Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1894 — NORTHWESTERN DEMOCRATS. [ARTICLE]

NORTHWESTERN DEMOCRATS.

A political address has been issued by the Democratic leaders of Minnesota* which says: It Is useless to disguise the fact that onr party is confronted with serious trouble. In less than two years after winning the most complete victory any party ever won. while yet in full possession of the powers then given us, we present tho appearance of a defeated party, while our opponent*, routed in that battle, wear all the airs of victory. The address further says that the result has not come about through the work of open opponents of tho party, but was eausedhy Democrats who, while professing to favor free trade, had worked for protection of special interests, and continuing, asks: Who are these men who have mades failure not due to oar fault and neglect? Their names are fit to stand alongside of Benedict Arnold. They are Senators Brice, Hill, Murphy, Smith. McPherson, Gorman, Gibson, Camden, Caffrey. White. Morgan and Pugh, These are the men who wear the masks of Democrats that Ihey may the better betray onr cause.