The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-09-16
Vernon.

AS the campaign of 1892 is about to open
and thinking that you would like some one
from this vicinity to contribute political
items of interest l will offer myself as pOiti-
cal reporter from this place.
If understand it correctly, the main
thing in campaign reporter is to be un-
prejudiced in writing up articles. This
shall aim to keep in mind
The first political gun was fired in our
village last Saturday night by Helen
Gouger. 1t was red hot prohibition shot,
sent with deadly aim into the ranks of the
old parties. But up to this writing no one
is reported as hurt 1t is thought that some
thing was wrong with the gun. The speak
er prefaced her talk with a few well chosen
remarks explaining why she could not take
part in the joint discussion which had pre-
viousy been arranged. In words very flat
tering to herself she explained that her time
was too valuable and she was too famous to
discuss with any other than some one from
abroad who was her equal, like Gov Nc
Kinley or Il. &. EOrr. This seemed salts
factory to herself but it was hot so to many
of the audience. She wrapped the audience
in mantle of satisfaction IN the commence
ment by saying that she did not come there
to abuse the other parties. But before she
finished she made rags of the mantle by
saying that the old parties were so rotten
and corrupt that they ''smelled to high
Heaven" She said that at Minneapolis last
June there was not liquor or prostitutes
enough to satisfy the convention; that Pres
dent Harrison was scheming rascal.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | want to ask If the
history of this nation does not show instances
where individuals were hung by the neck
for no greater insult to the head of their ma
ton than that?
She promulgated a new principle in poll
tics when she said that the questions of pro-
lection and free trade were one and the
same thing; there was no differance 1T was
tweedle de and tweedle dunn" 'pot call
kettle black" etc. AS listened to her on
this question l tried to imagine the deep
satisfaction which must be hers to enjoy,
when, after one hundred years discussion of
this question by the ablest economists of
our land, it is left for her at this remote
date to discover that there is no difference
between the two. Before dropping this sub
ject she qualified her position by saying, II
say the tariff is tax" She next handled
the old parties without gloves, She showed
up the corruption of the republican and ex
posed the rottenness of the democratic
parties. How the press of the land was i'm
league with the parties, and out of the
many party journals published today there
was only one that she could advise them to
read. She called it the "Voice." believe
now that will say was asked question
the other day that | could not answer, and
in case the same should be put to me again,
l want to be prepared to answer it, so l will
ask you: ''There are two parties now in the
lead, the republican and the democratic.
The one is mass'Of corruption. The other
Is rotten pile. How can you extract from
such vile matter enough pure lactate to nurse
the prohibition infant up to national con-
trol?"
feel that the audience Is deserving of
high compliment for the quiet way it bore
its merclful gouging. As l watched them
l noticed some nervous twitchilgs and Occa-
sional splitting, but aside from these there
were no outward signs OF their internal
feelings. The speaker at times grew enthu-
siastic, especially at the close when she was
giving directions as to the best way to-pass
the hat.
At the close the audience dispersed, feel
ing generally that they had realized all that
they had expected from the speaker.
CAMPAIGN REPORTER.