The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-10-28
DEMOCRATS TRADING
FOR REPUBLICAN VOTES
Millionaire Packs Democratic
Managers Caught At Their
Little Game.

The democratic minority are always
resourceful and full of tricks. They
invariably turn out on election day,
rain or shine, and although they make
a miserable failure of governing the
nation they keep up an organization
keep up howl to draw the attention
of republicans from their mistakes
and Encouragement and try to gobble
republican votes TO boost themselves
back into the saddle again.
This is the present plan in st. Clair
County. The managers of the etc.
etc. hotch potch realize that they
have no merits to win on. They know
that the electors of this county have
had enough of democracy for many
years to come.
But United States Senator is to be
elected by the next legislature of this
state. Albert Pack, millionaire,
lumberman and Street Car owner, has
opened a campaign for the place
and incidentally a bari" Democratic
managers and renegade republicans in
various parts of the state and whose
interest in the ticket centers in the
revenue it yields are after that "barl"
with n vengeance.
1t is apparent that there are demo-
Gratis who can make mighty good use
of that "barl" IN running their legls-
lative campaigns by agreeing to vote
for Pack If they are elected to the
senate or house of representatives.
The renegade republicans undoubt-
eddy find 1t convenient to absorb the
swag while trying to induce republi-
can electors to knife the republican
ticket to elect democratic state sena-
tors and representatives who in turn
will support Mr.. Pack for Senator.
In other words these are making a
deliberate attempt in various portions
of this state to trade on republican
voters to boost themselves into public
positions and to absorb the Doodle
which is the soul and center of their
political convictions.
1t is found that the Pack managers
are no respectors of persons in waging
this guerilla warfare. In Sanilac
County they slaughtered Elmore Put
ney who was consistent Pingree sup
porter, voting for all of his measures.
In Huron county it is said that they
have combined with democrats to de-
feat Senator Wagner who was a tower
of strength to the Governor during the
politically for no other reason than
that they refuse to wear Packs collar
before election.
In our own county the same crowd
are endeavoring to kill off George
Moore, for State Senator, and Frank
lin Moore and John KiDgott for rep
resentatives, and to elect democrats in
their places. They are raising all sorts
of howls in various parts of the
county, seeking to induce republicans
to knife the ticket, and the real main
spring that keeps them in action is the
pull they haye on Packs hoard of
gold.
Bot it is certain that republicans
will not allow themselves TO be bar
tered off in this way. The nominees
whom these would deal off are all
good republicans. Every one of them
has announced himself as fayoring
equal laxation measures advocated by
Governor Pingree. Their word on this
subject will be taken by republicans
in preference to that of combination
of democratic managers who are try
ing to- boost their candidates into
power and a few republicans who are
anxious to barter off republicans for
q consideration.