Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
DEMOCRATPOW- W-WOW
The Luminous Luminaries Hold
Meeting al the Morton House.
|. N. WESIOs'S TALK OF THE TARIFF
The state Convention 10 be Held in GrAna
Rapids, ssptem Der 10 hon a. b. Car
roll OF This CiGy Elected secretary
IN Place OF Fraak h. IhonAs.

mlttee held their bl-snnual pow-wow al
the Morton House yesterday afternoon
and decided to hold the Demosfstc
State Convention IN Grand Rapids,
September 10.
AT noon the luminous satellites CON-
menced TO arrive, and by 2 O'Clock the
corridors of the hotel were filled, with
/. NJ. Weston as the leading lumlnary,
and before proceeding 10 business he
wisely came 10 the conclusion tnat
things would pass of more harmon
lOusly If the inner man Was satlsfactor-
lily appeased. With this view in end he
smiled benignly on Jim Flynn. and the
other satellites, at the same time Inyit-
ing them TO surround the festive board
which had been prepared in the ordin-
airy. The viands were tempting, IN
fact, the spread was all that an enthu-
siastic Democrat could desire, The
clock Indicated the hour of $3.50 before
| they had finished discussing the good
| things before them, and by this time
they were more deeply enthused than
when they had entered.
The following members of the COM
mlttee were present: Chairman i. Nj.
Weston, Treasurer J. w. Flynn, Of De-
| trolt, DR.. Styles Kennedy, OF st. Johns;
George III. House, OF Saginaw; {. j..
Lockwood, OF Sturgis; 1. b. Preston, OF
Iona; j. III, Fedewa, of st. Johns; f.
G. Roundsvllle. of Fowlervllle; Robert
Willis, OF Marlette, and III. c. DAVIS.
OF Traverse City; X. j. Law, OF Cadillac;
X. K. Blackee, of Manlstee.
X. X. Blackee, of Manlstee and /. j.
Law gave their proxies TO Hon. Nj. III.
Ford. of Grand Rapids, and III. Y.
Hoyt, OF Muskegon.
Besides the members of the commit
| tee were Hon. Jerome w. Turner,
Owosso; Hon. o. NJ. Barnes, Lansing,
and Frederick Marvin, Detroit.
1t was nearly O'Clock before the
committee got down to business. |. NJ.
| Weston called the satellites TO order by
making a few remarks, in which he
spoke of burylng the Republican party
next fall so deeply that they would
never be exhumed. This seemed 10
| tickle the gathered satellites, for they
approved the remarks by Civilizations
| that could not easily be mistaken.
This was followed by an informal
ballot. 1t was found that the majority
were IN favor of Grand Rapids as the
place for the convention. Several, how.
| ever, thought the proper caper would
| be to hold it in Detroit. The majority
| prevailed though, and Hartman's Hall
was selected as the place of meeting on
| September 10 next. If the business is
4 ~ n
| carried over to the next day.
Thomas +. Carroll, of Grand Rapids,
was elected secretary in place of Frank
ii. Thomas, resigned. This iscOnceded
| by all most excellent choice AS Mr..
Carroll is considered one of the most
popular and energetic workers of the
party. He is hustler from away back
After the regular business was over
| Chairman Weston, Hon. 0. NJ. Barnes,
of the National committee, and Hon.
| NJ. III. Ford discussed the political situa-
| ton.
On the subject of "The Farmer and
Protection" Chairman Weston said:
Farming don't pay. 1t can not stand
| buying for war and selling for peace
prices. 1t can not stand the Republl-
can protective system. which imposes
-
none of the benefits of tariff legislation.
In Michigan the direct tariff taxes are
three times the State assessments, and
the enhanced cost Of domestic products
by reason of 'home protection doubles
| the burden. During the past ten years
| excessive tariff taxation has steadily
| deprecated the value of Michigan
/ farms, and is reducing the owners from a
| Il t,f
| toilers struggling for existence. Yet, |
| do not predict disaster for the farmer.
/ am quite easy in regard to him, but
am little anxious about the other fel-
| lows.
THE farmer absolutely holds the
remedy for this condition of affairs,
and in his own good time and way will
! apply 1t. He thinks slowly but sound
| iy, reasons correctly, aud reforms rad
| lcally. Since the campaign of 1888 he
has been restless and reflective. He
realizes that for thirty years he has
| furnished two-thirds of the votes and
| nIne-tenths of the respectabllity which
has kept the Republican party IN pow
! CT. lie sees a dozen benehclarles OF
! class legislation making more money
| every year than all the 900 farmers
/ in Michigan. He knows that one cop
| per company IN this state has IN twenty
years paid S3S, 900, ,000of dividends, and
| developed an immensely valuable prop
erty from earnings alone; that Il pro.
| duces ingOt for cents per pound and
| sells It for Il; vet, when a Democratic
| Congress tried to remove the duty of y
| cents per pound on copper, every Re
/ publican Congressman from Michigan
voted TO continue protecting this inter
esting infant, otherwise Il would, they
| say, perish Immediately, or, at least,
| languish in misery and never grow up.
| The farmers OF Michigan outnunl-
/ Der the manufacturers and miners two
I to one, and have four times the capital
1 invested IN their business. The proper
ton throughout the United States b.
( about the same. Yet. for five months,
1 the daily report came from Washington
1 that this or that manufacturing indus
I try had the exclusive attention OF TIE
/ tariff committees, while the tillers OF
/ the soil were not granted = hearing oi
I even i've hours. The interests Of every
/ trust Ia the country, and some vet 20
be born, have been fully and carefully
+ protected, while agr culture gets pr0tec
/ tlon on eggs, onions and csbbages, With
I promises as usual.
the wool grower can not under
stand Why the Mckinley biii gives him
/ 0ut thee per cent increase, While tdf
man VINO makes cloth gets twenty. Hs
tails - appreciate legislation winch r.
cures hlm % keen a Thousand sheep
ana 20 ln his shirt sleeves 70 get ~
tenent ~ i. The Republican party
I stands responsible for the "a ure &
grant relret. It controlled al depsTb
E Ments 0f tae National Government anc
closed TIE last door of escape when i
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