Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-02
THE TWIN.
NOT THE CRIME OF '73. BUT OF
90.
Judge Ramsdeil BaffIed A Crowd
OF Boys. Women and Republican
Voters.

pOpullSt- party campaign mas occurred
Like gust of wind, it has rushed by
and we do business It's usual. The chair.
man, w. A. Bahlke, who holds his ap-
pointment as postmaster under Presi-
dent Cleveland. sits calmly by and
listens to a TRADE against his chief
One of the first statements of moment
as made by the Judge was, eff we
would have prosperity, we must return
to the conditions that brought prosper
ity." He then in a carefully worded
speech, pictured the prosperity of this
country, from the years of 1878 to 1888,
how great factories were set up, great
lines of railroad laid, and building in
general carried on, unequaled by any
country in the world. Evidently the
Judge got little mixed, and painted
this picture little too bright, for he
entirely forgot the crime of 1878, and
that all took place after that date, when
according TO best authorities on the sill
yer side, we were on gold basis.
Tariff can hold market, but no
tariff can make a market" Does this
sound reasonable to any unsophisticated
mind. Take the tin plate manu-
facture for instance, before the adoption
Of the Mckinley Bill, we did not have a
tin plate factory, because the rates were
so low that the article could be imported
below the cost of production here.
How was it after the tariff legislation
in 1892? There were thirtys tin plate
factories III operation, thousands Of
American working men were being en-
ployed in the mines and shops, and the
price of the product had arisen" This
is only one article but in spite of this
the Judge declared himself in favor of a
high tariff, tariff he said, $50 high
that the foreigners could not import a
dollars worth of wool" Then the
coinage question, the speaker entirely
forgot himself while discussing this,
and not only contradicted his own state
ments, but made those which were far
from fact By series Of sophisticated
and illogical statements, he sought to
pull veil over the eyes of those men,
who were not posted as to the facts of
the case.
In laundering tones he declared that
three per cent. difference i'll the ratio
value of the two metals once drove sill
yer from the country, and hence 80 per
cent. now would not drive the gold out
Can you see the point? If you can't,
write to the Judge, probably he can ex-
plain it.
The Judge then slid off on a popu-
listic tangent, and whined about the
people, who go abroad and spend all the
gold. Its too bad they do, but you just
send us ticket and we will go and in
vestigate.
He undertook series of kindergarten
but as the children could
not see the point, he flew mad and put
the coins in his pocket, and as far as we
could see the point with them.
Confidence is plant of slow growth.
and when once betrayed it usually
dies" That is what the Republican
party believes, so we are unwilling to
betray that tender plant by adopting a
measure which shall not only weaken,
but destroy that plant altogether, by
its source of nourishment.
When an opportunity was given for
questions, tall red whiskered man,
with look of defiance upon his face,
none other than the irrepressible DR.,
arose and asked, "If an
American dollar could not be bought by
an Englishman for fifty cents, then
brought back here and sold for one dol
lar, thus netting the purchaser a gain of
30 per cent. The Judge replied that
United States dollar was worth its face
value the world over. Please remember
that this is Republican gold standard
dollar.
The irrepressible Doctor was com
plcOCly SN dilptu, lOl uc HdS DccH buuS
the subject to his free sill
yer friends in Seville and vicinity.
Francis Palmer completely swamped
the orator by asking him the question,
chow is the workingman to get the
money which the mine owner has
The Judge was baffied, but
finally managed TO squeeze out the
answer that he would earn it. Well,
we would like to know if all the men of
the country must go out into the min.
ing districts, in order to earn that
Did you ever hear of a mine
owner starting factory?
One thing is certain, Judge Ramsdell
is Republican at heart, and the only
reason for him taking the stand he does,
Is that he may win an, Office. He is a
chronic Office seeker, always wanting
In 1890 he was candidate
for supreme judge, two years ago he
was turned down by his own county