250.000 votes. Every ono of those ballots was an arraignment of protection. Of Streeter’s supporters fully 100.00C voted against Cleveland because, in their opinion he did not concede enough to freo ’rale. Upon this showi g, the Herald can say to Its readers that the re are in the country 5,900 000 voters who demand low taxation. A plurality of nearly half a million believe that whisky and tobacco are luxuries; that sugar and wool are necessaries. The Heaald is glad to stand on the side of the 5,900,000. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, is opposed to the Senate tariff bill.