Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-28

Scores of young men in GratiOt will
east their first ballot the eighth of next
November. he act on Emphasizes the
trunsinon IN m Youth ,o legal man.
hood. BY thai act the youth leaves be.
hind him his responsibility and ee-
comes IA potent ia''ler in the economy
of the state. lie is from that time one
of the judges who pass upon the WIS
dom of certain policies as presented by
the great political parties. 1t ever
there be- time when the youth should
Civ Thoughtful consideration To the
position which parties lake upon tie
quest ions hat make the issue in cam
paign il Is prior To The act that identl-
lies him with some one political organ.
ization. Ihe net should not be left TO
impulse but should follow thoughtful
study. The republican party has
nothing TO fear from an investigate
of its past or scrutiny of its promise
for the future. 1t invites Il study of Is
acts it courts comparison OF what It
and its old nme opponent, the demo
cratic party, has accomplished; 1t asks
not only the young man about To cast
his first vote, but all voters who are in
doubt what course topul sue, To COM
pare the predictions made by its new
antagonist of two years ago. tlesdemo-
lC-peoples- silver party, with
the results. There was not an Oppusi.
ton paper in Gratiot county or the
state nor Il cOmpmgn speaker which
did not dwell al length ON the dire re-
suits which would follow the election
of William Mckinley. If wheat was
low then they predicted it would be
lower; if there was lttle work for la
Dor they declared there would be less;
if few factories were running they said
there would be none. Our foreign
trade would entirely fall off. our gold
reserve would vanish unless replenished
by the continual issue of bonds. Il
tornado of financial depression which
swept the country during the last half
of Cleveland's administration whose
course was marked by the wrecks of
banks and business Institutions would be
nothing to the cyclone which would IL
volve the whole country. Have one OF
their predictions proven true? No,
one 1t takes time TO recover from
such financial sickness as this cour.
try experienced while IN democratic
hands but it has done pretty well. Its
foreign trade for the fiscal year ending
June 30, '9S was the largest ever
known; the balance Of trade in our f.
vor, over SIX hundred million of dolar.,
was the largest in the history of Il e
country; had it not been for this war
the revenue from the operation of the
ld'lu NOutN nave DttD Nulil'Itui II the
expenses Of the government and Iefl
balance To apply Oh the public drbi.
These facts and many more that might
be named 90 to prove which parry "as
right anI which was wrong. Young
mtu. before YOU east that first Vol,
This tall consider these facts carefully
Study the history q Your country
Examine thoughrtully The condition OF
The United States when under demo-
craft, control and compare il with IL
condition under republican ADMINISTERS.
lions. Remember, in making your in
ve,tigatioa, that parties like men,
must be Judged by what they do not by
what they say they'll do. When you
have done this you will be prepared IN.
tslegently and in time to come You can
look back with pride on that first vote
You east.