The Detroit times., 1910-11-05
DEMOCRATS THINK
V|CTORY's COMING
Air of Confidence Marks Enthusiast
tic Mass Meeting in ArmOry-He-
mans Attacks State Administration.

Il am cure We will win: the Re
publicans are retreating before the
marching hosts of Democracy" said
Alfred Lucking in the great Demo
cratic mass meeting in the Light
Guard armc-v, Friday night
He thumi ~ the table, the crowd
thumped the moor with their feet, and
yelled and there was wild enthusiasm
for fully a minute. punctured only by
stentorian voice, "Rah for He
mans"
Lawton T. Hemans, seated on the
platform, had been aroused from
deep thought. smile illumined his
face and he bowed to the greeting OF
the monster gathering.
I'VE are nearing the end OF one OF
the most curious and interesting
campaigns in history" continued Mr..
Lucking. Two years ago the Repub-
licans scored the eighth consecutive
victory. This last triumph was one
of the most striking achievements
ever known. Today the storm Is
breaking in every direction and the
enemy is in full retreat. Why has
this sweeping change of sentiment
occurred? The answer Is simple. The
Republican party has broken its
promises, deliberately made. The
pledges made by Taft and Roosevelt
were violated the second day of the
present national administration.
When President Taft submitted the
names of the men who were to be
members OF his cabinet the people
looked at their trust records and
realized that the promises would not
be kept. The acts of Ballinger, es-
pecially, have more than verified their
fear"
1t became strikingly apparent that
the crowd was in hearty accord with
tho Democratic candidates when Mr..
Lucking introduced Mr.. Hemans, IAN
honest man who can fill the COVER
nor's chair to the credit and integrity
of the great state of Michigan" Mr..
Hemans was cheered vociferously for
fully a minute, half the gathering
arising and giving him three final
lusty cheers before he was allowed
to speak.
Mr.. Hemans pointed to his public
career, saying that the city of Mason,
where he was born and raised, and
which Is strikingly Republican, had
elected him mayor five times. He had
been sent to the legislature twice and
had been a delegate to the constitu-
tional convention. He again answer
cd the charges of Chase s. Osborn
and George p. Codd with biting sar-
casm and keen humor.
Upafnra Tho MANY ha
said, Mr.. Osborn declared that Gov.
Warner defled everything he touch
ed. He must have defiled Mr.. Osborn
because he touched him for $3.50 be-
fore he was elected the third time.
The trouble with our state govern
ment is basic and fundamental. You
can't cure 1t by pulling one Warner
out and putting another Warner in.
The people have had too much of
Republican misrule. When the War
ner party took hold of the affairs of
Michigan they we're to disinfect the
state Offices II has never been done.
Things have gone from bad to worse,
and the only way to obtain
thorough housekeeping is to lodge a
mighty protest at the ballot box. 1t
is necessary to have competition be-
tween the political parties, and the
more even they are the better chance
we have Of obtaining good govern
ment Honest votes of honest men
will always correct the evils in this
free republic of ours"
Frank E. Doremus, candidate for
congress against Edwin DENLY, de-
voted his remarks to a denunciation
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. He
called II a fraud and cheat" upon
the American people. IL will never
sing America and The Star Spangled
Banner as long as Cannon, Aldrich,
Ballinger and DENLY lead the chorus"
he said.
Chairman Shields, OF the state
central committee; Stephen ID. Will
liams. candidate for lieutenant-gov.
ernor; Albert NJ. Cummins, who is
opposing Rep. Sam Smith for re-
election from the sixth congressional
district; William b. Thompson and
Don M. Dickinson, also delivered adj
dresses. Mr.. Dickinson, who was
postmaster-general in President
Cleveland's cabinet, was given a strik-
ing ovation. He said the Democratic
party had been on the rocks of dis
cord for many years, but is now
united and marching to the martial
music of popular demand, and that
hope for victory was never so pro-
nounced.