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The Last Appeal

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Day
28
Month
October
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Next Tuesday is election. Tlie extement and worry of the political camaign will tlien c:ease, and the people of bis great nation will decide by their allots what policy shall be pursued for ie coming four years. It is of vital importance to every indiïdual member of this great family hether that decisión shall be for the )olicy of protection and sound money, r in favor of f ree trade and the inflation f our currency, for tliat is what free lver nieans. Upon one side of this question is arayed, in almost solid phalanx, tlie busïess men ; the men of cool jndgment; ie men who look ahead and see for ïemselves what effect a change of )olicy would have; the men who know ie value of their salaries or wages, and ïave no desire to lessen theui ; in fact ie great couservative middle class, lio compose the balance wheel beveen the extremely wealthy and the reat army of those who neverdo-well. Upon the other side is to be found all ie great mining interests of the west, epresenting millions upon millions of ollars- an amount, it is estimated, qual to one-half of the entire circulating medium of the nation ; all the restless spirits who have nothing to lose, and may in the scramble of a panic grab something ; all the people who act from prejudice and not from principie ; all the chiss who believe the world owes them a living let them do what they will ; all the men who accept and approve of the acts of their party convention and never think or act for themselves ; all the prejudice of the south where anytliing labeled "republican" has the effect of a red rag before a buil ; all the little fellows of the former great democratie party, who seeing the leaders and brainy men of that once powerful organization out of its ranks, hope to rise to leadership and prominence themselves; all those who hate anyone who has attained any success in life ; and finally all those who by a change of the standard of value hope to pay an honest debt in a dishonest manner. In tlie past the great conservative middle class has never had to contend single-handed against these other classes combined. All have been more or less divided. But now there is little división, and the great conservative masses of the nation have to contend against the two extremes, for the wealthy mine owners have the power of prejudice and bate, and all who can be swayed thereby, at work with them. It is a battle of conservatism against aristocracy and anarchy combined, and the result will show to the world whether the republic of tho United States possesses a sufficient conservative class to maintain itself as a republic or not. We appeal [to every citizen who loves good governinent ; who loves bis country and desires to maintain its honor ; who believes that labor sbould have its just reward ; who acknowledges the riglit of every citizeu of the nation to life, rty and the pursuit of happiness; who vould protect the savings of the workngman, and the eítates of the widow and the orphan ; who believes that in his country there is no place for the ed flag of anarchy ; who respects our ourts of justice, and sees in them the ower that keeps in check the criminal, vicious and dishonest classes ; who loves ,he old flag ; in fact we appeal to every iberty-loving soul to stand by the honor and integrity of this nation by voting or the republican nominees. The nations of the world have their eyes upon us, and hope to see us make a misstep, but we ask you to so castyour vote next Tuesday, that they will be disappointed, and we confidently believe you will. Next Tuesday night Win. McKinley will be president eíect of the United What te the difference between 16 to 1 and 4-11-44 ? None at all. Both are bad pollcy. Wm. J. Bryan may be a good man, but the leading men back of Wm. J. Bryan, what about them ? And if he is elected they will control liim. Hon. E. C. Carleton, of Port Huron, who represented the 7th district In congress ïor several years as a democrat, has ïlung out a McKinley anJ sound money banner. He Is a business man. The combined wealth of the silver mime owners and their agente, in the states of Colorado, CalLfornia, Xevada Montana, ütah, Idaho, and South Dakota, amounts to $616,000,000 ! Who are the classes, Mr. Bryan ? The editor of the Daily Times countn up six men among its employés who vote the republican ticket. Good The Courier only knows of two. Bu hasn't the editor of the Times, in hls haste, included proprletors amonj? em ployes ? W. A. Clarke, who fcorwarded the last $100,000 to the silver combine national committee at Chicago las week, owns siilver mines, and property made out of silver mines, to the value of $40,000,000 ! And not satisfied with that he contributes what woul( be a::rge fortune fo:' macy iir.i. t,o corrnpt the veters of th? nation o hat 'ip iia" I'inhlp hl= wp.alth. Tho aristocracy of the far wast gainst the middle classes of the natton. Tliat's the fight. There is no rcason to think iree sil-er would benefit the laboring elasses, or even the debtors of the country.- Vlcar General Augustine Zeininger, of Müwaukee, Wis. If any republican farmer feels that any higher tariff is needed, he ought o vote for McKinley.