The Detroit times., 1910-01-08
MNANs SAYS FIRE POLITICAL
TOOLS FROM OFFICE
CONTINUED from page Z.

K Michigan. when four candidates are
& seeking the nomination within the
<lominant party for the high office OF
governor, each with glowing promises
for the future. but with ominous
silence as To the past. 1t Is perhaps
4 best for Democrats to likewise pass the
record In silence, for familiarity has
already brought about a measure Of
ocouiescence and men seem no longer
startled by the violation OF public
trust
while there Is nothing to be gained
h by the repetition of the story of a
:; states shame there Is something 10
\ be gained by the discussion Of the
4 tconditi0ns and causes that allow II to
continue and that first gave 1t form.
Disparity Of Forces.
There are unqIestionably many
causes contributing. but there is no
\ other one cause more potent. no other
one fact more prolific of evil to Michi-
ean, than the fact OF the disparity of
POLITICAL forces within the state.
.The needs OF Michigan are many.
& hut flrst OF all she needs reform IN
her public service; she needs civil
service law that impartially and hon
estly administered shall put into the
k hundreds OF places OF state activity,
men who are there for service to the
state rather than servants of poiiti-
cal organization: law that will re-
move the temptation to I'LL places
y with henchmen of q political machine
~ be paid from the dollars wrung from
\ honest toll Think Of IL, Michigan.
the only state uf the northwest that
still cIings to the rotten political sys-
Z tenn Of spoils. Michigan has made an
honest appeal tor the removal OF
abuses in its nominating system, bus
any system that can ever be devised
will be next to a failure as long as
there IL an army of men paid from the
public treasury the tenure of whose
Jobs depends upon the nomination OF a
particular Individual The legislator
a not free and unfettered so long as
nom his county and his district a
(, half dozen or more paid political ma
nipulators can be turned against him.
\ The system that prevails takes the
money OF the people and fights the
people from obtaining the very re-
forms they would have enacted.
tFellow Democrats am not without
hope Of the future. There are eighty
lhousand Independent Republicans IN
(. Michigan. although they may differ
from as In the fundamentals of gov
eru1nental policy With us they hope
( Tor correction OF abuses that con-
kinue TO sap the very vitality OF a
Btote. They have a right to demand
and every Democrat should be proud
10 maintain the only organization
which makes possible the correction of
th6se abuses It Is our duty to labor
o. to stand for high ideals in public
Iife."
Ex-Mayor Dunno. of Chicago, spoke
on The Democratic Position on the
Tari6f.r He declared that betrayal
of the people and abandonment of cam
paign pledges by the Republican party
came In the Payne-Aldrich measure"
He closed with this stinging denuncia-
lion OF Taft:
what Justification does President
+ Taft present in defending his action
In signing the Pain bill? give it to
eou In his own words. uttered at Win
ma:
The interests OF the party requir-
\ ed me to sacrifice the accomplishment
of certain things in the revision OF
the tariff which I had hoped for IN
Z order TO maintain party solidarity
&. "A more shameful admission and ex-
\ cuse never fell from the lips OF an
American president. II must be re-
membered that when President Taft
; made his Winona speech he was not a
Republican. candidate. but was presi-
dent of the whole people and. when as
prenident he says he sacrificed the ac-
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. ~ the interests Of party solidarity he
4 admits that he sacrificed the interests
az the whole people he represented as
chief magistrate 10 further the inter
e1tn OF his own party In other words
+. 4 = 1o<~> vod HE counfrv for his Marty