Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
DAN p. FooTE.

anu down the coast ana IN l6oO, re-
turned to New York. He then shipped
In the navy and was for some time
schoolmaster aboard the receiving ship
North CaroliNa, at the Brooklyn navy
yard, and later. was on the African
station In the old sloop Of war James
town. leaving her at Montevideo on ac-
count of Ill health and returning to
New York In the United States store
ship Relief.
From that time to July. 1845. he con-
tinued to follow the sea. His last voy-
age was from San Francisco to Hong
Kong. Canton and New York. In Octo-
Der, 1854, he came to Michigan, and that
winter taught school in the township
Of Mundy, Genesee county. and the next
spring settled upon a tract of timbered
land In the township Of Tittabawassee,
Saginaw county. over q mile from any
clearing or road. building without as
sistance the log house upon the land, in
which he lived until he removed to the
city Of Saginaw in May. 1866.
During the first three years he
chopped, cleared and fenced over forty
acres. doing all the work himself. After
that he worked his farm In q moderate
way, served as Justice Of the peace,
school inspector. taught school winters.
read law nights, rainy days and odd
times. and was admitted to the bar in
September. 1863.
He was for many years city attorney
of Saginaw. served one term as prose-
cutting attorney and one term az state
senator. Mr.. Foote'S success as a law
yer was prompt. and proved continuous
until impaired health and increased
means made 1t desirable and convenient
for him to withdraw from the more ex-
acting labors of his profession.
He has been an incorporating
Democrat OF the jackson. Tilden, Cleve-
land school. and has done much edi-
torial work. On the PRONUNCIATION Of
the Chicago platform Of 1896 he pub
lished strong and vigorous letter con-
demning that declaration az n-Demo-
cratic. and giving his reasons why he
could not, as a Democrat. support II.
Politically. Mr.. Foote believes In sound
money, a tariff for revenue only. and
an equal opportunity for every one
without favor for any class or person,
and looks upon the idea of making SO
cents worth of silver equal the accepted
dollar Of commerce and civilization as
impossible as would be the attempt by
law to make a bushel OF oats equal In
value and common estimation TO BUSH
Ell OF wheat. Recognising the ccnst.tu-
tionai right. and approving the policy
of raising revenue by means of a tar
IN taxation upon imports. he denies the
constitutional power of congress to levy
tariff tax having for It's object and
20 framed to promote the advantage OF
favored individuals and classes at the
expense Of the masses.
He holds that laws providing for such
taxation are as unconstitutional and as
vicious In practice as would be enact
ments directly depriving one man OF his
Accommodations for the benefit OF anoth-
er-exactly what all protective tariff
laws indirectly accomplish and are ex-
pressly intended TO accomplish. since
otherwise they would afford no protec-
ton; for II they failed to give the pro.
tective class an advantage over the
body Of the community they would at
ford no protection to the class to be IA
vored.
He 10 equally opposed to the schemes
OF the fat money and free silver men,
as leading directly to reputation. fnan-
cial confusion and bankruptcy. Believ-
ing II manifest that we can have but
one monetary standard or measure OF
value. he naturally prefers that adopted
and recognized by the enlightened ma
tons with which our exchanges are
made. He favors the present national
bank system, with such notifications
as will make its currency issue more
elastic. and secure depositors as well a
note holders are now secured, thus cali
Ing into active circulation the entire
money currency Of the country and
making financial panic impossible. And
he believes that the federal government
should at once retire it's legal tender
notes and withdraw from the banking
business In which II Ia improvidently,
u not unconstitutionally. engaged.