The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-14

that my redeemer lives. Now, do you want
to keep the five dollar bill, the five dollar
silver certificate, worth just the same as the
five dollar gold piece Do you want to
keep the silver dollar and the one dollar
silver certificate worth just exactly one-tifth
of the five dollar gold piece and the FIVE dol
lar bill? Then vote for Fordney for con-
gress. They are on an equality just be-
cause the credit of the government Is be-
hind the silver and the gold is behind the
credit.
| believe the people are going to vote the
republican ticket this fall. You don't see
them standing around on the street corners
talking OF free silver and the crime Of '73
this year.
And then that crime OF '73! In "a boy
was born, and on the day of his birth he
was exposed to the whooping cough. but he
never whooped q single whoop until after
he had cast his first vote. Then he told his
mother 1t was because he had been exposed
to 1t wayback In '73, but she said, "Oh, no,
1t isn't; it's because you were playing out In
the back yard with that bad Wilson boy
who wrote the Wilson BILL"
Now when you 20 home just sit down In
front of your clock and watch 1t and think
that for every minute 1t ticks of the nation
ri debt was increased by $lSs under the
Cleveland administration. Then think that
for every minute of the Harrison admins
tration $40 of the national debt was paid
of. Why no wonder when Cleveland went
out of Office his case was like that of old
Bill Jones back In Vermont of whom 1t was
said after his death when some one asked
what was the complaint, Oh, no complaint,
everybody's satisfied.
Then the democrats complained about the
awful treasury reserve to keep up which
bonds were sold by the government, but the
only reason why 1t was necessary to replen-
ish the gold reserve was that they were bOr-
rowing from 1t all of the time to pay the
running expenses, so great was the deicien-
cy under the Wilson bill. There were 1852
millions borrowed under Cleveland.
A pile of silver dollars as big as a noun
tain and as good as gold would not put
bread into hungry stOmacbs unless there
was also some contrivance for first putting
the dollars into the workingmen's pockets.
The republican party looks toward giving
the laboring men the employment which
puts the dollars into their pockets.
Look at the last great popular loan taken
by small investors, farmers, working peo-
pie, and widows who wished to be sure of
their little income and could not afford to
lose even part of what they had invested.
DO you want these small investors, these
farmers and widows to be paid in fifty cent
dollars? Then 1t is essential that republic
cans be sent to Congress. They paid gold
for their bonds, they must have back money
just as good as gold when they are paid.
We love the flag little better than we used
to. Since this last war 1t stands more than
ever for the rights and liberties OF the weak
and oppressed, but 1t does not stand for
paying the country's just debts to widows
and the small investors in fifty cent dollars.
Mr.. Fellows aptly described the difference
between reciprocity and free trade as being
the difference between helping your neigh
Dor at threshing when he turned around and
helped you, reciprocity, and helping your
neighbor when he did not pay you back,
free trade.
The republican party believes that fac
tories are good things to have and says,
Give the men a chance to work. Put the
tariff on goods which compete with our
manufactured articles, not on things we
can't get here.
The remainder Of the speech was made
up of discussions of the issues brought on
by the war. Mr.. Fellows believes that q
war In which armies were raised, fleets as
sembled, two fleets sunk, an army captured
and nation made to sue for peace all in
side of 113 days, needs no defense for the
way In which 1t was carried on. He favors
keeping the foreign territory both for human.
itarian purposes and for commercial advan-
tages. Closing with an eloquent tribute to
the president, Mr.. Fellows urged every one
who believes in sound money or protection
or who believes Mckinley Is the right kind
of man to have in the presidency, to be
sure to get out and vote this year for II
seems that about the only issue the demo
Gratis have is to make a still hunt. Go tC
the polls and then in the booth alone with
your conscience and your lead pencil put 9
cross under the picture of Lincoln and vote
the ticket straight.
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