Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-08-25

peal OF Ill CLASS legislation ulut
:. which monopolies have been fostere
y and protected.
i Isaac NJ. Weston, Of Grand Rapids
was elected chairman of the Demo
;, cratic State Central Committee.
| The committee appointed to confe
with Il committee of the Greenbacl
convention in regard to a Joint ticket
= reported that they had agreed to di
vide the ticket As follows;
| The Democrat convention to selec
f Northumberland, Attorney Gen
, eral, Secretary of State, Auditor Gen
cral, and Member Of Board of Edu
cation.
The Gleeubaca convention u &C.
lcct Governor, State Treasurer, Com
missioner Of the State Land Office ant
: Superintendent Of Public Instruction
The report Of the committees was
adopted by both conventions.
The ticket nominated by the two
conventions is as follows:
For Governor,
George l.. Ysplo OF It, Joseph.
! For Lieutenant Governor
Solomon s. Curry, of Marlue,ls.
For Secretary Of State,
Philip II. Wachtel, Of Emmci
For State Treasurer,
William e.. BEARD, Of Bay.
For Auditor-Ge neral Ne
Judson u. Farrar, OF Macomh
For Attorney General.
John e. Donnelly, Of Wayne.
For Commissioner OF state Land Office,
William D. Fuller, of Newago.
For Superintendent of Public instruction,
David Parsons, OF Wayne.
For Member of the State Board Of Education,
Jerome w. Turner Of Shiawsssec.
Mr.. Yaple was introduced to the
convention, and the Detroit Free
Press records the scene as follows:
Upon advancing to the front of the
stage, Mr.. Yaple was received with
three cheers, and at once began n
speech which riveted the closest at
tention. The audience was critical,
and at first rather cold. Most of
them looked upon the man they had
nominated for the first time and they
studied him curiously. He is of me-
dunn height and weight, of frame
stout, and well Drowned by the sun
and air. He was clad in a suit of
light colored cloth and spoke in an
easy strain, in good voice, with APP
propriate gestures and the manner of
one familiar with the PLATFORM
Without wasting words in prelimin-
aries he begun upon the subject near
est his heart. He avowed himself
greatly pleased with the platform
adopted by the convention and CEN
graduated the Democracy upon its
advancement and its courage in throw
ing off the disfguring rags which
concealed most noble form. The
dignity of labor, the merit of the
toilcr and his right to share in the
benefits which art, science and the
engines Of production had showered
upon the present generation were set
forth in clear and unmistakable SEN
fences and with a vigor which carried
a conviction of the earnestness of the
man. All the processes Of nature he
declared were Democratic and for the
welfare of all her children. He
drew a parallel, very fine in its dem
onstrations, between the Democracy
of nature in providing for the ma
terial wants of man, and that Of the
great Democratic party in looking
after his political welfare. He quoted
Victor Hugo, that great Democrat.
in saying that the men who made the
wealth of the world should fairly
share in it, and that society was most
prosperous where the laborer was the
best paid. He showed how England's
wealth had accumulated by the in
dustry of England's sons, and deplor-
ed that the gains were for the few and
the husks for the many. He arraign-
ed in fiery peroration the Republi-
can party for its constant legislation
in behalf of wealth and capital and
its course in bringing under subjec-
ton the poor and lowly, putting upon
them burdens which they found
grievous to bear, and after avowing
his Democracy by the depth of his
feeling for the things which the genius
Of Democracy was constantly striving
after, he closed as sententiously MS he
had begun. without any waste of Ian
guage or false fourishes of sentiment.
Gradually as he went on, the frost
which hedged in the hearts of those
who looked askancc upon his nomina-
ton melted. Cheer upon cheer en-
phasized the telling points which he
made with the rapidity that the ham,
mer shapes the glowing iron, and the
souls of the Upper Peninsula men
went into their mouths with delight.
They stood up on the stage and gazed
at the orator and before the close was
reached became as frantic in their
demonstrations Of applause as the
most earnest man in the auditorium.
George l.. Yaple, of Mendon, was
born in Leonidas, st. Joseph county,
Michigan, February Doth, 1851. In
1857 he removed with his parents to
Mcndon, in the same county; gradu-
ated in the classical course at the
Northwestern University at Evanston.