Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-10-19

Of all the swindles and rObberies
in the Mckinley tariff the tin-plate
tax is the worst.-N. Y. World.
In the extraordinary shifting of
political forces this year, the Demo-
cratic party is certainly making
noteworthy gains.-Buffalo Courier.
If the withdrawal of Judges
Gresham, Cooley and Mr.. McVeagh
is a matter of so little Importance to
the Republicans as the organs pro-
fess, it is little odd that they de-
vote so much space to the matter
Grand Rapids Democrat.
Senator Hill is nothing like so
nice a man-in the view of Repub-
lican Hummelshine, he has active
ly come to the front in support of
Mr.. Cleveland as he was before.
He is merely "Dave Hill."-Grand
Rapids Leader.
That this is a thinking and not
hurrying champaign is very en-
couraging from Democratic stand
piont. The more a man thinks the
less liable he is to become welded
to the preprosterous idea that he
can tax himself rich. Grayling
Democrat.
1t is noticeable from this and that
prominent Republican forswearing
allegiance to the rotten old Repub-
lican party appears from time to
time in the newspapers, not a sim
gle instance of a prominent Demo-
crat leaving the ranks is on record.
Cadillac Democrat.
Grover Cleveland's letter of &C
ceptance is a pl ain, straightforward
document that can be read under
standingly by everybody. 1t is short
and to the point and is additional
proof that Mr.. Cleveland is one of
the greatest statesmen of the age
Marshall Expounder.
Not an old soldier will support
him Rich } when they read his rec
ord in Congress. He fought every
measure stubbornly from the time
he went in until he came out to re-
turn no more, that in any way tend
ed to relieve their sufferings.-
Grand Traverse Republican.
The little pearl badges which our
Rep ublican friends are wearing
arou nd were made by convict labor.
The duck suits used by the Repub-
lican marching clubs in Illinois
were made at Joliet prison. Truly
&. o. p. loves the workingman-in
horn.-Manistique Star.
In Pennsylvania Mckinley said:
"The tariff puts up the prices of
iron and increases wages correspond
ingly." In Nebraska hesaid: "The
tariff cheapens iron and gives the
farmers cheap plows and other farm
machinery" 1t does exactly what
its advocates want to get votes.-
Jackson Patriot.
1t breaks up blocks of five to send
voters into a box one at "a time to
prepare their ballots in secret. 1t
makes impossible obedience to the
Dudley order to ''see that none get
away, and that all vote our ticket"
That is why the Indiana Republicans
say that the new Indiana election
law is unconstitutional. --Muskegon
News.
Two soldier records. On the 25th
day of November, 1858, Allen B.
Morse, then a private in the Six
tenth Michigan Infantry, lost his
left arm at the battle of Mission
Ridge. On the 18th day or March,
1878, John Il. Rich, then a member
of the Michigan House of Repre-
sentatives, voted against bin to
equalize and pay bounties to the
soldiers of the war of the REBELLION.
Mason Democrat.
Chairman Carter says that both
branches of Congress will necessari-
ly be Democratic in case of Harri-
sons defeat. Therefore, says he,
ut must seem to ordinary citizens
an appalling proposition to reverse
absolutely the policies under which
their present prosperous condition
was begun" The idea of getting
complete control of their own gov
eminent may be appalling to the
American people; still, it is their
solemn duty to put up with appall-
ing little things like that, and they
will probably pull through the
trouble.-Philadelphia Record.
Edward Everett, who ought to
have known Webster's views. in
his published works of Daniel
Webster, says: SIN 1920, in dis
cussing the subject (protection) in
Faneuil Hall, he (Webster) argued
that if the right of laying duties for
protection were derived from the
revenue power, it was of necessity
incidental, and OH that assumption,
as the incident cannot go beyond
that to which it is incidental, duties
avowedly for protection, and, not
having any reference to revenue,
could not be constitutionally laid"
That | understand to be the Demo-
cractic doctrine.-GOv.R Russell.