Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-11-17

thursday, NOV. II, 1895.
The result of the election in lonia
,unty last week proves what thor
Ugh, energetic work can do when
7ystalized in systematic form. Ionia
Punty is solidly Republican when the
bte can be brought out and concen-
ated In the ballot box, and this can
r. done in no other way than through
@systematic organization of the county
Dmmttee as was done in the recent
ampaign. Under the splendid leader
. hip of George +. Nichols, chairman of
. he committee, the victory was accom-
! 9ished and il was SO far reaching that
has proved a great surprise even TO
he most sanguine Republicans. To
he other members of the committee is
ue much credit for their loyal support
md suggestions regarding the work
u the canvas and especially are the
Republican electors of the entire
county entitled to unstinted praise for
getting out to the polls and making the
gictory so complete.
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1t is evident that the electors of
Michigan have not yet mastered the
intricacies of the Australian ballot,
and many of them in attempting to
split their tickets have made bad
mess of it. Attorney General Maynard
has already been appealed to for his
Opinion in twenty or more cases where
the intention of the voter is not clearly
revealed by the ballot. In a majority
of these cases the voter has evidently
done just what he wished to avoid
doing, and in not few instances he
threw his vote away entirely. The
cases came from several different coun-
ties, but in none of them will the rul
ing Of the attorney general affect the
result one way or another. They sim
ply demonstrate that the electors Of
the state still have much to learn about
marking their ballots Portland Re-
view.
Saturday was railroad pay day on
the d. G. X. a. w. The lonia County
Savings bank placed on its counter
nearly $12, 600 in gold coin and paid all
the railroad men in gold except items
below $500 Some preferred paper
money but all got gold unless they
asked for something different-and
this is after election. This gold coin
will go TO landlords, grocers, meat
markets, dry goods merchants and in
the course of 30 days be back in the
bank again, as savings or deposits in
currents accounts. Cold will stay with
us and work for US if we are friendly
and just to it, but not otherwise Tonia
Sentinel.
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The war tax will not be abolished at
the coming session of congress and
there will be no revision of the tariff
whatever. THE government will need
for some time all the revenue produced
by the war taxes. During The month
of October the war expenses exceeded
the war revenues by some $l4, 100000
and this month they will be $4,000, 900
in excess This being the case there
will be no changes at least this fiscal
year. The war revenue act will con-
tinue in force and unchanged, except
in few minor administrative features,
for at least year longer.
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The new silver dollars that are com
ing into circulation in such large guam
titles is due to the fact that the govern
ment is now engaged in coming all the
uncoined silver or seniorage as it is
called remaining in the treasury. AL
though hundreds OF thousands of them
are being stamped at the minis they
will not depreciate farthing SO long as
our present system OF finance under
the gold standard is maintained, but
knock that prop from under them in
accordance with free silver theories
and they wouldn't be worth much over
forty cents apiece.
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The New York World explains how
the Democrats have lost Eastern states
in their fatuous struggle for the votes
of few Western silver boroughs, and
says: "If free silver is dead in Ne
braska, as the election indicates, what
excuse has it for trying to keep alive
anywhere" II anyone knows Of a
Legitimate excuse will they please in
form the World.
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The good apple crop in Michigan
this season, coupled with the fact that
in the other states of the union the
crop has been failure, has been big
thing for the farmers of this state. and