The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-09-26
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THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
owosso, FRIDAY. SEPT. "a, 1909.

Eighth district for congress, an inter
esting story is recalled of his Washing
ton career in 1S90-92. Tim Tarsney,
who then lived at Saginaw, after his re-
turn from trip to Washington on
business, was asked how Youmans was
doing. "He's getting along very nice
ly," said Tarsney with a slight twinkle
in his eye. Being nearly the last man
on the roll call in the house he watches
how the big men vote and announces
his vote accordingly, but he'd be in a
blank of fix if his name was Adams. .
No sooner was Willard Stearns, the
democrat recalcitrant editor of Adrian
pulled back into the democrat band
wagon, than Frank NJ Vandercook, of
st. Louis, editor of the Independent,
began to insurge. He is secretary of
the populist state central committee
and chairman of the Gratiot county
committee He has got after the sound
money democrats and throws out hint
that the populists will have conven-
ton of their own, and says few pleas
ant things about the present dominant
element of the democracy, such as these
"Of course, silver democrats, silver
republicans and populists are d-n fools
for even daring to have an opinion
when the Free Press crowd says thumbs
up" ~
An extract from the Detroit Free
Press urging the stubborn and sense
less" members of the democracy to
to forgive and forget, and to help build
up an organization follows, and then
the editor proceeds:
Forgive what9 The 5000 Cleveland
democrats who in 1900 voted with the
republicans, because they were ashamed
to again stand up and be counted as did
the stubborn and senseless. Forget
what? That the democratic Cleveland
ring in the last state convention in
Michigan captured everything in sight2
Forget that the paid attorney of the
Michigan Central railroad dictated the
nomination of the democratic ticket
Forget that the edict went out at
Detroit-no silver men need apply now,
henceforth or ever after?"
"The Free Press says the democratic
nominee for governor must be man
whose personality and political record
can draw 10000 republican votes, or he
l. 81 @l,o% Il,
is an awful lull, and that the silver
voters Of Michigan are keeping quite
still, but when their votes are counted
next November. the old saying that
silence is golden will be smashed be-
yond the repair of even 40, 600 republican
votes
Cannot every silver man in Michigan
see the real issue? Will the silver
democrats, silver republicans and
populists who abandoned party ties to
support principle that was dearer to
them than party success, be caught this
year by the clap trap of state issues?
We don't believe it. We know part of
the populist party have been fooled
part of the time, the whole party was
fooled at one time, but none of them
will be fooled this year for minute
by the vote of 3S4 to 344 the demo
Gratis of Iowa, in state convention, re-
jected the Kansas City platform of 1900
You see Mr.. Silver Man and populist,
that it Is not national issues they are
after in Iowa any more than III Michi-
gan. They are simply little holder in
that state, that is all. Cleveland demo-
Gratis have captured every state con-
vention field thus far in 1902, with the
exception of Ohio"
'"The democratic platform? Don't
talk about the money question, don't
talk about the tariff, don't talk about
the Philippine question, don't talk
about, about-well, anything Simply
shout state issues, and if anyone asks
you what state issues are, tell them
anything to beat Bliss.
eff the democratic party of 1896,
1893 and 1900 were right, then they are
wrong now. If they were honest and
sincere in what they then advocated,
they are now dishonest and cowardly.
Because they are ashamed to make a
manly, open fight, on live issues and
seek to fool the people as to their true
purpose, they have no right to hope OF
expect that the populists will go with
them. Pppulists can as consistently
vote the republican ticket as the demo
cratic ticket under the present state OF
affairs