The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
I'll PAY THE FINE
BRUCKER ON THE CHI
CAGO PLATFORn.
Starts His Campaign by Asking
Friends to Knock Down Any
body Who Says He's Not
For Silver.
Saginaw Silverites Leave the Conven-
tiOn.

Saginaw Silverites Leave the Conven-
tiOn.
Brucker has performed the great swallow
act and is now the candidate of the gold
democrats, the silver democrats, the popu-
lists, the Shiawassee, Tuscola and Clinton
silverites and possibly some others. Sagi-
nav representatives of the free silver crowd
were unable to reciprOcate in the great per-
formance and refused after being swallowed
to swallow the swallow. Shiawassee. as
usual, gets nit" and James Mcbride hopes
at some future time to lead the 'great
party" of less work and more misery to
victory, but we think Jim's turn will
come after the wonderful combination is
buried along with Baby Bryan and Baby
Brucker, and the most it will be will be
'the turn"
The populist convention was called to or
der in the city hall and the free silver in
the armOry, in the forenoon and confer
ence committee of four from each party (?)
appointed. A. f. Hunt was made chair
man of the silver convention, and while Mr..
Hunt is nice young man, he knows as lit
tie about presiding as the democrats do
about how to carry Maine.
The conference committee got together,
called Mr.. Brucker before it, or before a
committee from it, which watched him gug-
gle while and reported to the conventions
that he would do. While the committee
was conducting its terrible deliberations the
free silverites were ''chewing the rag" in
the most approved style. At one time
seven motions had been made without
action, four of which the chairman attempt
ed to put, but it all ended with the putting
Of new motion which practically fired
bodily the Saginaw delegates They had
moved that Mr.. Light be substituted for a
man named Neely on the conference COM
mittee, after the committee had been regu-
larly or irregularly appointed and was at
work. Well, Mr.. Light proceeded to prove
that he was entitled to place on the COM
mttee, first by stating that he had not voted
in ten years, but that as his brother was
secretary of some organization and he had
done considerable talking himself. he ought
to be allowed place on the committee.
AL. Chandler said he had no interest in
the convention except for harmony. He
did not want any cat fights; he came to do
the people good and did not want to tickle
republican reporters ears by Kilkenny cat
fight howls. AL. is great harmonizer.
He's the same AL. that Is reported to have
said at the county silver convention that
the German immigrants were the anarchist
and socialists. But AL. could not harmO
this time. A bald beaded ex.republican
said that Saginaw was represented by Mr..
Nicely on the committee in favor of the gold
bugs. He claimed Mr.. Brucker was ruled
by Don M. Dickinson and represented
Don's money, and that the gold bug repre-
sentatives were there trying to force Bruck-
er on the honest silver delegates. They had
had dirt and filth to contend with and now
the slime and rot of political manipulation
was around him and their noses were being
fairly rubbed into it. The idea of such
things in convention that was called to do
the people good
Grant Slocum, Tuscola editor, said they
had washed the dirty linen of Saginaw time
and time again and were asked to do so
again. He proceeded to show that he was
oil rinht n Ell 20 nj thoth haI
would no more vote for Cleveland for presi-
dent than he would for Sherman. Funny
thing for Grant to say, for less than year
ago he was telling his subscribers what
noble, true, patriotic citizen Grover was.
The bald headed man said Brucker was
nothing but warmed-over referee and had
, crowd of postmasters and gold sharks
with him who were Kissing the speakers |
and teaching the new beloved |
'ilver party the tricks of old parties. The
lctions would smell rank 10 Heaven.
AL. Chandler told about the little boy who
would not divide his candy and the others
would not play, and in his well-known baby
one asked again for harmony. AL. didn't |
ry but he took two or three of the Saginaw
,oys over in the corner and told them how
le would do when his turn for candy came,
,ut to no effect.
Geo. McCaughna, whose ambition is to
,e politician but whose evident lack of
nergy and good judgment has landed him
n the free silver party, attempted to smooth
he matter over and the result of his very
inc work was the withdrawal from the con-
,ention entirely of the Saginaw delegates.
George sprang his usual chestnut about the