Charlevoix county herald., 1906-11-03

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that grand larceny of senatorial seats,
but the act met its ignominious fate
in the supreme court of the United
States; and in the state supreme court
which found itself powerless To cor
sect the iniquity, the democrat justic
es joined with their republican assoc
iates in denOnncing th- guilty con-
spirators who accomplished 1t, as
being moved by low and selfish motives
for temporary party gain. Like mot
ives prompted the law transferring
from the state To the counties the col
lection of delinquent taxes, which was
stoutly opposed and condemned by the
democrat auditor general, Geo. W.
Stone, and its repeal.b by the succeeding
republican legislature was in accord
ance with his advice.
The scandal in the office Of the sec
retarY OF state Daniel +. Soper, by
which that officer was self-cOnvicted
OF msappropration and theft of pub
lie property and resigned In disgrace,
was painful incident in Gov. Win
ans administration, and by mutual
denominations involved other officers
in suspicion and shame. Another
scandal, in the management Of the
Soldiers Home, for which the demo-
crat commandment was compelled to re-
sign after service OF only few
months, dragged even that sacred
benevolence luto the grasp Of partisan
graft and greed, and charges and coun-
ter charges between Captain Nancy
and thu members OF the board involved
the whole administration of the Home
in reproach.
The deunerat Ypsilanti Senlirel,
quoted here last week. declared it Use
less to attempt the election of another
democrat legislature on platform en-
dorsing that one: but this is just what
Mr.. Kimmerls is now proposing. The
DE- troit Evening News, always more
democrat than republican, said of that
legislature, 1T has had an odOr of
scandal and corruption connected with
it. 1t has kept up the fight for pat
ronage and Doodle, actual and pros
pective. 1t has wasted quite as much
time and done quite as little work AS
the worst legislature In recent years.
1t is good thing for the state that IL
Is going To quit. And the n ews SAID
in later article tnat not while the
memory of that democrat legislature
survived will there be another in Mich
igan. The Free Press, always the
democrat organ of the state, reg rded
the session as horrid orgie of hungry
spoilsmen, and described it as IA
nightmare complicated with delirium
tremenS "
1t is such Il state government. one
which provoked such fierce dtnuncia-
tion from its own friends, that the
democrat candidate for governor in
this campaign has had the folly to re-
call to public attention, in compari-
sons between IL and the present. and
In proposals TO again give the state
over into The care OF the party which
made such a record as that-a recOri
only fatally suggested by these brief
recollections. but which IS remember
ed in all it's deplorable details by those
who were citizens then. We can but
wonder at the folly which challenged
the comparison. Republicans can well
come it, but they had no need to in
woke IL. They are representing for re-
election the members of an admins
tr1tion Of character and accomplish
ment not surpassed, IL equaled, in the
states history. These candidates
stand upon their records, and not
man among them needs any contrasts
to make his record acceptable.
But, in 1890, how came the sad error
that the voters made? Did republi-
cans abandon their party and go over
to the democrats? Not at all; Mr..
Winans was elected governor by
thirty- three thousand lie votes than
were cast for Burt, the defeated fus-
ion candidate two years before, and
twenty two thousand less than were
cast for Morse, the defeated democrat
candidate two years afterward. But
sufficient republicans stayen away
from the polls To permit Winans elec-
tion by eleven thousand. Republican
dissentions caused apathy then. There
is absolutely no dissention now, and
apathy results from sense of security
born Of this complete harmony.
Right here is the point of the object
| lesSnn fnund In the vnLt- of 1900 and