Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Iona, Mich July 2, 1895.
Republican county convention fol the pur
pose of placing in nomination candidates Tor
the various county offices TO be voted for at the
next general election in November, ana 10
transact such other business as may properly
come before IT, is hereby called TO meet in the
Opera house, in the city OF lona, on
TUESDAY, AUGUST H. 1896,
at II o'clock in the forenoon.
Each township in the county is entitled TO
six 90 delegates and each ward i: the cities OF
Ionia and Bedng to three - delegates.
FRED CUTLER JR., Secretary
The outcome OF the Democratic
National convention ia Chicago last
week was the adoption of Il platform
with "A free silver plank in its strongest
sense, an adherance 10 the doctrine of
free trade aud Il jumbled up mess of
free ruin generally. There was a
young fellow by the name Of Bryan in
the Nebraska delegation Of decidedly
popuistic tendencies who possessed
very penetrating voice known as the
hoy orator of the Platte He made
speech on the adoption of the plat
form following Tillman, Villas, Jones
and Hill, and his voice, his facial ex-
pressions, his gestures and his "catchy
phrases made him the nominee.
Murat Halstead Democrat Of note
heard the effort and says. When the
country comes to analyze what Mr..
Bryan had to say it will be discovered
to be superb sentimentalism. 1t is full
of taking phrases Of dcmag
that which would be so il the stamp of
the mans personal integrity OF opin-
ion was not upon it-that are charming
as poetry. There is lack of the sub
stantial. There are a loS Of fancies mis-
taken for facts; but that which is fan
tastical is also consecutive. There is a
delicate command of language
sparkles not Of fun but of serious humor,
and artistic touches Of color, how far
Mr.. Bryan is swept away from reason
is seen in his claim that the new Dem
ocracy will carry every state in the
union. He made one delicious slip Of
the tongue. that would have been the
ruin of speaker less fascinating, when
he said Mckinley had been elected
at st. Louis. That seems likely to
pass in the fullness of time, as the
most truthful passage in the speech.
His concluding sentence is a fair exam
pie of that which is strong and weak
in its strength. What danger is there
possibly of the crucifiXion of humanity
on golden cross? The image is one
OF gorgeous folly, but 10000 people
present could see that cross Of gold!
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Mexico is on silver basis; il is al
IN ost impossible to buy property there,
for the property owners OF IL cannot be
induced to sell. The United States Is
on "A gold basis; il is impossible to sell
property here, for nobody can be in
duced to buy. The evidence aboutMeX-
leo is all one way; the evidence about
the gold-blighted and monopoly-ridden
United States is the other way.-Com-
ing Nation. A half told truth is some
times worse than a lie. The above
will do as far as it goes, but either
through ignorance or dishonesty the
writer omitted to tell us that land in
Mexico is owned almost entirely in
very large tracts, by landlords who live
in the principal city Of the province
where the land lies, in the City of
Mexico or in Europe. The land is
worked by indians who get about
eighteen cents per day for their work
and board themselves, and everything
the land produces is almost clear profit
to its owners and hence, of course, they
don't wish to sell IT, Higher classes of
common laborers get from twenty-five
to thirty-fve cents day, and the con-
dition of these laborers is both uncivi-
LIED and barbarous. That is the truth
about free silver Mexico. Do you
think we want 1t in the United States.
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Grand Rapids Democrat: Right or
wrong, the action Of the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago, in
changing the complexion Of the Mich
igan delegation cannot fail TO harm
the party in this state. We are back
again, unfortunately, into the days OF
the factions and the divisions.
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