The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-02
MACDONALD AGAIN TALKS
ABOUT BOSS" DOMINATION
INFERS HE is ONLY SIMON PURE,
OYED-iN-W WOOL CANDIDATE
FOR CON ESS.

Declaring that w. j. Macdonald, the
Pro srcssive candidate for Congress
was not dis2runtled politician who
was trying To get into office by hang
ing on the tail of the Bull Moose
movement but that the nomination
for Congress had come without Mr..
MacDonald's seeking it ard that the
nomination had sought the man, Coun-
" Chairman John J. EichkeIn intro
duced the speaker of The evening To
fair sized audience of Prcgressives
at the Germania hall last evening.
Mr. MacDonald in opening his adj
dress referred To :he campaign which
he had been making on behalf of the
party through every county of tie up
per peninsula and of the surprise il
had been to him To- find the same
Progressive sentiment crystalized
through the other counties of the dis
trict that is to be found in Houghton
county"
Talks on National Issues.
Mr.. Macdonald talked of the ma
tional issues and covered much the
same ground h had been over before
i'm other speeches and which Lad been
covered by other Progressive speakers
curing the campaign. I'm a general
way went over the grounds of 'boss'
domination which he declared to he so
prominent feature Of the old parties
and while he admitted that Woodrow
Wilson, the Democratic candidate
was honest and progressive declared
that he would be controlled To large
degree by Ryan. Belmont Murphy
rom Taggart. Roger Sullivan and 9TH
crs who constituted the Democratic
machine.
The Chicago convention also came
in for share of the attention of the
speaker who did not hesitate to charge
The bosses with stealing the nom
nation mot so much from Theodore
Roosevelt as from the American peo-
pie" and to declare that the decline
and death of the Republican party
dated from the Chicago convertior.
Talks on District Fight
"rrhe corrupt political machine OF
against the wall" Mr.. Mac Donald de-
clarcd, fighting for the first time IN
It's history not for control, but for eX-
istence itself The speaker asserted
that Mr.. Young, his opponent, on the
Republican ticket did not represent
the be ,ple but the steel trust" and that
he was part of the vicious systcm"
that the Progressivcs Were lighting.
That the present congressman is a
standpatter and does not represent the
proper type to be in Congress were
charges also made and Mr.. MacDtn-
Nd further declared Mr.. Young mad
Uniformly opposed all measures TO aid
he grangers.
Attack on Townsend and Newett.
Mr. Macdonald attacked Senator
townsend for his stand I'm the cam
,aign and fer his present Alignment
with the standpatters after the Micni-
IAN Progressives mad sent him To
congress as Il Progressive The
peaker went or to say Mr.. Townsend
,ays TO YOU why change when he
himself said two years ago. when fhc-
ng "A copper country audicnse of all
he meaningless, high sounding argu-
nent, that is the worst
Mr. Young tells YOU that he has
/ great admiration for the Roosevelt
policies but let me tell you that he and
lis Marquette county benchmcn are
tmong Roosevelts most vindictive en-
mics and one of them, an editor OF
1 paper. is under arrest for criminal
lbel of Theodore Roosevelt
The day after the shooting In Mil
xaukee, these men were busy c!rculat-
ng the story that Mr.. Roosevelt had
,een 'beastly drunk when he deliv cred
lis speech from the rear end of the
lrain In Ishreming. IL anything these
men are shade worse than TIE man
who fired the bullet In milwaukee,"
Mr.. Macdonald also predicted u
andslide for Roosevelt, declaring that
he majority givcr the Progressive
anddate would be one of the largest
ever given any man.