The Detroit times., 1909-01-01

ago tnAJ n HepuDilCan majority ia
me city was overcome by a Demo
cratic majority in the townshis. but
the townships have been neglected,
the Democratic gospel has not been
preached TO the new voters and. as a
T. we haze but 0yln D9g6Dcratlc
gwnship in The county
.likenii, s-ffS trsHIGcFaox vi. ~
se<ess $3.50 esaEssss u Il. Z = ~ tDS
MA. W. 10 q Ei:li IL n. 81
"a $50 ~ s1siy fGs D M ~ As \, a. so
SIsras thss IL III no npDdt ~ W
ATTAIN 1avts cnttelrf #E u
there Gas conc to the tf6ie re
says. sckod OK Statesmen uSof 9
motto Is ''If you have rot eaougt
votes. bodily h,ly them--for the whois
ticket q you cna, bit X not, buy or
trade fo.. Fart" Pound deplores the
lack of facility for voters, with so
many matters TO vote on. to form ma
|tioEal judgment except by the guild.
snce OF pair newspaper advertising or
the personal oratory Of candidates.
"As suggesting something to help
out" Suns up Mr.. Pound, II propose.
without say desire TO shut out any
person from runnlng. hat in the fu-
tntc campaigns conference of men
or weight III the Democracy from every
psgf OF Che county be called, the rep
ressntat'un being based upon the Dem
ocfatic vote polied, and a ticket
launched bT patItien OF those deemed
efacin etaoin etaoinnup
The su0r gest men, clean men of ca
pacisy, 6irtribnte1 throughout the
conrtys.se city e. d whose names will
add weigh q tho ticket. and no longer
pernit one assen - nominate n ticket
or dictate wha :. 20 run.
"rhe De1nocTacv-as a marty sta IL
Tor tho unbiased choi--S tho
OF, the PARTY This In the city ha
whereas The system in vopery In read
Democrarir or Republican. reception =
iute Tyranny One man sayson. IN
run for particular Office and. Id
he and his friends try TO knock eveeS
other aspirant of the course. This is
what the so-caiied popular candidates
often do. and then. after grabbing
what they themselves want. they MI
the tickeC with wooden men wo co
not stand a show on earth.
This IS something very diStastef,ll
10 the average Democrat. whose IT..
stinctS ncminally are not extraordinar.
lily cohesive and who either gives that
kind OF I ticket very perfunctory sup
port. or perchance. having heen
taught by these INSCRIPTIONS Demo-
cratic leaders TO vote the Republican
ticket In the primaries TO nominate a
so-called snd supposedly weak Repub.
lican candidate this so-called popular
Democratic leader being At heart Pc.
publican himself takes his bride and
votes the straight Republican ticket,
which he felped to nominate. on cleo
ton day
i insist that the Democracy owes Il
TO itself To go back to its ancient
practices which always produced bet.
Ter results and then, even il defeated
We will at least have the consolation
of knowing that as citizens believing in
our faith We have done at least the
duty OF free men"
These conditions, as Mr. Pound sees
them. are not the result OF any lndi.
vidual action. but rather OF the pres.
.ont nominating conditions produced ~
the primary law. Even for the news.
Papers. he believes, the primary syq.
TEN will prove n failure. since the pri.
mary election ruins many men while
only New succeed The men who
fail will not be able - run again and
others vii. become WScry OF atteD;nt-
ing The ASK OF fully conducting a
campaign.