The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-07
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.


Burrows, Wednesday,. w. Fordney
and c. B. Collingwood Made Short
Speeches-The Senator's Address
Masterpiece of 1898 Campaign Oratory.
The meeting, which was held in the opera
house, was called to order shortly before
three by Hon. w. M. Fitzpatrick. who after
remarking that the issues had not yet been
well drawn this year, proceeded to point
out some of the latest defeats to the 10 to
doctrine, and then introduced Mr.. Fordney,
republican candidate for congress.
Mr.. Fordney in his usual unassuming
and humorous way described the plight in
which he found himself on being asked to
speak to an audience which was shortly to
listen to such speaker as the senator with
them. He was republican however and
believed In the principles of the republican
party, and while the work on the political
stump was new work to him he had been
grati6ed at the encouragement and help he
had received on every hand and felt certain
that the voters intended to stand by him
and the principles he stood for on the
eighth of November.
Mr.. COlling wood, who was called on next,
expressed his qualification at the reception
| Shiawassee had given him. There never
was year in which republicans could stand
by their issues as they can this year. II
incompetence in conduct of war is alleged
the old soldiers in the audience knew that
war was no picnic. If democrats accuse
the republican party of msmanagement,
then the people will give the republican
party the credit for 1t though otherwise
they would not have claimed it. There Is
one other issue, the financial one and the
story of the crazy man who knew the
difference between going crazy on such a
subject as perpetual motion and on the free
silver issue brought down the house. Mr..
Collingwood then gave place to the next
speaker after asking the support of the
audience for himself in his contest for state
senator as well as for the support of every
other republican on the ticket.
Senator Burrows after expressing his
pleasure at meeting OwOsso voters, said at
the very beginning of his speech, that he
would have no fear of taking the vote to-
did not care to hear discussions, because
they had already thought over the issue and
had decided them rightly. He then spoke
in part as follows:
The republican party has shaped the policy
of this government for the past thrty-eighi
years, except during two years of that time.
But during those two years the democratic
party cost the country more than did the
entire civil war. But l am not here tC
discuss the past. No man living would
attempt to expunge one page of the republic
can record. The republican party freed the
slaves, saved the union, brought about
peace, and placed the money on sound
basis. l would not however, when l say
republicans forget those tens of thousands
of honest democrats who also stood fol
good government and sound money.
We had one experience with free trade
and all wish no more of 1t. Men were Ou
of work and begging the chance to ever
work for food to eat, railways went bank
rupt, even the United States treasury wen
bankrupt, but the people were the one'
who did it. At the end of two years how
ever you drove that party out of power
we'll realizing that it did not help you any Il
have cheap clothes if you had no money t
buy them.
This campaign is more national than stat
, for in the first place new house Of repre-
sentatives is to be chosen. Then too OF
the fourth of March there will be third o
the senators who will go out of Office ant
now there are but forty-three republicans il
the senate who can be depended upon.
Nineteen months ago the people places
, the republican party in power, now wha
has the party done or failed to do that
should not be returned to power. Within
ten days after inauguration Mckinley hat
, sent word to every senator and representa-
tive to provide for a bankrupt treasury ant
idle working men. Before the summe
, was over a protective tariff had been es
! tablished.
Have the prices gone up? Farm produce
Have sheep gone up? Are people selling
. off their sheep? The laborlng men ma
perhaps say they are not getting as goo
, wages as before, but can man who wa
} made bankrupt go to work and invest a
much as before, the next day? Besides h
may fear another change of policy. ma
} might jump over Niagara in minute ou
3 he would have to walk back
We have not failed In our attempt t
3 restore reciprocity but are m aking progress
We have promised to keep silver out Q
7 the U. s. mint at the ratio of IS to l s
long as the United States is the onl
, nation to try it, and we have kept fat
with the people in this respect. But W
, did promise to attempt to get an information
, al agreement to coin silver on some state
ratio with gold and while there seems to b
no immediate hope for 1t yet the commissio