Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-31

The ratification meeting announced
by the Democrats of ChebOygan took
place at the Opera House Friday even
ing. Hon. Henry M. Look, OF Pontiac,
and James j. Brown, Of our village were
announced as speakers. There was
fne audience present. Quite number
of the fair sex graced the occasion by
their presence. huge bonfire and fir
ing from an anvil constituted the out
side features. James j. Brown was the
first speaker, but to the disappointment
of his Republican friends present, he in
timated that he would bottle his elo-
quenca and save it for future occasions,
bat he could not refrain from singing
his old song, with which ChebOygan au-
diences are familiar, of fraud, cOrrup-
tien, etc, of the Republican party. He
said the prospects for Democratic sue
cess were meyer brighter-this struck
all present as familiar saying of his
it has been the same old, old story for
several campaigns, the bow OF promise
was resplendsnt in the Democratic
heavens and he even imagined he could
get a glimpse of the promised land-fat
offices. At the close of his remarks he
gracefully introduced the speaker of the
evening, referring to him as the accom-
plished poet and distinguished orator.
The Hon. Henry NJ. Look, poet, III in
Producing his remarks said there was
no poetry in his subject, nothing but
hard facts. This was painfully apparent
to all present as he proceeded with his
address There is no poetry in the sub
jert of Cleveland and Hendricks as can
didates for President and Vice President
and no one doubted their being "hard
facts" long before the speaker closed.
He condemned the Republican party for
raising more money than the bare ne
cessitiss of running the government re-
quirsd, and mentioned the amounts ap-
propriated for the different purposes of
government expenses, such as for run
ming the civil, judicial, naval, military,
etc departments and said there was $780,
100000 not covered by the appropria-
lions of Congress for these several pur-
poses and charged the Republicans with
that amount. He forgot to
state that the surplus had been used fer
reducing the public debt at the rate Of
100000 per year. According to his
theory business man would DO very
foolish to try and make more money in
his. business than just enough to meet
his actual necessary expenses. He hon
estly admitted that the only question
the Democrats had to present to the peO-
pie was the turning out of Republicans
and putting in the Democrats. The on
Iy thing he could find against the Re-
publican candidates was the Mulligan
letters, as to Blaine, and Logans actions
when he was dyed-in-the-wool Demo-
srat and while in the IllOnois legisla-
ture, as a representative of that party
he introduced bill prohibiting negroes
from remaining in that state. Logan
At that time was only acting in accord
ance with enc of the cardinal principles
IF his party "that the niger had no
rights that white man was bound to
respect" He forgot to state that this
was before the treason of their southern
brethren opened his eyes and showed
him the error Of his ways. But little
enthusiasm was manifested and when
1t the close James j.. Brown called for
,hree cheers for the ticket, the response
vas not very satisfactory to the faithful.