The Detroit times., 1910-10-07

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! publican party promised TO do The
same. and l defy any man In this con-
vention today or any man who was In
the Republican convention yesterday.
ment, who the real financial hackers In
the last Republican campaign were.
We again intend TO make our promise
good. and at the very outset OF this
| campaign we desire 10 know from our
Republican friends. II they are willing
TO do as much.
We want to know. when Mr.. Osborn
Peninsula. what Interests" are meant.
We want 20 know how far those Sin
terssts" are backing him by substan-
tiai contribution IL the Republican, Is
the same as Mr.. osborn's. let the peo-
pie know into which campaign fund
the checks OF the mining corporations
| probation 10. We want to know from
every Republican congressional candi-
date In this state. how much he re:
e eommittss s and from 'p what source that
| fund IN derived.
Never before In the history OF this
country has the deminant, party who
NIT inside OF six months after II took
effect. that II was wrong and needed
to be changed. Ths candidates for
1
this state who are seeking reelection
| at the hands OF their constituents.
voted to q man for this bill which their
and whom the wrath OF the people at
large will soon consign to oblivion.
Let US call the roll OF the Michigan
| delegation every day from now until
| election. that the people may not for
| get where their chosen representatives
| stood when their interests were at
stake. The bill had emerged from the
a IL 81 he
o K'd by Cannon and Aidrich. The
| debate had closed Some one had the
effrontery to demand the yeas and
nays nay Listen 70 the dusstion before
bill. conceived In iniquity. born OF mo-
nopolistic greed and nurtured by pam
pered interests, become the law OF the
gan delegation Listen;
Dtekema-YeA
| Fordney-Yes
| Gardner-Yes
| Hamilton-Yes
Loud-Yes.
| McLauGhlfn-Yea
McMorran--Yes.
Sam Smith-Yes.
| Young-Yes.
Senator Burrows-Yes.
Senator Smith-Yes
Townsend-certainly not you, the
chameleon insurgent-.not you. Roose-
Il
With Apologize voice he stammers. I'm
the interest OF party harmony l vote
YES. Oh. harmony. sweet harmony.
what crimes are committed In thy
name. And can Ii be that the waves
Of popular fury which beat upon the
shores OF Maine three weeks ago shall
not be felt In Michigan?
j bring TO this convention the GER
tain assurance that Frank E. Dore-
| mus. of Detroit. backed by an aroused
and an awakened constituency. backed
ants and wholesalers and toilers and
consumers. Will represent that district
In the next session OF congress whose
duty II will be TO revise the tariff
not by friends OF the tariff, but by
friends OF revision. And we know that
he will have as his companions from
Michigan. Cummins and Sweet and all
The Republican congressman say
the duty on steel was necessary. Mr.
Carnegie. II not the greatest authority.
OF the steel business says II was not
They say the increased tariff on shoes
and leather was necessary. yet Con-
gest shoe-producing section Of the
country. In a rock ribbed Republican
district. was elected on the platform
that said II was not
w. l.. Douglas. one OF the largest
shoe manufacturers in the United
States. was elected governor OF his
state. but few years ago. on the
same platform. Are We TO say they
are right. or are we to return again
those men to power who have sold
out the interests OF the people In the
pssn Senate and srseor
charges Senator Aidrich openly. with
liking the rubber schedule to Mt his
own and his family's pocket books
Aldrich's reply 10 plea OF confession
and avoidance.
Opportunities such as never con-
frcnted our party are before US. We
need leaders OF the right type. We
have them. Not one apology will we
have TO make for any candidate al
ready named or to be named today.
1ure up to explain the betrayal OF a
public's confidence. The opportunity is
ours. nation too long asleep has been
aroused
The popuiace of our state awaken
ed to the result OF continued Repubn-
can misrule will put the reins OF power
In the hands OF those who shall rep
| resent them and their interests. and
est ambition Is continued misrule,
party harmony. campaign contribu-
lions. disloyalty and forgotten prom
isea
The Democrats gathered here to at.
tend the state convention were filled
with enthusiasm when they cougre-
gated In the Hobbies of the Hotel Rick
man this morning. Every man in the
aggregation wore look OF satisfac-
tion and carried q tongue from which
optimistic utterances gurgled as con-
tendedly as q good hooker of bourbon
going down the throat of an orthodox
Kentuckian.
Although the committee which had
charge Of the drafting of the plat.
form worked over II the greater part
of the night, the session was striking
ly harmonious. Great care was exer-
cised IN framing the document, and
much time was consumed in prepar.
ing It. Although concise, the plat.
form contains O most sweeping de-
nunciation of alleged Republican
iniquities. It calls upon the people to
sweep them asiae at the November
election. by repudiating the men who
represent Warnerism, Aldrichism and
Cannonism, and to select In their stead
Democrats who represent the peo-
pie and who will give the people what
they are entitled to-" Following is a
summary Of the planks contained In
the document:
Denunciation of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff.
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