The Detroit times., 1911-03-20
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laht proouct or insurgency which 10
Is q clarion voice raised against cow
ardtce, NAL administration and extrav-
agance. For a Michigan executive OF
the modern school he Show a surpris-
ing acquaintance with syntaX and the
average man.
He is treading where Pingree trod-
the thorny path or traducsment and
misreport But knight errantry shines
In his form and hbre. and he Is not dis
mayed
Perhaps not this session, but just as
sure as day follows the night the In
grated upon Michigan's new consti-
tuition
We rejoice. in limited referendum
now, and what Is practically direct
mary elections. put Michigan In step
with the progressive hosts OF the west.
one In faith and doctrine with Wiscon-
recanttng Lafoiiette. and with Mime
sofa as IL was nobly aligned with the
peoples cause by the revered Johnson.
all too soon called from a career that
was leading on TO greater things.
Splendid galaxy or states, these COM
monwealths that cluster about the
Great Lakes. fairest fruitage OF inde-
pendence and patriotism,
In good time the support OF our sis
tiers VIII be enlisted In this intensity
Ing movement for representative gov
eminent The equal suffrage move
Inthl mas tenaclty ana sanity IN ltb uo-
velopment in Michigan. Ii is a sound
plea for the participation OF the sole
protectors and providers OF many
homes In the ordering of governmental
must support.
Ideally we know that woman should
be the clinging vine. but often the bal
lot Is all that she can cling to.
II We look at mans work In legisla-
tion and administration and pronounce
1t altogether lovely. We can say, Ego TO
misguided woman" But the tremen-
dous tinkering OF the present output OF
unequal suffrage would Indicate that
there is room for Improvement
Let me say to Michigan's credit. that
she has trusted the womanhood OF the
state TO the extent OF giving her a
voice In the selection OF school boards:
and do you know. this unframed por-
ton OF the electorate Ia introducing
the novelty OF selecting somebody be-
sides the pothouse politician to direct
the development OF our future citizens.
Fantastic. OF truth-but entirely
tolerable We assure you.
The metropolis OF your home state
which happens to be the ninth city or
the nation-is headed straight for what
all the corporate alarmists call the
shoals, but what the rest of US refer
TO as public ownership and operation
OF our street railway system. Revo-
lutionary? Dreadfully SO; so radical
that the ninth American city will be-
come the first In a departure that pred
otoit PiaNeNC -
evitable.
Municipal lighting having failed to
blind our eyes 10 the coming or the
glory OF the Lord, and municipal water
OF Industrial iniative and individual
enterprise, we are emboldened TO match
an entirely local management OF our
ctrculatory system with the wretched
failures OF an absentee ownership
The conservation OF Saturday night
sobriety and incomes Is established in
40 Michigan counties. Just now the
battle is raging to make 1t so Ii has
weird sound, i know, TO bring a mes
sage OF the saloons overthrow to the
very center OF Its garish sway on the
great white way, but, believe me. II
sounds sweet and reassuring in those
once blighted homes where the foot
steps and the providence OF the faith
ers and sons are steady, where the eff
are increased and where human tragedy
and shame are lessened. Let US re-
Joice as men who have learned the
value OF clear brains and steady hands
In the stress or twentieth century civi-
lization that the shadow of the saloon
is passing from Michigan and the
blight OF Its product Is getting out OF
the blood OF her sons
You want TO know about the health
OF people back home? Ii isn't as good
as IL might be, We allow too many
thousands to die OF preventable dis
eases in tiat rigorous cline. We have
only recently considered the economic
gain OF keeping folks alive, and there
accuses US not the wasteful neglect or
this matter alone. but that we permit
charlatans and newspapers to pilfer
from the plague stricken through the
sale OF certain cures for the incurable
We are beginning to fight back home
not only the white plague, but that
inky infection from mercenary news
papers, the black plague.
II you will look at the national map
again you will see Michigan's hand
raised In protest against the marshall
ing of our military forces in warlike
array upon the Mexican border. In re-
Spouse to capitals apprehensions. We
who dwell upon the northern border
believe In the continuing amity that
exalteth a nation. and while conceding
property's Importance and rights,
stoutly challenge the assumption OF sa :
credness OF investments that would
ace to the cause OF insurgency that Is
forced TO seek with the bullet in Mex
leo what we try desperately to accom-
plish with the ballot In the United
We In Michigan believe that maneu-
vers and manipulation travel too far I'm
the same direction.
presents before the union Is for reel
procity. too. The hand Is open TO give
and receive from our continental
nor an itching palm. 1t doesn't yearn
to bestow or take all the benefits OF
tariff revision northward Neither will
1t he "A catspaw in the process OF pull
ing presidential chestnuts out or the
fire
That's all from home The thing the
nan from home does most naturally
after delivering all the news, IL to
ask how things are going here
Is New York going TO be represented
in the special session OF the United
States senate by a senator and a dead
lock, or by Root and an olive branch?
Why don't you adopt the Michigan
method or the New Jersey method or
senatorial housecieaning-the primary
expression that works both ways. IL
takes reactionary out and puts a pro-
gressive in, II Ia unusual for us To-
hear OF New York being content with
half q loaf for so long a time.
And, bray. how lcrg are you going
to permit your newspapers OF great
and presumably or great
influence, TO admit TO their adver-
Using columns wildcat investment
that the federal authorities
are conducting to Jail as fast as they
find them.
Won't you please step into your edi-
tors office and tell him to save the
be necessary 10 let the peoples liber-
ties suffer seriously meanwhile.
Are ycu encompassed about by
great cloud OF reconstructionists In
New York? Is there a society TO uplift
or other or save somebody
of new things-new nationalism. new
religion, new education. new penalogy.
new playgrounds7 Do banqueters sit
long at indigestible dinners and
speeches here trying to conserve the
national health?
until IL only requires q genius for sta
tistics and one OF our home made add