Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

branches dependent upon the judiciary, and
converts the judiciary into an instrument
of oppression and corruption; involves the
unnecessary expenditure of millions of the
peoples money. We dclare that Interior
ence of any kind by the federal govern
ment with state elections is a dangerous
menace to the form of government be-
queathed TO us by the trainers of the con-
stitution, and that the intelligence and pa
/ triotism of the American people may safely
be trusted to remedy any evils that may
exist in our election.
10. The public domain should be re-
served for homesteads for actual settlers.
Lands granted as subsidies TO corporations
which were not earned in strict conformity
to the terms of the grants should be de-
clared forfeited, and settlers upon them
should be protected. We denounce the re-
peated acts Of the republican senate in re-
fusing TO pass the bills of the democratic
house declaring forfeited more than fifty
four million acres of unearned lands and
we denounce the action of the republican
legislature OF Michigan when, after the
poor act of meaere justice TO the home
steaders of Michigan had been wrested
from the senate of the United States
| Changed and mangled from an act of full
|
house, that legislature refused TO put the
! construction upon the act that the state of
/ Glichigan accepted it for the benefit of
those who had settled upon the land in
good faith and not for the benefit of suosi-
died corporations
IL. We condemn the policy of giving
bounties TO promote commercial relations
with other countries until closer CONNER
cial relations with those countries can be
! maintained. We believe in the creation of
a merchant marine, which can be best
! brought about by unrestricted commerce.
! Until the freedom Of commerce permits the
| reciprocal turn in profitable exchange for
American products sold abroad, we con-
| denim the system of subsidies which only
| maintains line so long as the subsidy lasts.
II. We believe that in all of the depart
ments of our state government there are
extravagances and waste, which can be
corrected by prudent administration
and proper legislation; that offices
and employments have been unduly
multiplied; that our state institutions
ought TO be more viglantly supervised and
the tendency to their multiplication
checked. We condemn the last legislature
for its manifest incompctency and its hui
initiation of the state by numerous ill-con-
| sldered, lmpractlcable and unconstitutional
acts and for the useless expense entailed
by an unnecessary protracted session.
-. We are in favor of a secret ballot and
of such legislation as shall be adequate to
effectually preserve the purity of elections
while securing to each voter the exercise
Of his right Of suffrage.
After the reading of the platform the
choice for auditor general was made on the
following ballot:
| Dahlel Sopef. ....................5 o2
| George w. Stone. 1913
A. a. Ellis of Ionia was nominated for
| attorney general, Col. David Bacon of
Niles for commissioner of the land Office.
John w. McGrath of Detroit for Justice of
the supreme court, Daniel f. Soper of
| Newaygo for secretary of state. Ferris S.
Fitch of Pontiac for superintendent of pub
lie instruction, and Danial a. Hammond
| for member of the state board of education.
DanielJ. Campau was elected chairman of
the state committee.