Time To Organize

There never was a time when the duty of organizing and standing firmly by the principies of the party was more imperative on democrats than today. The democratie adruinistration has for two years been reaping the financial whirlwind, - the legitímate harvest of thirty years of republican sowing. The senseless clamor of the partisan and the unthinking rabble has been raised against us. But all true democrats have faith in the principies of the party and know these principies will be vindicated. Tariff reform is already bearing good fruit. Currency legislation will yet prove the rock on which the republican party will split. Democrats, stand by your colors. Organi.e, organize in every town and school district. See that only good men are nominated, and then vote your ticket straight. Reader, this appeal is to you.- Pontiac Post. Archbishop Ireland speaking on "American Citizenship" on Washington's birthday, gave utterance to the following great truths which should be indelibly written on the tablets of every citizens mind: "The supreine act of citizeuship is the casting of the ballot. Ballot in hand, the citizen is sovereign, and with nis fellovv sovereigns, be decides the destiny of the republic. "The ballot i the pride of the true American; its proper use is nis sacred '4uty. The American refusing to vote on election day merits disfranchise ment or exile: the American boasting of his political indolence proclaims bis shame. Thoughtful writers mark as the most pernicious foe of democracy the indifference toward the political life of the country practiced by respectable, well-ineaning and educated citizens. These are the ones who more generally eschew politics, white others, the selfish and the reekless, who have private ends to serve, who care but little wliat comes oí the country, are never absent from ttie caucus or the the voting booth. "He who sells his vote sells his country; and he vho buys it immolates patriotisn on the unclean altar of his greed and his ambition. Bribery at the polls is demoniac mockery of manhood suffrage. Bribery is high treason, and all measures must be taken to represa it. "I merely name that you exécrate it, the crime of those audacious malefact01 s who put robber hands into electoral urns, so that the official records lie to the country and silence the voice of the people." Democrats have impaired the credit of the country have they? How about the rush to get those new bonds? Does that indícate that our government credit is bad? That part of the new bond issue that was placed on sale in this country was subscribid for six tunes over in twen'.y two minutes, and in London the lists were open for twi hours and the subscriptions coverec the loan twenty times over and a prices which will make the rate o interest less than three per cent. to the investors. These prices were based on the assumption of coursc that the securities would be paid in gold or its equivalent. The resul will be a strengthing of Ameri can securities, and the power the control of these bonds will give in regulating foreign exchanges will no doubt prevent, in a large measure the export of gold. The surprising success of the new loan has given confidence to investors and business men on both sides of the water and will in all probability lead foreign capital to seek investment here again and will mark the beginning of a real recovery in all lines ol business. It pays to keep the national credit gilt edged. The republican legislature adjourned to attend the republican convention. There was no danger of the democrats slipping in and securing their rights by unseating a senator or two, so they deserted their posts. Every mother's son of them will draw $3 per day for the three days of adjournment, however. - Adrián Press. The Detroit Free Press offered a prize for the best article on "How to run a successful newspaper," the same to be read before the Michigan Press association at its midwinter meeting. The prize was won by Perry F. Powers, of the Cadillac News and Express. It was a carefully thought-out well-worded and per. The London Economist advised the "ordinary investor to have nothing to do with bonds of the kind which may be degraded into a silver security." The answer of the investors was subscriptions to twenty times the amount of the loan in two hours. The friends of fiat money should study the recent financial history of New Foundland. A dollar in gold is now said to be worth $6 of the fiat stuff, and a barrel of flour costs in fiat $30.