The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-13
A Night of Republican ora.ory.
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boys in 1898 and yet, take all ithe battles
together, all the killed and wounded would
not have entitled the disaster to classified
ton by the enterprising press of 1868 as
even firstcass skrmish. We do well to
think of the work of the men of those days.
1t is the men behind the guns who endured
the struggle of the civil war, who brought
treason to halt in the sixties, the old de-
cayed realm of Ferdinand and Isabella to
its knees in 1898 and will bring the Philip
pinOs to their senses In 1900. In all these
cases 1t was the rank and file which did the
the great hard work. And now to diverge
seemingly wish to speak of pensions. 1t
! sometimes seems as tho 1t had become. In
measure, customary of late to speak in de-
rogat0ry way of all pensioners. 1t cannot
be denied that there are some cases where
pensions are given to undeserving, and
some that are too large, but others do not
get paid anything who should be given
large pensions, and others receive but lit.
tie who are deserving of great increases.
With the memory of Shiloh and Chicka-
maugua and Missionary Ridge in my mind,
amount of money alone could hire me to go
thro those privations and dangers again.
A mothers love and the patriotism which
compels man to offer his own life cannot
be paid In money alone. These men bled
and suffered and died not for generation
but for all time. So to you gentlemen who
have 80 much power within your grasp
would commend these men to whom you
and all the rest owe so much.
Hon. Perry f. Powers was then intro
duced to speak on the subject, "The Issues
for 1900" Altho insisting that If ever q
city had "orators to burn" as the old maid
remarked Of a widow. who was carrying
home the ashes of her departed husband,
adding with sigh that she herself had
never been able to get even one husband, it
was Owosso that evening. But Mr.. Powers
reused the drOwsy ones and stirred a new
thrill of enthusiasm in the assembly. Like
the old deacon, who woke up when his
pastor called on him to lead in prayer and
said, starting from dream, "Why'it isn't
my turn to lead, I dealt" So it seems
that must have dealt, for coming last on
the list of speakers l certainly did not
lead. AS result my subject, "The Issues
of 1900" seems to have been pretty we'll
discussed already.
But there is one subject which should
not be lost sight of and that is the
money question. 1t was not so long ago
that had the privilege of visiting q country
which has laws in force such as the demo-
Gratis wished us TO enact. But instead of
| finding out that its condition was what our
opponents had promised us, we found that
the troubles under which we were then
struggling would be made only the worse
by the application of laws for free coinage
of silver.
Then, too, the great issues of the tariff
will still be before US. And yet you re-
member the terrible times brought on us by
the ships which poured the manufactures
of foreign factories into our land at such a
stupendous rate from the date when McKin.
ley was elected until the Dingley law went
into effect, and what relief there ensued
at once.
Then there is the threat made by Bryan
who accuses the republican party of plac-
ing the dollar above the man. But see
what it has done for men and say if you
can that the republican party places the
dollar above the man. See what it
is doing for the soldier in pensions and re-
peat the malicious charge if you can.
We of the Republican press have the
opportunity to live over, to reproduce the
work of the greatest republicans aid should
ever remember and be loyal to the great and
mighty opportunities and attendent respon-
sibilities which are ours.
Among the guests beside the editors and
those who took part on the program, were
Congressman j. w. Fordney, Senator G. B.
CollingwOod, Hon. j. K. Hammond, SUPER
intendent of public instruction, Hon. Milo
ID. Campbell. president of the state tax
commission, Hon. Grant Morse, state game
warden, Otis Fuller, warden OF the state
house Of correction, of IOnia. and K. p.
Wsldron. of st. Johns. Every part of the
county was represented by good delega-
ton of representative citizens.
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