Telegram-herald., 1890-05-13
THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
some Sensible Suggestions by . Soldier n
the Wrong side

some Sensible Suggestions by Soldier n
the Wrong side
To the Etitor OF the TELEGEAHHEEALo
Campaigns should always Do open.
Right and wrong can never snuggle
down and sleep in each others arms;
their province is 20 do battle unceas-
ingly. II ot-duty between elections,
and shouldering their muskets on
the march from the nominating con-
veRtIOns 10 the polls there IS liable TO
be Bull Run on either side. Why
the multitude are so greatly at logger
heads IS because the people are not bet
ter posted. II the leaders are always
profoundly informed which they are
notl, full many of them are false
beacon-llghts hung out on the high
bluffs of politics.
At least for a quarter of q century,
Republicanism and Democracy have
never had thoroughly organized, well
drilled battle in Western Michigan.
Indeed, for the past ten or fifteen years
our campaign fighting, the State over,
has largely been done by broken, scat
tered ranks; not thoroughly patriotic
troops especially all the Democratic
and GreenOack side, and with deserters
and bushwnsckers more or less repre-
sented. Instead Of a general acton on
broad battlefield, We have had grand
parades with guerilla warfare and side
issues III the rear and along the line
Ihls fall, the same farce of a Michi-
gan contest ought not to be tolerated.
One or the other of the two leading
partlesshould meet with an Appomattox
that means something, and clarion,
bugle calls should already be sounding
from the hill-tOps.
But the nominations are not made.
Tne convention should be call cd early,
for men providing both partles-as is
presumable-wlll put up good ones),
are secondary 10 the principles includ-
ed at the coming elections. The whole
country IS becoming thoroughly aroused
over two great antagOnlstiC policies
the one, high tariff for protection; and
the other, duties and taxes 10 be i'm
posed for running the Government
only. This hss come 10 be the para
mount partizan-Issue-th one figuring
above all others IN the last campaign.
and bound 70 control N this one. Meth
er party can about face or change their
cOlOrs. Ii would be hard even to mod |
lty the Old slogans Of protection" and
free trade"
What all should strike for are thor
ough organization and battle waged I
upon merits, not rant and demag0gu- /
ism; and the leading organs and ora
tors should command the most gener- /
Gus support from the people. The /
newspapers ever have been, and ever I
Will be, the foremost warriors on such /
OCCASIONS. Their arguments are not .
made TO hundreds IN q hall, but 10
millions IN their households. Whereas. (
It astump orator makes a dozen votes
he - said 70 have done well. the iour.
nails undoubtedly make their thOus-
snds of converts. And the local clubs
and party chieftains should quickly
arrange for their widest campaign cir.
culstlon-nOt for a few days previous
to a victory or defeat at the polls. but
for sOuer and deliberate months before
election. Thus are the multitude.
aroused and thoroughly educated, and
the nominations should be made
early for this II no other purpose-for
rNNfVsS Neh AAot u~tt4c through
camps gns without arms and smmunl-
ton 20 DO 70 with. Editors never run
for Office and are seldom patriotic
enough 20 bankrupt themselves for
party, or that some other fellow nav
10 elected Anyhow. the two rrcat
party organizations nave nOright 70 ask
them @ thus become martvrs-vbiia
the whole country should be flooded
with the ab'est issues Of their journals.
Thus. largely. are the voting masses ed
lcated. and without such patronage q
.he press, and before the upr0ar and
2ettf0ggiug Immediately preceding the
election. the polls are a lottery or q
lice box.
We DO not ssy this asa psrtzsn. but
IS a -itze1.
FARMER Ervvor-.