Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-10-10
At Opera House, Thursday Evening"
Brings Packed House
IMySSELMAN AND KELLY SPEAK
Latter Makes Great Speech. MusSelman Well
Liked by Alma People

Tor Governor, and Patrick II. Kelly,
candidate for t-large,
spoke at Ithaca and ST. Louis in the
afternoon and addressed over six
hundred people at the Opera House
in this city in the evening.
Commencing at the beginning OF
government and tracing it down step
by step until the necessity of party
government was shown, Patrick
Kelly, eloquent and of charming
manner that makes him without an
equal as campaigner in the state,
took UP the history of parties and
ended with an eloquent plea for the
great principles of the Republican
party. Mr. Kelly was the last speak
er having followed Mr.. Musselman.
The speech of Mr. Muselman
brought out clearly his standing as a
man and candidate for office
Though not great orator Mr.. Mus
selman made a fine impression with
the people of this city He thor
oughly impressed them as being an
earnest hard-headed and honest bust
ness man. Again his kindliness and
pleasant manner made him many
friends. Mr.. Musselman claimed to
be life long Republican but also a
progressive, having been a great adj
mirer of Pingree. He claimed the
state of Michigan under the admin
istration of the Republican party
had become a leader of the progress
siye states. In his address he told
Of Governor Johnson of California
being in the city of Grand Rapids
a few days ago and making a cam
paign address demanding eight pro-
gressive acts be passed by the states
OF the union and of these eight Mich
igan already had six of them on her
statute book.
Mr.. Musselman said in part, 81
count myself happy to address an Al
ma audience | do not think you
need any outside talent to direct
your thoughts in this campaign,
for the chairman struck the keynote
of this campaign in an admirable
manner.
1--WE are entering into a campaign
i'll great earnestness. The literature
and reports of speeches of our op-
ponents | have read to some extent
and if I were to believe all ] have
read, or half that | have read, !
would not feel as if ! could face you
for | would look upon emaciated
faces whose bodies> were covered
with threadbare clothing, for / would
be looking upon an audience OF serfs
and slaves These are what our OPP
ponents are presenting for your con-
sideration
II do not believe that there has
ever been time in the history of
this country when the people were
so we'll provided for, never a time
when labor has received such re-
turns, when capital was so we'll en-
ployed and never was there period
OF four years during the last fifty that
the farmers have received such re-
turns
Mr. Musselman then took UP the
social and political unrest, and though
the prosperous condition of the coun-
try would seem to belle such CON
dition, he recognized the fact that
the unrest was a powerful factor in
the campaign. However, he prophe-
sled that when the upheaval was
over, the standard of citizenship
would be higher than ever before
The idea of wanting q. change in adj
ministration, the speaker pointed out
was the same thing that the Repub-
lican party bad had to contend with
III every presidential cleo ton for the
past fifty years. The issue between
the Republican party and the Demo
Gratis is again the same. that of pro-
lection for American industries and
labor. The speaker called to mind
the depression OF the periods Of
1S73-7S and 1s93-97 as direct re-
suit of giving the country a change
IN policies and allowing the foreign
goods TO come into this country free
OF duty. The price of potatoes was
20c per bushel and hay 5000 per ton.
while labor went begging at 75c per
day as a result of the free trade pol
icy of the Democratic party being
put into force. Since the Inaugural
ton of President Mckinley. follow
ing the last Democratic administra-
ton of Cleveland, the prosperity of
the country has been greater than
ever before and greater than that of
any country in the world. ~
1t means something to be a gen
uine Republican because Of the great
fundamental principles of the party"
said Mr.. Musselman; and then he
took UP the question OF what is the
Progressive party, which he declared
nine out of ten men had no answer
for. They did not know for what
distinguishing thing the Progressive
party stood, that should cause that
party to be separated from Me Re
publican That there is no need for
a Progressive party, as that led by
Roosevelt, was proven by the emu
meration of acts passed by the Mich
igan legislature that places Michigan
in the front rank, of progressive