Telegram-herald., 1888-10-21
{. P. MILLS ON BURT
. ~oulo-ss GOVERNOR sro~N ~
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The wsA-knowa labor sd.cesis r p
Mia oi this e.ty. hss sritien ne following
pertinent ielssE.
Il, soms time ago. gave nv reasons vhY
! should nog soie Ter Ar. Burt thls fsl. f
= source O. sat sf4cfion 20 ms lo kDow
tuat asu vote for hoEneseF please without
{ cou milliog q crime Ii - sss1 seltle ~
E del got 20 nie 10 DC allowed tic pus4iess ui
expressing myself 10 suCh matiefs- u ben
I | wHOls The lslter on Bars ] had so idea
/ tbxt snv psrtieulsr notice woula ee taksn ~
/ il. or that Any statement contained ibefein
would be challenged II ] A@n, ! should
! have been better prepared " saos1AaiiAts
any statements made
"One portion o. that letter has not only
been perverted. bat denounced as ialse, by
the Saginaw C,s T. soc ~ J. u Weston,
Of this city. The passage referred 20 a. false
Il la references 20 MI. BuTgs reiuslug 40 sup
port M lsple two wears sgo. IL hss been
made 90 appesr that 1 sad lu my letter that
Ar Burt refused 20 support Nr lsp'e. /
ssid nothing OF the find. Here is the pas
sage referred 10
Two years ago the Associated Press dispatches
! gave Z OFT that sr hsp.e denounced the sal
shsFks o. the saginas Valley. and in retura Ne
lsuft anu three 0lhtf SAT- sharks ot saginaw with
/ drew their support IrJm NJ spe iu uleB
/ letter 70 the pubic. Nj laple was defeated snd
Mr Burt contributed 10 thEI deiest more thaa
any other one man
The statement was made from memory
| for / recolisct cutting the item from tie
/ Chicago Herald 81 the time and showing u
| 20 my Dem ocrstic friends. Now ! md al
1 ter good deal OF trouble. tha. my stale
/ ment was true with the exception that il
was United Press report instead of al As
sociated Press, and that really "buildsd
| better than ! knew" that not only Mr..
| Burt refused 10 support Mr.. lape but that
Elk other prominent Democratic ssit-sharks
| of Saginaw also denounced Mr.. YApis. and
that Mr. !. NJ. Weston, Of this city, knew
| that 10 be the case. The following IL an
exact copy OF the United Press dispatch re-
| ferred TO:
SAGINAW, Oct p. 1Sss.-knhm HlI. Mayor of
| this city, has caused prsioand sensation by
| boiling Tim lsrsney aud Veorge l.. haple, nnd
tells ms reasons IL a f0ur-columu artlc e Ia thls
| communication the Mayor lays When NJ
lapleseeks % excite prejudice in favor OF foreign
| salt BY branding As salt sharks such men As N Ia
| l. Nebber, Geo. l. Burrows, jos. A Whittier
| Thomas Merrill and Geo. r. Nlliiams, teel ~
| my duty 10 raise my voice, es u shall be, 90 re-
| cord my vote against him A. o Isnney. he
oOes not IN my view of in that OF scores OF Demo
crAts that meet properly represent our people "a
| his attitude toward the great interests conhoed
| 10 his care which form the BASH OF our pros
These conspicuous Democrats Of the Saginaw
| Valley Mayor Hin. Nm. l. Nchi e. and Nelllug-
| ton X Burt, are noN opposed 10 apie = NleHs-
Mr.. Hin j. "A man 0i unusual influence among his
! army Of mill emp.oyes and i was that alone
which kept him on top during the strike troubles
| when he arrsyed himself against the strikers
| Is this Burt SHIP. which has carried the
cross-bones and skull and flown the black
flag so many years. now sailing into port
with its figure head fresh painted and hEg
furled in order to deceive the people,
In accordance with modern political
methods. Saginaw paper charges that
man Mills with being Republican IN DEM
ocrstic disguise" Let us see about this:
My first ballot for President was cast IN
the rebel prison at Camp Ford. Texas. in
| 1864, for Abraham Lincoln. The rebels
were anxious as TO how the prisoners stood.
Ny next ballot was for General Grant
when to be Democrat vas TO be rebel
Then / quit Nepotism. bull-pups. fancy
studs costly presents from millionaires,
Credit MoDilicr carpet bags, whisky
thieves. star routes. ana q prohigscy which
exceled the reign of Louis XVI. an ocked
me clean ont. Since then 1 voted for
Horace Greeley, Peter Cooper. General
Hancock, Grover Cleveland. and shall vote
for the latter next November; but for Burt
not much. Can the seven Democratic
salt sharks OF Saginaw Valley show as good
. record?
But if thi. is such a serious a matter, this
supporting Mr.. Ysple or not, why don't
| Mr. Burt's friends get . declaration s. 10
the facts rom Mr.. Ysple and from Tom
| Barry / happen 10 know that Tom Barry
has been written to by some OF Mr.. Burts
friends here, but whether Mr.. Barry has
answered the queries or not do lot know.
have been very much mused over the
extrsvsgsnt- dminisuation Of the past
two-years hobby Of Mr.. Burt That Mr..
| Burt should be solicitous about the tax
ridden public Is O monstrosity that is only
| permissible in politics. How sorry Shy
lock must have felt fos the fellows that
| didn't loan their money TO him. How
| touching the sympathy OF the fox for the
rabbit that some naughty dog nad chased
| into the well. Poor rabbit, its A shame
and an outrage: Just catch onto my tail and
| | will pull YOU out" and then the i0x ate
| him. And by the way. / see that the Ann
| Arbor gentlemen who got let two years
| ago in the legislative stesl by the Govern
| or's little veto are all hustling for Bur.
| Have they msde an alliance. offensive and
defensive, with that gentleman on condi-
tion that the sacred temple OF Ann Aroor
shall be well 'sugsredi'
/ don't believe that Mr.. Bart 10 Demo
| crat: don't believe that be can ever make
| himself one. But he is trying hard 10
make himself one in pretensicns, a. least.
| What a ''rsssel" he must have had With
! himself he SAYS Boys J cant DO A.
| Don ask me to swallow that pesky Mills
| bill II tb.t's what I've got 10 do 20 be =
| Democrat. then ! vi not be Democrat"
They sprung IL on bim little too suddenly
| at first hui he has finally come 20 his milk.
he actually likes IL and wants more OF it,
he says. Boys ike il; ] wisb / bad
more Of IL. the only objection ] have 70 IL
is, il don't 20 down deep enough"
Mr. Burtis fraud be = political
bunco-sfeerer. . street fskiF. couhde1os
! man. viii Democratic w0rsingmsn-vho
believe their party j. opposed 20 trusts. te
! syn 1icssss 20 moDopoliss. and 70 specisi
| and class p-ivilesss-~iii tbey 20 70 the
| polls aud vote for this msn. VINO u every
| thing that theT are opposed to' II u -
| consistent 20 vote for bin, thsu 81 would %
! cons stent 20 vote for a Biintv Noresn or
Al J. ingalls, under The sane circam-
| stances. T. +. kIiEs.