The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-09-12

SIN Is, 'Stand by the little school houses
and 1t is a good one.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat says
'sThe burning of 25. 900 barrels OF whisky a
Louisville Is the largest Democratic loss
that has ever occurred in Kentucky"
Free trade. free rum, free silver, is th,
slogun which the Democratic party, in 1t.
state conventions this year, is sounding
Doubtless Michigan Democrats will fall into
line in their convention at Grand Rapid!
this week. Nd
The result of the wisdom of Republican
financeering Is apparent in the universe
prosperity that exists i'm the country. Blu
sometimes special instances are worthy Of
note. We have one of these in Connecticut
this year. where i'm addition to the paying oil
$500, 900 of the state bonded debt, thu
Treasurer has notified the selectmen tha
no state tax is required to be levied this
year.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette says
that 1.-THE original package act, recently
passed by Congress, shut up fifteen thou
sand drinking places i'm Iowa very suddenly.
that that act was Republican measure and
has already accomplished more i'm the way
of the restricting of the liquor traffic than
the third-party Prohibtionists have ever
been able to do" and we believe the Com
mercial-Gazette is right, though as an edu-
Gator the Prohibition party has doubtless
done much toward the formation of the
sentiment that secured the passage of that
act.
The Free Press says: ''The result in
Vermont Isl substantial Republican defeat. -
I'M "a IN "a In FOL iara,,
could stand several such substantial de-
feats" without any wincing. Let us see.
With vote a sixth as large as we have in
Michigan, the Republican state ticket had
just about $4,000 plurality. The two can
didates for Congress about 5000 each.
The State Senate is Republican 80 to 1, and
the House by $50 to So with two indepen-
dents and three towns that failed to elect.
Every county officer elected is a Republican
and the Republican township officers are
elected i'm more than 200 of the 240 towns.
Oh! yes. Give us in Michigan just such
substantial defeat and for one the editor
of The TINES will continue i'm happy
state OF mind, state not in the slightest
degree disturbed by the result in Vermont.
The record the Republicans of the House
have made is one of which they have
right to be exceedingly proud. The record
is of itself an unanswerable vindication of
the new rules and a perfect justification of
Speaker Reeds policy. The record as
stated by Mr.. Mckinley in his mastery
speech at Massilon. Ohio is as follows:
Mckinley tariff bill.
Customs administrative bill.
National bankruptcy bill.
Ant-lottery bill.
Meat inspection act.
Antitrust bill
Railroad land grant forfeit.
Agricultural college grant.
Elections bill.
Relief of the supreme court.
Original package act
Silver certificate bill.
Compound lard bill.
Disability of pensions act.
Relief of the worsted industry.
Admission of two new states
just why the editors of the so-called SIN
dependent" papers should make of them
selves such continental liars as the follow
ing item from the Detroit Evening Journal
proves the writer of this squb to be. passes
our comprehension. He says: ''The facts
in regard to the election i'm Vermont are
that the Republican governors majority is
between $4,000 and $4,000; that the Demo-
cratic vote is slightly increased, the Repub-
lican vote fallen off; that the Republican
is nearly $4,000 less than it was
two years ago, and from 5000 to 5000 less
than the average OH ''off" years for the last
dozen years; that the Republican candidate
was machine made" a much stronger man
but less of professional politician being
thrown overheard by the convention; that
Page, the elected governor, packed i'm his
own interest; that he has opposed the
'eform ballot and other progressive ideas
md was generally unpopular" But he
'nly states two facts-that the Democratic
5ote is slightly increased and that the Re-
publican vote fell off; all the other state
nents are false, and we think he must
rave known they were, else he isunfit for
his position. LIST, the Republican majority
$ between $4,000 and Is, 900, not 1000
md $4,000, as he states. I'd, the Republic
AN majority is not any $4,000 less than it
vas two years ago. and is only 1000 less
han it was four years ago and is not 5000
ess than the average ''off" year vote since
biennial elections were established, in
tead of six or eight, as stated in the squib
t is Internationally false ''that the Repub-
lean candidate for governorl was machine
made y, or that "a much stronger man but
ess Of a professional politician being thrown
by the convention; that Page, the
lewly-elected governor, packed i'm his own
interest,"" 1t is, also, untrue that Mr.. Page
las opposed the reform ballot other pro-
.ressive ideas, and was generally unpOpu-
ar" The editor of THE TIMES knows Mr.. |
Page well, has had hand for many years
n Vermont politics and knows the facts and
,nows that such squibs from any source
ttacking Mr. Page are an Internal outrage
which decent men everywhere ought to
ondemn.
Chesanng Argus: 1t is reported that the
mayor of Corunna has expressed himself i'm
avor of consolidating with Owosso. 1t is