Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-21
What a Record !

When w. II. Burt went before
the people of the Eigh congression-
al district in lss4-G on behalf of his
protegc, +. f Tarsney, he made two
distinct pledges The first was that
no man should be elected for a third
term, to congress or any other Office.
as such a thing was wholly undemo-
cratic and led to bad results The
second pledge made 10y Mr.. Burt in
behalf of Tarsney was that the in
terest of the district would be safe
in his hands, and that its farming
industrial interests would receive
their due share of protection. Both
of these public pledges have been
ruthlesSly violated. The anti third
term Mr.. Tarsney is candidate for
a third term, and the protectionist,
Mr.. Tarsney voted to place all of
Michigan's great industrial and
farming Interests on the free list.
What confidence can the people
have in a representative like that:
Mr.. Tarsney's denomination for
a third term was brought about by
the machine element of the party,
including the postmasterS and other
Federal officeholders whom he has
appointed. Nearly every reputable
democrat in the Saginaws opposed
him from first to last, and many
of them will oppose him AT
the ballot box. 1t is noticeable, also.
that Mr.. Burt is not championing
this third-term aspirant as he did
before. Why is it that every dele
gate from his own city of East
Saginaw refused to vote for Mr..
Tarsney in the st. Louis convention?
Simply because they know his de
plorable record better than the pee
pie in the other counties. They
know that his public career has been
a service Of disgraccful failures:thcy
know that his habits have been
such that brought shame on the
district, and which the republican
press have covered with a veil out
of respect to others and charity
for our congressman This is why
leading democrats of East Saginaw
would not support Mr.. TarsDey at
St. Louis, and this is why they are
opposing him to-day.
Another strong ground of object
ion to Mr.. Tarsney's reelection is
the fact thai he was too weak to
stand up in a manly way for the
farming and industrial interests Of
his own district when they were
assailed by the southern free trade
gang. He voted for the iniquitous
Mills bill, which strikes blow at
hundred articles in which every voter
in Michigan is interested, and which
simply paralyzeS the interests of the
people he was sent to Congress to
represent. 1t says to the Michigan
farmer free wool is good enough
for him, but the southern gentry
must have high protected sugar. 1t
says to the Michigan farmer that
free potatoes and free farm pro
ducts generally are just what he
deserves, but the southern bourbon
must have protected rice. Now,
what has Michigan ever done that
ii should be thus shamefully treated
by the gentlemen from Texas, South
Carolina and Louisiana? Did this
state ever sccedc from the Union
and bring war and blood shed in
the country? Or is this blow aimed
at Michigan patriotism? What cx-
cuse can Mr.. Tarsney give for vot-
ing for a measure which w. II. Burt
has openly declared "discriminatcs
against Michigan interests? lie can
give none except that he was driven
to it by the Southern free trade
whip.
Voters of the eighth dis,rlc we
don't want that kind of men in
Congress. This great district, the
second largest in the state in popu-
lation, and the first IN the magnitude
of its diversified interests. wants
man TO represent it who is not
afraid Of the southern whip, nor
who can't he induced TO vote to
destroy the prosperity of his own
people for the benefit of Great
Britain, who are using every known