Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23


fully before committing themselves to
its support.
There is always room in the republic
can party for the exercise of individual
thought and speech on all subjects of
interest To the voter and there is no
better place for such discussions than
in regularly organized republican
club. Side issues for the propagation
Of 'isms" arc not necessary in the re-
publican party. Every city, every
town, and every school district ought
to have republican club, based upon
republican ideas; and il il is thus based
it i wide enough, long enough. strong
enough, and liberal enough to meet
every demand. There are questions of
finance and of tariff and of trade and
of foreign policy which every republ-
can voter needs more light upon, and
there is no better place to obtain it
than in the club, through discussion
and a comparison of ideas. There need
be no mysticism, no passwords, oaths,
nor gripS-nothing but plain, open,
parliamentary organization of republi
cans convened for educational pur-
poses; Just such as now exist in many
Michigan communities and whose in
iuence is strongly manifested in every
political campaign. a dozen such
clubs are needed in Ingham county to-
day. Lansing shoul6 have at least
two. A club disseminating republican
principles and republican theories is
good enough Honest dollar club for
anybody. We need no oath bound,
one-idea organization in the republican
party for proper discussion of the sill
yer question or any other question;
and intelligent voters will view them
with disgust"
This Is only another case where self
constituted Gictators OF the party at
tempt to bull-doze the people and the
press zone of its principal officers
poses as proprietor of republican
weekly in Gra,iot county" Well
poses" is good; he's not republican
but poses as one! Allow the editor of
that republican weekly to inform the
Hon. Perry. and others whom it may
concern, that the editor of the RErCB-
LICAN LEADER is republican, and has
breathed the air of repubicanlsm from
infancy up. HIS father was ar old free
soil democrat. who united with the re-
publican party on It's first organization.
Up to the present time no one has ever
questioned the republication of the
son. And we now give notice to all
Self-conStituted dictators of the repub-
lican party, that we do not propose TO
be read out of the party by anybody.
We propose 10 take a hand in formuat
ing the principles and policy of the re-
publican party, and shall do il boldly,
without dictation from any one. The
Honest Dollar League not club, is
an organization TO promote the cause
of bimetallsm, irrespective of politics;
indeed, il has no more to do with a mans
politics than has his religion. 1t
has about the same relation. One
of the ten commandments says:
Thou shalt not steal" The great
principle of our order is the same
Thou shalt not steal''-Honest money,
a currency that will be just to all class
es, preventing any one class from steal
ing from any other. If this be trea-
son, make the most of it" If the" Hon
orable Perry" and the Honorable julius
Caesar, and the Honorable several. 9th.
er-posers-for- political-preferment think
they can lead the republican party
around by the nose, like bull by a
ring, they will have bigger job on
hand than they have calculated on.
Very respectfully,
CHAs. IL. CHASE.
Editor Republican Leader,
Sec'y Honest Dollar League