The Point That, As It Seems

The point that, as it seems, the farmers have not yet grasped, is that there is only one form of protest which boodlers and machine managers heed, and that they will not loosen their grip on the republican organization until the objection is filed at the polls. They are exceedingly practical men. They are not at all concerned about the wishes or convictions or displeasure of any man who will give them his vote. If the farmers of the state want the machine smashed, and there is a pretty good evidence that they are weary of its domination and ashamed of its acts and its candidates, they must be honest with themselves and recognize the fact that the only way to smash it is by voting against it. And they have been given a noble opportunity this year. The democratic party, in response to a popular demand coming quite as much from without as from within the party, chose a gubernatorial nominee whose qualities of citizenship are such that no honest man need hesitate to cast a ballot for him, thereby rebuking, condemning and disarming boodleism, Blissism, ripperism and Michigan Centralism, in all the forms in which they have vexed and despoiled the state.--Detroit Tribune.