The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-09-09
WHERE IS ELLIS ATT
A Political Artful Dodser Whom No Ono
Can Locate.

Can Locate.
The political whereabouts of Adolf
phus Ac -obat Ellis is n perplexing puz-
zle to both friends and enemies. The
former are anxious to pull him in out
of danger and the latter are striving 70
get at him. But neither can locate
him.
Two years ago Ellis was nominated
for Attorney-Generala as a straight-out
Democrat and was endorsed as q Demo
crat by the Peoples party.
This year the Peoples party conven-
ton was held first and Ellis had to
make a showing to capture their nomi-
nation. He therefore on Tuesday even
ing, July 6, 1892, at the Ionia city eau
Gus of the Peoples party, signed the
following pledge:
We. the undersigned, pledge ourselves to
the support of the Peoples party In the
coming election, with no fusion with either
of the old parties, and renounce all alle-'
glance to both political parties and agree to
support Weaver and Field for president
and vice-president.
This he followed up with speech Id
which he said: "They can keep one
hired editor for every paper in Ionia
county, but they can't make my old
neighbors believe / don't believe what
| say" Then he clinched his renuncia-
ton of Democracy by these words:
1.-THE Democrats have got as much out OF
me as / have out of them. don't owe
them any thing. If they can get along with
out me, God knows can get along without
them"
Thus assured the Peoples party con-
vention nominated him for Attorney
General. One half of his work was
done and he began planning for the
Democratic nomination. The Green
vile Independent, clearly foreseeing
Ellis success in that direction said:
The Peoples party pretends to be in the
middle OF the road but it nominated for
Attorney General Democrat dyed in the
wool who will probably be renominated by
the Democrats.
Whereupon the Greenville Sentinel
came bravely to Ellis defense against
any suc IN imputations and declared in
vigorous terms:
Within the past two weeks Mr.. Ellis, who
is the nominee for the Peoples party for
Attorney General has publicly, and In un-
mistakable language, renounced all allegi-
ance to the Democrat party. and stated in
terms so plain and broad his unwavering
fidelity to the principles of the Peoples
man OF ordinary intelligence can fail to
comprehend his meaning. That Mr.. Ellis
will not be Endorsed by the Democrats Is as
certain as is the fact that he Is today the
nominee of the Peoples party. Every
Democratic paper in the state of any note
whatever is opposing the Endorsement OF
Mr.. Ellis, and demanding the nomination
OF a democrat"
Nevertheless the Democrats nomi-
mated Ellis and the aditor of the Graau-
vile Sentinel dimes principally on
"crow.'
Meanwhile the ordinary citizen was
getting confused at these political
pranks and began asking all kinds of
troublesome questions of Adolphus
Acrobat Ellis. The Grand Rapids
Press, the official organ of the popu-
lists, attempts to shield him thus:
Mr.. Ellis can't be expected to answer all
these questions that multitude may put
to him as to his allegiance to the Peoples
party. Nor can he be held responsible for
statements put in his mouth by reporters
for newspapers unfriendly to him. When
ever his loyalty to the Peoples party Is
questioned by the state central committee
he will, no doubt, make full and candid
answer
That may be the Press idea, but the
people are entitled to know something
definite about the man for whom they
are asked to vote. Neither the candi-
date himself nor any estate central
committee" has the right to muzzle the
voters of the state, and they will doubt
less take the matter into their own
hands and provide this political dodger
with ''local habitation'' in the limbo
of defeated politicians.