Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-21
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questions of the times, he Is unable
properly To form such just and reas
enable conclusions rs will induce
him when the time comes 10 exercise
that highest and noblest right guar
antced 10 all American citizens, the
right of suffrage, TO so exercise
this important right in the most in
telligent. and beneficial way that
his varied interests may prompt him.
Having gone 10 some trouble l.
investigate the proper course to pur-
sue in the above mentioned matter
and after careful deliberation, hay
ing mapped out certain course OF
action it i somewhat perplexing 10
be told that all your efforts have
been in vain; that your deductions
are illegal, your position untenable,
and your course of action if persisted
in will produce results, Numerically
opposite from the intended ones.
In this position your humble serv-
ant finds himself. After having
settled in a manner at least concluS-
i've to himself his duty in casting
his vote to determine the best meth
od of subscribing the interests of all
classes after listening TO an adj
dress upon the political issues Of the
day $50 the posters informed me- de
livered at the Eckart school house
by w. a. Bahlke. Esq of Alma, |
am free to confess need more
light Possibly it might be easier
of comprehension if Mr.. b. would
explain his explanation. Possibly
his speech was not intended to be
understood by plain, every day
mortals like myself. Hoping some
one more highly favored may furn-
iSh the magical key that Will prove
an open sesame to unlock its hidden
meanings, and unbelievable vari-
ances. | am constrained To send
YOU these few lines. In opening his
speech, Mr.. Bahlke says he will
show satisfactory reasons why he is
democrat; that their remedy for
all the ills the national body is heir
to is the only remedy, and that all
that SAVIOR not of democracy should
be SO deeply buried a. not to alright
the piouS soul of Grover Cleveland,
rs the news from Maine and Vermont
seem to have done Mr.. b. says he
will refrain from saying a word OF
the past history of the party he so
highly enlogizes.
1t is "A fact cOnversant to all law
ycrs, that the past history of party
IN certain class of actions in court
proves a most important factor in
determining the result of the action.
Possibly knowledge of this ON Lis
part was one reason he wished TO
cover It's past history with a mantle
of charity. The first assertion Mr..
b. makes is that there Is being col
lccted every year in the United
States by our government the sum
of one hundred and twenty millions
of dollars more than is required to
carry on this government, II cconom-
ically administered; needless sum
he tells Us equal to ten dollars per
capita to each voter in the United
states. Mr.. Cleveland in his letter
of acceptance, says, that the sum
i many millions, and places the
surplus which has been accommodating
"A number of years at one hundred
and thirty millions of dollars. II
according to Mr.. BIS statement
during Clcyeland's incumbency OF
the presidential office and democrat
ic supremacy in the house of repre-
scntatiyes, the government had been
economically administered and the
surplus as he alleges the amount on
hand would be not one hundred and
thirty millions, but approXimating
four hundred and eighty millions.
Facing this diversity between
Bahlkc's conclusions and Cleveland's
statements, we would almost be led
to doubt Mr.. BIS arithmetical ac-
curacy, did he not tell us in his
soeech he was once one of the"noble /
band of teachers of the youth. Such
being the case, to doubt would be |.
sacrilcgc; We can only wonder; to
doubt would indeed be temcrIty on
our part.
Mr.. b. deeply deplorcs the laws
passed by the Republicans when in
power as laws for tAe benefit of the |
capitalist and oppression of honest
labor. Then in almost the same
breath he tells MS of the number of /
Michigan boasts of, for
getting when calling the roll 60 in
clude W. X. Burt and not saying
that many of these millionaires were
once day laborers and succeeded in
in acquiring their property under
the very laws he wants to See abol-
ished. He eulogizes the Mills bill
and offers one free TO all applicants,
copies of which he brings with him.
The secretary of the treasury when
asked as to the probable reduction