Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — His Forecast. [ARTICLE]

His Forecast.

Logansport Journal. Mr. Owen’s letter to a friend in Remington, under the date ofDec. 13,1887, in which he is quoted as saying: “I think we will have to cut down the revenues in some way, but I think it can be done so as to redound to ojjr advantage;” was prophetic. The Republicans of the Mouse of Congress were

then ready to vote for an AmerL can '‘reduction of taxation,” and, naturally, were confident that the people of this country would approve of theif plan. They were not permitted to carry it out, however, until the Republican majority in the Senate got possession of the Mijls bill passed by the Cleveland majority in the House. The result has been a Republican measure on the aubiecL of “rqvenue reduction” that dannot fail to redound to our (Republican) advantage, because it “redounds” to the “advantage of the people of the United States.” Mr. Owen simply saw this end in October, 1888, from its beginning in December, 1887, and now the “hireling” post-office sheets are blubbering over at his foresight.