The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

| can understand that inscription on
the wall OF the Boston public library
Nothing but low conversation per
mitted here" But presume We should
be thankful for still being permitted
10 sing Michigan, My Michigan
Bot the man from home should
qualify through his enthusiasm as well
as through his fam!liarir, with we'll
remembered landmarks IL was not 81
the bright men who had come from
Michigan that il was said. fes aud
the brighter taey are the sooner they
come
some bright men have been obliged
TO leave Michigan. / mean the kind or
obligation that has made il possible
FOR them 70 take thetr right names
with them There have been vital
things 10 be done in Washington
which only a Michigan man could do,
and so they have called you or. may
hap. the strange DEGREES OF fate eN-
plain your desertion OF the Wolverine
state But surely no son OF Michigan
ever set mis- face eastward in quest 90
choicer society or happier heritage
than his own commonwealth AFFORDS.
The glory OF the lower peninsula is
one thirg. IL is a glory garneved from
smiling delds and Whispering orchards
and throbong mills and teeming
shops.
The glory OF the upper peninsula is
another thing IL Is glory compact
or the riches Of forest and mine.
And the glory OF the Great Lakes is
n third thing 1t is a glory product
OF the golden argosies or trade whose
TONNAGE surpaSses the COastwlse traf-
&c that Miss Liberty smiles Gpon a.
the gates or New York haTbor.
II was a part Of Henry W. Gradys
lament over the Industrial laggardness
OF the old south that when a Georgian
was buried all his section furnished
was the corpse. From casket 20 tomb
stone all were products Of northern
plants.
Michigan produces everything 70
bless enrich and extend life and
everything to make the transit 10 the
tomb a strictly local transaction ac-
celebrated when desired by one OF our
highly modern and massive motor
on ! know we are credited with a
climate that is an especial guarantee
that here We have no continuing city.
but FOR a native who picks out ances-
tors OF good blood and constitutes
himself fOrefathcr of the same spien-
did fibre BY rational diet and syste-
matte exercise, the wintry breath Of
tt lakes or the rigor OF the cold
waves from the vicinity OF Medicine
Hat. are no more than the roar OF the
angry pillows 20 the Norseman--
things OF Laughter and eNhilaratiOr.
/ speak as one having authority |
know those Michigan winters, storm
tossed and protracted. My Dutch pro-
genitors, some generations back.
wrestcd with the encroaching sea on
the shores OF Holland There were no
dykes 70 be built. no territory TO be
snatched from oceans fury In southern
Michigan so years ago. but my father
launched a Democratic newspaper on a
county line that marked the continuity
OF two hopelessly Republican counties
so there was no dearth Of facilities for
beating the Dutch.
This is how ! happened 10 know how
heavy the snowfall was in Michigan.
When BOreas whirled over the state
IL looks like a mitten In winter
scattering his star-shaped confetti
from his icy aeroplane X was my duty
70 dig the subscription wood out or the
snow
But / saw the other side OF it. also.
Found how lightly the ermiue that
hills where moonlight nights ana
merry huzzahs make hallowed ground
OF every consting place
But 20 complete the Identification I
Ought TO tell yOu where home is, which
il equivalent 10 telling you where the
heart ~
"a remember ] remember the place
where J was born for Two things In
particular.
saw the last load IL farmer torch
bearers 20 over the hills TO their
country homes IN the campaign OF 1872,
and 10 Was youthful fancy that /
hcield a part OF the Civil war. Ever
election day for many years following
great Gag 10 the breeze over the pub
lie square. bearing the stirring in
sCriptlOn. stand Dy the OLD lag
And hy this sign and much Haunting
of The bloody shirt the Republican can
didate for drain commissioners would
40 Boa hy an overwhelmingly majority.
So settled down into the conNiC lotion
that M I hadn't really seen Il bit Ot
tho war OF the rebellion | had really
looked upon a thrilling proiou cation
OF the struggle for political purposes.
The clrcuses always came TO town
or the county lire Ia wagous-the ele-
plants and camels excepted land
pasacd under tie railroad bridge. cs+
cOrtcd b. ali tue young students ln
zOology ga tie place Who never got up
for NnN othfr lesson 50 EARL
Tae Republican elephant got Go COM
Ing in with tie train until Hazep : Pm
gree broke Up The relation between thu
party meuagerie and the railroads
with his taxation reforms some %
years Ngo YOU see 10 was absolutely
pecessprN fof tie Republicans 90 fur
nish Tire entertainment for the Demo-
crnt- newer had mufl 81 r. show
and now the greatest circus ou
carts is the competition between the
three great party tents pitched upon
the political field. all claiming to he
tie great and only allied progressive
.agRreEatiOp on earth.
The Democratic canvas on the right
bears the legend. "Posititeif The only
aud original progressive policies ST.
captivity The Republican tent on
the left displays the banner. The pro-
grsssivs Behsmoth OF Holy Writ