The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-09
The Political Arena.
That Change of Base
and How Ii Is Re
garded Here.
AN Old-Time Republican
write. Ansnt the Political -BS--~.-
and Their heign-Es4n. and BSoae
MAJ Come 10 Thi- C0unty.

Itis reported that Mr.. Eisharc=c- :
change a base. Nhich Eas us1ri01et .
yesterdays Evening NEE-, a. b-C1Z-t
about. not % his Osn TOlltlO1- b.-t az
the result Of a mestinz b@tNee1 to-r -
sons held yesterday sitsraOOa- z-1 So
brought about 10 TIA. r,anDsr-
-Four years ago The prs-eor i-c---h-1i
Of the sherifs Offiee obtained ~ -0-----z-
ton b. the skin q BE- teefh. ~. Ian
being. evidently. the peOpl-s cz.1lcsts-
To appea-e the irisDd- d that zsurls-sE
IL appear. that there ga 500 tse-
understanding betEeen thea s.c f-e
I,.5s-es that q they Wogd -cUrC-l TO
ticket Mr Lean should have the nOZl-s-
ton alter Mr. Dune term bad sIpirs'-
Again, two years ago. there "a Id
fight for the Office Oi county trezs-Fe-.
The incumbents u the county O-cs-. %
gether With fbe DCLfieai t1ssss AZ A.
ently thinking that the kIr1l-E -sa-l---
aliiy should Be kept n LDs. Zo- Nr- l. 2
Richardson % throw - E--slls Scr
FrimOdig. which gaTe hin rls z1D--.a-
ton. upon the UNDERTAKE. ~ a. NJ
Richardson. irien1- clai-. r1a- -1e -C-
Eficaf base shO1d tkruE r-si- r. 1z1l-s
10 b. favor o. Mr. D11- -11,s--or
There are vtrv isE. p.srEzrs $40 E-gE
whether such u1dsr--a1dznxs E=re a.
rived az. bot Nhettsr iheE Esrs o. 20
eyervOne knows 10 O-e. 10. lot sv=-
thee political bo--sr lad eItEzr IT,
power or the authority u make t1s--
But b. that az IL nav, tters = ore raIlg
quite ceftain-tbs-e al -zos pOItlca4
bOssss could not deliver the good. 20
both Lean and RicbardsD1. and sc Lean
D. a. BE- va. four year. ago, The popular
candidate RTE DOLfICaI Ltss@s. nDcing
appargntIy Il would - hard % k,ck
against The pfieks, have. % TIE ruuber
81 four az east. il j. reported, got 10
gstber and caused the change u base Oh
the part ri Mr Richardson bat Whistler
such action gIl b. endOr-ed b. ths reO-
pie il an open question. and % our mind
D very open one az that. and which 0yin-
ion J. entertained ALEC b. An Old-IIme
Republican. who has -ent y. letter
upon the subject. TIE letter j. snOny-
nous, and therefore We omit par d it.
but a. H. % our mind, reflects Dublic
opinion upon the change d ba-s 80 print
the other part. which i a. follows,
CALCyET. September = l-51.
To tie EdItOr-AOticibg the change
Of bsss Of Hr. Richardson, a. one d BIZ
friends, ] viii say J Wii. not support hin
for the iudge-hip, because ! happen fO
kBoa that IT. the political machine and
not SIR. RichardsOn's change ~ ba-s.
The machine j. Determined % fnd berth
Tor Mr. T., and when the "bO--szs' found
that 10 amount u political trickery and
scheming could thNart the viii ~ the
people they decided on the change
Iu-t a. though the people would not
assert their right in selecting The Judge
H.rIIN -. a. co erN|
answer the question asked by the
"bO-ses' recently By saving No. the
Calumet delegation will not BE- satisfied
with securing Fred Lean. nomination
alone. bit with the aid Of other town
ships they will place ia domination can
didates for rgerv OMce. the machine
OppOsed Pingree, but the people had their
say, the machine opposed Lean, but
the people we're 20 determined that the
poor old thing" were crushed -Four
Years ago, a. now, the people wanted
Lean. but the trickery 81 the bOs=e- De
ieated the will 81 the people and ~ VII
40 % n that II D. not repeated The iact
IL, the HOughtOn end Oi the machine
turns the crank, and the Calumet end
dOes the dancing but LET IN BE- under
stood that An end 10 political bO--ism II
in sight. ! earnestly ak the
voters 70 attend the primaries and see %
II that no man il selected a. y delegate
who II afraid ~ his job. but send such
men 20 the convention a. are not afraid
% represent the people Who send them.
There are other candidates spoken 81
by 'the people, but the machine il at
tempting 20 suppress the movement, but
with what succe-r remains ~ be seen
A. OLD-TME RErUBLrAy.