The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-10-07

ed public confidence and has brought
prosperity. Today there is plenty of
employment for every man who wishes
| to work.
Ever since the suspension of specie
payments in 1860 the democrat party
has been against money everywhere as
good as gold. 1t did not want specie
payments resumed but wanted the gov
eminent to declare simple pieces of
paper as money. Then it wanted cheap
silver instead of gold alone. Now Park
er says that he will support the gold
standard but he has twice voted against
1T Return the democrats to power this
year and you will return the times of
1894. If you cannot remember what
they were ask your wives and children.
Three times in his letter of acceptance
Mr.. Parker purports to quote from a
speech of President Mckinley ON reci-
procity and three times he garbles the
quotation by leaving out an entire
clause which completely transforms the
meaning.
Referring to the democrat way of
managing trusts Senator Burrows called
the attention of the audience to the way
in which the democrats had refused to
attempt to interfere with their schemes
under the Sherman law, saying that it
was not sufficiently broad enough to en-
able them to act. A good comparison
between that and the manly way in
which President Roosevelt proceeded to
enforce the law against theml
The democrats once had foreign pol
icy. In 1860 they had one in relation to
Cuba. 1t was that the United States
should purchase the island to use it as a
breeding place for slaves! The same
party once picked a quarrel with Mexico
to gain more slave territory.
In closing, Senator Burrows took up
the matter of state issues. He couldn't
say just how big the ballot was in De-
troit but thought that it must have had
about fourteen hundred names in it, a
nice thing to send man into booth
with. But after all the main difference
between the democratic and the repub-
lican positionin this matter is that the
one is compulsory upon the entire state
and the other provides for local option
in the matter. Let's be sure that it is
better than the present system, said the
senator, it is better to be careful. And
remember too that if each one had only
done his duty this question would never
have arisen. When we get on this new
primary system l am very much afraid
that you will do just the same as you
are doing now-stay away. And at best
the cities will control the nominations.
Then, see that you get such a system
that the democrats can't vote to control
your nominations We want a primary
law but we want a good one-better
than any that has yet been tried so far
as is known. There have already been
too many instances where the adoption
of law such as that advocated by the
democrats has turned O previously re-
publican stronghold over to the demo-
Gratis through their skilful manipula-
ton of the republican primary tickets,
throwing their votes illegally to nomi-
nate weak candidate upon the repub-
lican ticket and conniving to nominate
better candidate on their own ticket.
There have been known to be bad men
nominated under the new primary sys-
tenn. Be careful what you do in the
matter. Then too, suppose either my
self or my distinguished colleague should
be called hence, Mr.. Ferris having been
elected in the meantime as governor of
Michigan. Would you like to see a
democrat appointed from Michigan to
the United States senate? Would you
like to see Daniel j. Campau or some
other free trade democrat appointed to
the senate to oppose President Roose-
welt and all republican policies? It's
best to be careful in this matter.