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A farmers' institute is to be held in Mo...

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
February
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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A farmers' institute is to be held in Morrice on February 20 and 21. The programme of the same announce that Governor Rich will deliver an address before the institute on "Our State Government." Just at this time there can be no doubt but that our good Governor possesses knowledge about that subject that is of interest not only to the farmers of the state, but all other citizens as well. For instance, we should enjoy listening to that part of his address in which he shall ex plain the process by which the three good men and true, constituting his canvassing board, transformed a majority of 11,000 against into one of 1,600 for the constitutional amendment increasing their salaries from $800 to $2000. The action of County Clerk May, of Detroit, in leaving the tally sheets and book containing the transcribed records of the votes on rhe constitutional amendmentsof 1891 and 1893 ■where they could be gotten at so easily by any one who might be interested in their destruction, was, to say the least, extremely careless. It would seem that ordinary caution should have suggested that these records which were being used as evidence in the effort to fix responsibility fer the worst political crime that ever disgraced the fair name of Michigan be diligently guarded. Especially would it seem to be true after it had been suggested that he leave them in the safekeeping of the clerk's office at Mason and May's alleged response thereto. No one supposes, of course, that there was any collusion between Clerk May and the rascáis who comraitted the theft, but his apparent failure to appreciate the low character and desperate straits of those to whose interest it would be to have this incriminating evidence out of the way, does little credit to his experience and sagacity as a public man. In dealing with the rascáis who conceived the crimes of 1891 and 1893 whereby the constitution of this state was debauched by the insertion therein of amendments which were never ordered by the people, there should be no respect shown to any on account of his prominence or political affiliations. If Attorney General Ellis is responsible for these frauds or either of them, or if he aided and abetted the same in any manner, he should receive the full benefit of the penalty provided for such offences. On the other hand, if Messrs. Jochim,Hambitzer and Berry or any others, are shown to be responsible for the crime of falsifying the returns of 1893, they should not be shielded from the penalty provided for their offense because of the position they hold or because they have a "pull." It should make no difference who the men are or what party label they wear. Whoever the conspirators are, they must be taught that it is not healthy to override the will of the people in Michigan. The good name of the state demands that they be brought to justice and that no guilty man be allowed to escape. If the authors of the shameless act, which has dishonored the state, are allowed to slip through the meshes of justice, it will indicate that the people of Michigan are but fit subjects for the contemptuous ■treatment which their servents have heaped upon them.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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