In its article on the advance of hail ore of
last week, The Democrat tried to build a founda
tion upon which to hoist the glory and profit
ablencsa of the new administration, free trade,
eft:. We rejoice at the miner's good fortune
through the advance of this metal, yet we must
beg to differ as to the cause advanced (for
political gain,) and are confident that nine
tenths of the public arc with us. Hut suppose
for a minute that the new administration was
the cause, in the same flickering light how
would you account for the tumble in the price of
drybone? This latter article is of far more im
portance to tliis section than lead ore and if the
Democrat is right, then down with the new ad
in liilstratlon. —Tribune.
The editor of The Tribune evi
dently assumes that we wished to
claim that the advance in lead ore
was brought about solely by the
beneficent change of administration
which wo have experienced in this
year of grace. But he is wrong, jus
usual. That the wise administra
tion of President Cleveland will tend
to hasten the return of prosperity
there can ho no reasonable doubt.
