The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-31
w. BURT'S PLATFORMS.
CHOICE SENTIMENTS CULLED BIZ A
MICHIGAN LABOR MAN
From che epeeches Of the Demo
cratic Candidate for Gov
ernOr.


confidence. he has made q collection
Of some of Mr.. Burt's elegant,
patriotic and consistent utteranoes.
which, with some additions and with Mr..
McBain's comments, run rs follows:
at had the power, no damn foreigner
should have any political rights in this
country" (Geneses street, 1871
BURT.
"The only way TO control laboring men
| when demanding such wages 10 TO starve
them into submission" (Eoiah Hall, Sag
| NAV, 1871 BURT.
az will shoot the first laboring man, not
IN my employ, who dares put afoot on my
premises" During the strike, 1872
BURT.
"The American system of caucuses are
curse to the Nation, because the laboring
men have the franchise and take part In
them" East Saginaw Council Room, 1872. }
BURT.
81 look upon Canadians a. the scum OF
Gods earth" (Genesee street, 1871
BURT.
"The two old parties are both corrupt,
and II IL now the time to form new or
third party" EAST Saginaw, August,
1880. BURT.
"The last election I voted as always
have done-the straight Republican ticket.
with the exception Of K G. HoT." East
Saginaw, 1886. BURT.
Query-Did you vote for Tarsney be-
cause you loved him most or hated Horr
| worsef
"Their party was called the Democratic
| party, but II was not. 1t was the Union
party. The old Democratic party was
/ -rI
had risen" (Saginaw Democratic Con-
vention, May 8, 1881. BURT.
| Ashamed in May, 1888, to be called q
support.-Consistency.
| "What's the use Of our wasting our own
time talking, when Congressman Whiting
and Fisher are IN favor Of free salt They
should have a nursing bottle sent them
TO Washington, but perhaps the milk
should be diluted or It may prove too
strong for them" Board OF Trade, Feb.
Is, 1881 BURT.
Query-Did you forward the nursing
bottle, or have you retained it for your
own personal user
eve have had to meet before the cry Of
the bloody shirt" BURT.
In what political battle did you have
to meet the bloody shirt Is 1t not fact
that you were one of the most prominent
flag bearers, waving the bloody shirt In
the face Of the Democratic partyt Have
you ever cast Q vote for a Democratic
state officer or Presidential electori Demo
Gratis demand an answer.
"When the monopolists tell you that
the tariff affects wages, you may know
he's either lying or don't know enough
to be 1T to talk to you" Grand Rap
ids, 1881 BURT.
Do not your friends call you q million
ARE and monopolisti
"The Republican party are like a spav-
ined and broken-down horse, which had
nothing to recommend 1t but a previous
record" democratic Convent on, Sagi-
nav, May, 1887 BURT,
How much Of Burt's Bari liniment will
It require to timber up your spawned
joints to enable you to reach the poles and
vote for Burtf
at has come to be generally understood
by Republicans that the man who kept the
biggest soup-kitchen in Washington was
the greatest statesman" BURT.
II II should take you as long to learn the
true principles Of Democracy as it did to
find out the quality of the Republican
soup, what will become of the New Union
and Progressive partys
"If not endorsing tho Mills bill in its
present form is not to be good Democrat,
then am not one.-(Letter In Detroit
News. July IL, lSss;( 800 BURT.
against Michigan, in taking of 100 per
cent, or all OF the duties, from the princi-
pal commodities manufactured In this
state, while there are comparatively small
reductions made on the manufactured
products Of other states. The manufac-
turers Of Michigan have az good q right to
ask for amendments to this bill as the
Democratic congressman themselves.
mako this statement that the delegates to
the convention on the nineteenth, the
Democratic party, and the people OF the
state Of Michigan, may fully understand
my position."OLetter in Detroit News,
July Is, 1857 BURT.
Michigan copper, salt, wool and lumber
on the free list, while the sugar of Louisi-
ana, the steel rails Of Pennsylvania, and
the wooden goods Of New England are pro-
tected. II one lie free all should be free,
or all should be protected. Ii would be
an injustice to the manufacturing indus
tries, from which this duty was entirely
removed, leaving the others substantially
IS they are to produce the necessary
revenue" BURT.
/
Twas not In favor OF indorsing the Mills
bill IN the convention at st. Louis, and
the committee on resolutions stood 20 op-
posed to % In favor OF its Endorsement. /
was opposed to indorsing it, first, as the
bill was not perfect, and was not satisfac-
tory 10 the majority OF the Democratic
| congressman, as has been shown by a
large number having attempted to amend
it before and since the Endorsement. Sec
ond, / think IL discriminates against
Michigan In taking of 100 per cent, or all
Of the duties, from the principal commod.
tiles manufactured In this state, while
there are comparatively small reductions
made on the manufactured products oil
other states.-[Letter in Detroit News,
July 10, 1883. BURT.
endorsing this bill Is like enthusiastic
parents undertaking to give q name to tn.
unborn child, before Il is possible fol
them to know ito sex, and where there IL
possibility of its being 'still-born.b
Letter In Detroit News, July Is, 1851
BURT.
, "Gentlsmen. We have not only mes
sages, but we have National platform
that rs equally good. The platform made
at st. Louis was equal TO the message
and heartily indorse them both. No
only have we the platform made at st
Louis, but We have platform adopted b,
} you today which Is equally good and tina
: / fully indorse, and think IL is the bes
platform that Michigan has ever had
Now, 40 to our congressman. They hav,
been elected and sent there by the people
and their fight has been In the RICH
. direction, tariff reform, and / sa,
that / indorse the action of on
congressman In the direct line O
: this great reform. While I am of Michi
gan, and would naturally stand up 70
Michigan's rights jealously, / sm no
standing here to accuse any man Of no
doing the best he could in congress or II