The Yale expositor., 1912-08-01
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

patters" dOddering around in politics,
who ought to be "Oslerized." They
think that the old ways are the only
ways. That things in this new and
moving generation should be conduct
ed on the same lines as they were
twenty-five years ago, and as long as
they have any part in the program the
clock will be steadily set back. Then
there is the other class which is even
more dangerous than the other who
ought to have been born about twenty
five years later than they were. They
are too previous-ahead of their time.
They insist that We ought to be turn
ing sOmersaults and walking the tight
rope, when we know that we have only
just learned to nicely stand on our two
legs. They ought to have some "gOod
fairy" put them to sleep for twenty.
five years. But there are great many
others who represent and make up
what may be called the average mind,
who are neither too hot nor too cold.
Not too far in advance, nor too far in
the rear but right in the vicinity of the
van guard where clear view may be
had backward and forward and these
are the safeguards of the nation. And
to these may We turn, confident that
they will properly dispose of the ques.
tions of the present hour as they have
those of the past.
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Formers of the new party movement
in st. Clair county have received
several set backs as the result of plac.
ing men on their ticket who have no
desire to ally themselves with the new
organization. 1t is generally conceded
that the Bull Moose party in this
county has been conducting "bull"
by placing names Oh the county ticket
before the respective parties were con-
suited about the matter. The ticket
as formed Friday contains the names
of August Weismann and Walter j .
Trip for the offices of county drain
commissioner and surveyor respect.
lively. Neither one of the men have
any intention of quitting the repubi-
can forces for the new party.
Henry Il. Baird has denied the rumOr
that he was to be candidate for the
office of prosecuting attorney on the
Bull Moose ticket. The petition in his
behalf was circulated during his alb
sence from Port Huron. He frankly
states that he is for the republican
party first, last and all the time. Mr..
Baird is candidate OH the republican
ticket for nomination to the legislature
from the second district.
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The ticket for the third party was
decided upon at their meeting in Port
Huron last Friday. Some opposition
was met by the proposition of putting
a county ticket in the field but the ma
jority favored making the fight all the
way through. All favored the pushing
of Roosevelt for president. The ticket
contains the following names; Con-
gresham, DR., George II. Brown; sen.
ator, jeff Brown; representative to
state Legislature, A. Ii. Nern; prOsecut-
ing attorney, Fred b. Brown; sheriff,
Frank Geel; treasurer, Ira Chase; regis.
ter of deeds, John II. Berk; coroner,
Earnest Hill; drain commissioner,
August Weismann; surveyor Walter
j. Trip.
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Since 1t Is now claimed by the regu.
lars who nominated Mr.. Taft at the
Chicago convention, that the Roosevelt
contests were gotten up for the pure
purpose of giving the Roosevelt follow.
ing an excuse for shrieking, Fraud
Thieves Robbers! etc., the idea is
by the fact that in the be.
ginning there were over 300 contests
which were finally simmered down to
70. About three fourths of the original
contests being humbugs, doesn't it cast
a little doubt over the balance which,
curiously enough, would be about the
right number to give Mr.. Roosevelt
majority i'm the convention?
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"BOssism" depends, for its awfulness,
on the angle from which you view it.
If the fellow "doing things" happens
to be of your party, with your beliefs
and theories, then he is great leader,
a hero, a statesman But If he belongs
to the other side why then he is boss,
a machine manipulation, a dishonest
trickster, who is trying to inveigle the
people into doing things he knows are
wrong.
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Has Osborn finally made up his mind
as to whether he will enter the race for
the Office of governor again? Appar-
emily this has happened for at the last
minute before the time for filing petit
tions ended he notified the secretary of