- Adrián Press. That's right. And you can rest sured that he will not only do that bnt he will take hifi democratie ncighbor with him. My democratie friends, Bryan voted or Grn. Weaver for president, and is not now, nor has he even been, a genuine democrat. He is a populist and believes in populism. He is not entitled to your vote because of hls democracy. E. V. Smalley says in the Chicago Times-Horald, that although thate% has a populatiom of 30,000 colored icople, yet such a thiiig as a eolored beggar is unknown there. This is t, remarkable statement and speaks volumes for (luit race. "I ani opposed to a.ll trusts and combinations of any kind in the restraint of trade, and would favor any egislation whlch would destroy them. I voted for the 6herman anti-trust )ill, wilch was a step in the rignt dtrection."- Wm. McKinlpy. Gen. Eosecrans, the gallant old un.on commander, has come out for Mcvimley and honest money, and is wakmg up the democrats of California to their duty. "Old Rosy" made a speech here once and is kindly remembered by many of our democratie citlzens. The "Consolidated California and Virginia" silver min eof Nevada, wlth a capital of $31,600,000, paid last year, divfdends amounting to $77.,618,000. This mime alone, it is sajid. stands an assessment of $100,000 to carry on Bryan's campaign, and can well afford to. The natkraal banks were established by Abraham Lincoln, and have been emdorsed by every congress, every administration, every secreta.ry of the treasury, fcimce then, a period of 3g rears. If they are such bad things, why have not the statesmen of the nation condemiifnl them ? Abraham Lincoln and all those since his day have boen diehonest, have they? Who is nmning Bryan's special train all over this country ? It was claimoil when he was nominated that Mr. Bryar, was a poor man, and it can hardly be expected that he could bear the expenses. It is most assuredly the men who are to be benefited by his eleetion. And who are thy ? 'Ihe answer is very plain, they are the silver bullion owners. And the people are asked to give up one class of bugs for another. - Stockbridge Sun. "Suppose," Bays the Bev. Sam Jones of Georgia, "the government owned all the gristmills in this country and congres ehould enact a law that all corn should be ground by the government milis free and that whilc corn was -svorth but 18 cents a bushei the government would stamp the sacks of meal so that it would bring 50 cents a bushei and do this for nothing. It Is a very hard matter to keep meal above the price of corn." These are the views of Archbishop Katzer, of the CathoLtc diocese of Milwaukee : "What I object to most is the ratio of 16 to 1. i We had Iree coinage prior to 1873, we are told, and it did not bring' ruin. But tdien silver was worth more as merchandise than as money. It is its cheapness that is objeetionable. Those who would be benefitted by f ree silver are the silver barons, and those who have enough to buy the metal for speculation." Read this from the lips of Car] Schurz : "Abraham Lincoln and Bryan and Alrbgeld. To associate these names together in a common cause - aye, to pronounce them together in the same breath - is not only a f rand- it is a saerilige. As an old friend of Abraham Lincoln, who sat at lus ïect receiving his teachings of justice, f reeflom and humanity, and who was with him many a day in his struggles for the rights of man, for nat ion al government and for the brother hood of all the American people, '. solemnly protest against this outrage. I cali upon the people of Illi nois to resent and repel it. They are the custodlans of Abraham Lincoln's grave. Let them prove themselves the worthy custodlans of his histor ie character and f ame by burying the repudiators and inciters of class hat rei! wlr +t claim him ;:? their owu. uuUer a ctm-Ikmit vuc oï codricmastioa" Ex-Speaker Charles F. Crtep ,of deorgia, the only democrat of ability in the nation supporting the free silvor opnlist ticket, died on Friday last. He was one of the strong men of the country, and nis death is to be deplored. At Charlotte the other day, a free silvor lawyer drenched a club of studente from Olivet college who were the streets of that place in a soumi money demonstration, wlth dirty -water. It was a disgraceful act, and ii that lawyer ever goes to Olivet we advise him to wear a rubber tuit well padded. Mr. Bryan advises laboring men to act out a lie ; to pretend to be republicans, but to vote for him. llonest laboring men all over this nation have resented this advice as an aspersión upon their rights as free American citizens. No man in American has to do that, Mr. Bryan, and these men naturally ask themselves, 'What sort oí a president would a man make who adviees me to do a dishonest deed ?" Our own Dan Campau said that Mark Hanna had sent 20 men into Michigan to hire voters to stay away irom the polls. When confronted wlth the statement, Mr. Hanna said that Mr. Campau must produce his evidence or stand a scli-convited liar. This answerbeing carried to Campau he utterly failed to come to time, practically aeknowledged the story false, and proved himselï what Hanna said he was. This is related merely to show the people to what contemptible falsehoods an1 methods the desperate pops are resorting. Edwin Willits, Assi.stant Secretary of Agriculture under Havrison, died at his home in Washington, I. C, last Friday, very Buddenly. His remains were lorwarded to Monroe lor burial. He was bom April 24, 1830, and came Michigan in 1836, graduated Irom the TJ. of M. in 1855,postmaster at Monroe in 18(50, for 12 years a member of the state board of educatkm, member of the constitutional convention In 1873, elected to eongress in 1876, again in 1878, principal Stat eNormal School at Ypsilanti in 1880, later president of Agricultural College at Lansing, from where he was called to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, by "Uncle Jerry Busk," and where he remained until 1894. He was a man whom Michigan honored, and who 'in turn honored Michigan.

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