The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-18

should be relegated to obscurity. Fol
the next administration too, they wanted
a man for governor who was astuts
enough to Judge of the constitutionality
and the desirability of laws which
were presented to him for the signature
which is necessary to make them law
He didn't know whether the republican
party could furnish such man or not,
they ceretainly had not for the last two
years, and he was sure the democrat
party could do so only, he wittily
added, they were little modest about
saying so.
N. X. Potter was then called on fol
remarks on the same question and re-
piled that he should want at least three
weeks in which 10 consider the question
and then he should want another three
weeks after that. He did not want an.
other snide reform governor however,
and did not wish to be obliged tohelp
pay another postage bill of $500 for a
governor. He wanted to vote for q
governor who would practice the
economy which he preached. We
ought to exact of the next governor, he
said, that he would move to Lansing and
agree to give his whole time to the work
for which he was elected. That would
prevent repetition of the sorry scan
dals which have disgraced the present
administration. He did not believe
that Pingree had praticed what he
preached and he did think that many of
the legislators we're dishonest. He in.
tended to vote for member of the
legislature VINO would be honest and up
right. He was not going to vote for a
man who was profane or who drank,
and if he could helpi it, he was not 60
ing to vote for man who was contin-
ually seen on the streets with cigar in
his mouth. Actions speak louder than
words and while he humorously assured
his listeners that he would prefer voting
for republican than for democrat
yet he was gong to carry out that idea
if he had the chance even if he had to
vote for democrat to do so.
E. j. Cook was called for and asked
to give his ideas on the subject. There
were some very good men in the last
legislature, he said, but he added they
did not agree with him to very great
extent. The legislature was a great
disappointment to him. AS for the
next legislature, he believed that they
should mark all men who did not stand
for what they had protested to stand
for and should prevent them from 60
ing back. On the other hand those
who had stood for what they had
protested to- stand for, he believed
should be returned to the next legisla-
ture.
The next number on the program
was "Hugging as Fine Art" and to
say that it brought down the house is
not half doing it justice. The selection
was well read by Mrs. Plat Pelton.
The Origin and Distribution of the
School Fund was the subject assigned
N. X. Potter, and that gentleman gave
a short sketch of the provisions by
which the national government had
provided for the support of the schools
in the years gone by, by the reservation
of one section in each township. He
then took reminiscent turn and re-
his hearers of the days when the
school patrons were obliged to furnish
wood for the school in proportion to
the number of children he sent to
school. Those were the days, he said,
when the teachers were called mas
ters," because, he added, they couldn't
get job of teaching unless they had a
diploma for flogging. A piano solo by
Miss Rena Green was very acceptably
rendered after this talk by Mr.. Potter.
Mr. Silas Scribner then took up the
subject, Should the State Pay the Sugar
bounty. Mr.. Scribner did not require
very much time to demonstrate to his
hearers that he had q wealth of quiet
sarcasm in his possession from which
he could draw at will, and those pres
ent were equally sure that he succeeded
IN drawing heavily on his account. In
1897 he said the law was passed propos-
ng to pay bounty of cent pound
On all sugar produced in this state for
he next seven years. In 1898 there
was but one factory, but the bounty
to $4,000. In 1890 there
we're eight more factories and the
bonus amounted to $3.50, 900 with only a
,wothirds crop of beets The legsla-
ure voted to raise S400, 900 for the pur-
pose of paying sugar bounties, then re-
considered and voted to make the |
bounty one.half cent pound instead
Of cent a pound, and then Pingree
,ook a hand in the business and vetoed |
bill. The result is that the beet sugar
have not got their boun-
y yet, and Mr. Scribner even suggested !
hat there were some people who thot |
hey should not have it anyway. A ton |
If beets cost the factories 81 ton. 1t |
cost SO ton to make the ton of beets |
nto sugar. The $40 pounds of sugar |