The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-10-21
LOCAL POLITICS..

Political speakers Of both parties
state that attendance at meetings is
light.
Spain E. Pearce is out hustling
among his BrOckway friends this
week. Spain is the right man for
Register of Deeds and will receive a
large vote in this part of the county.
Philip II. Colgrove of Hastings ad-
dressed comparatively small audi
ence at Central Hall on Monday even
ing. Mr.. Colgrove is a vigorous speak
er and those who attended the meet
ing were well pleased with the
address.
The republican county ticket is
made up of exceptionally capable and
honorable men. In fact it is one of
the best tickets ever nominated in this
county. Each man has the entire re-
publican vote of his own locality back
of him. There is no doubt that the
ticket will be heartily supported by the
republicans of this locality.
The populistic democrats are up to
their old side tricks again. They are can
wasting the county with the claim that
they are true blue Pingree supporters
and for that reason republicans should
vote for them. It is the same old
story. Anything to win. Their game
is TO get republicans TO vote for the
most important places on their ticket,
and every mothers son of them will
vote their own ticket straight. 1t is
too thin. 1t won't work.
We notice that our neighbor,
Sandy Ferguson, is industriously ex-
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up his friends. lie also seems to be
convincing many of them that he can
take as good care of the peoples cash
as any man on earth. 1t may as we'll
be admitted first as last that if all who
regard Sandy as their friend as we'll as
all whom he has accommodated or be-
he will get mighty strong support.
What under the sun ails politics this
year, All parties seem dreadfully in
disposed. If it's not the Spanish war,
what is it? We have yet to get even
the smell of enthusiasm. There may
be much still fishing on the part of
local candidates, but as to public meet
ings, it's as slow work drumming up a
crowd as converting the heather Chi
nee. There are no arguments in the
stores or on the corners, no fisticuffs
and no fun at all. But Yale usually
gets to the front on election day and
will probably soon wake up and at
'em.
JOS. Walsh has won many friends
during the past two years by means of
the energy and ability he has shown
in conducting business for the county.
lie has had many hard fought battles
with the best legal talent in the county
and has invariably acquitted himself
with credit. As usual we hear that po-
litlcal enemies are seeking to belittle
him and to induce republicans to cut
him at the polls. But it won't work.
These are simply trying to turn Joe
down to boost themselves up. If we
judge rightly Joe will get the full re-
publican vote of this locality.
We notice that Fred Burton Of Mar
lette, nominee for Congressman on
the Etc. Etc. ticket, was in town this
week and that he had to engage n
pilot TO locate democrats. Prior to the
campaign of 1896 Fred was republi-
can. The silver craze struck him and
he voted against President Mckinley
and the entire republican ticket and
became an open advocate of Free
Silver, Free Trade and Organism
When the Etc. Etc. Congressional
Convention came together this fall
they tried to induce such old line
democrats as Arthur NJ. Clark, OBJ. j.
Atkinson, and Simon Langell to take
the nomination, but these declined
with thanks. These willy old foxes
knew that there was too much Etc,
Etc. on the ticket and SO they pushed
the empty honor along to the new
convert. Against Mr.. Burton, person
ally, we have nothing to say. But we
are mighty shy of the Etc. which his
ticket represents. He voted against
President Mckinley in 1896 and if
given chance will vote with his party
and against president Mckinley in
1900. Congress has many important
problems to solve during the ensuing