The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-26
For the Closing Days of the Campaign.

For the Closing Days of the Campaign.
AS this issue of The TIMES goes to
press there are but ten days left before
the national election The campaign
mas been unusually quiet this year and
especially so it would seem in this state
and county. The people have been at
work and have not had time to stand
about the streets in groups of from three
or four to score or more this season.
The times of hardship promised by Mr.,
Bryan in case the gold standard should
be adopted and silver left as it was, have
proved to be instead the most prosper.
Gus times which this or any other ma.
ton on the face of the earth ever ex.
perienced. All of the direful prophe.
cies OF the calamity predicting follow.
ers OF Mr.. Bryan have not only failed
to come to pass but in their stead have
come their complete opposites. We
have continued even through the course
OF national election to keep up vol
ume of business and experience times
OF prosperity and business activity, with
sales for everything we can produce at
prices in gold which are higher than
even the followers of silver believed
possible in deprecated currency, such
as has never before been even APP
preached in the history of this, the
greatest country on the face of the
earth. And now but ten days are left
before the election is to be held which is
to determine whether or not the coun-
try is gong to leave well enough alone
and go on to still greater progress and
still better times.
That is the question. Will people
forget the condition they were in four
years ago and vote to trade horses
while they are crossing prosperity s
stream, or will they even stay away
from the polls entirely because they are
too busy TO take the time to go, and
think that this country can run itself
prosperously and we'll without the as.
sistance of the patriotic citizens who
make the nation what it is. If they
should do either the calamity which
would follow would indeed be on their
own heads, but The TINES cannot be.
lieve that they will do so. The memo
ries of the American people are not so
short and their disregard for their own
welfare is not so great as that would in.
dictate.
.S And yet The TIMES would add at this
time word of caution and plea that
every republican will remember that in
this country and under the present adj
ministration much does depend on him.
He should not only get to the polls
early in the day himself. but he should
for thats day appoint himself com.
mittee of one to see that no other re-
publican within the limits of his &C.
quaintance is permitted to so far for.
get the duty which he owes to the state
and nation, and to the administration
even which has guided the nation
through the glorious course of the last
four years, as to stay away from the
polls on the Tuesday of the week after
next. And there is one other thing
which the republicans who may read
this paper should remember. They
should remember that their party in
this county has claims upon them.
The party in this county is governed
by the same principles of representation
as the government which our revolution
airy forefathers established is based up
on, the right of the majority to rule. A
county organization is absolutely neces'
sary to enable the party to perform its
part in the affairs of the state and ma
ton and while the faithful performance
of the duties of county Office are moi
affected by the political views of man,
the time to consider the class of mer
is during the caucuses and convention
The men nominated by the republican
party this year were carefully consid
cred. In some instances they were
given the nomination by close votes
over others who we're considered equal
ly carefully and would have made equal
ly good officials. That Is one Of the
glories of the republican party every
where, and especially is it true in this
county that the party has more thar
one or a select few men who are capa
BILE and who would make good officials
But now the ticket is nominated and
the men on it are good men. 1t has
generally been the practice Of republi
cans to stand blythe entire ticket AZ i
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