Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1892 — Peck’s Cold Facts. [ARTICLE]

Peck’s Cold Facts.

State Labor Commissioner Peck’s report showing a net increase of $0,377,925.09 in the wages paid in New York in 1891, as against 1890, or an average increase of $23.11 per employe, in sixty-seven industries, is denoun, ced by the Democratic press as a “Eepublicancampaign document” Attention is called to the fact that Mr. Peck is a Hill Democrat, and it is claimed that his wicked report is instigated by malicious designs upon the economic supremacy of the great White Ele-i phant of the Democracy, Grover Cleveland. It is not a novel plea that a cold and colorless report of facts is a Republican campaign document Facts have a way of becoming Republican campaign documents “when printed in black and white. The facts of the history of the United Stats during the war are an excellent Republican campaign document So, too, are the facts of the financial history of the United States from that period to the resumtion of specie payments, on January 1, 1879.—New York Press.

Editor Republican. —What is the matter with the guerilla editors of the Pilot ? The last two numbers have said nothing about the “ring,” corruption! &c. &c. Buzzards open what they eat Have the guerillas changed their diet? They want to know about the Fleener & Perkins contract. Well, who hinders them from finding out about it? It is Jon record. If they have sense enough to find it let them publish it, and I will try and tell them why it was cancelled. The reasons are good.

Fleener & Perkins caught the commissioners of Newton county but did not catch the Commissioners of Jasper. One of the guerillas went to the County Recorder’s of fice to find when the date" of the tax levies as published in the file of The Republican and could not find it. He is a bright editor. He can howl calamity but he could™" not find a record in a newspaper. They defend the Democratic tax law. Why? Because they are Democrats: 1 No. Because they love to pay high state taxes? No. Why do they? Because they want to help elect their county ticket. Why did one of J. J. Hnnt’s friends propose to give four votes to Hanley for Sheriff if a certain Republican would give ■One to Hunt? Because Hunt has always been a democrat and Robinson has not.