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O'HARA SPOKE.
aocrati© Nominee for'Att'y General.
A cIeaB-shavena pleasant-faced young
man, short Of stature and with a decided stoop of the shoulders, got off the
momiiig train Monday. ' We call him
• jonBg;" he-might be anywhere between
.y twenty-five and forty-five years of age.
His looks were deceptive, so was his
voice and so< were his arguments.    He
. • isalawyer.- '
He cast an inquiring glance around
as though, looking for some one, but as
no one appeared to be looking for him,
lie boarded the Calkins 'bus. At the
. hotel lie registered as James O'Hara,
..which lead to his identification by
some of the local democracy as the
speaker billed for the evening's address. During the afternoon he was
left to his own entertainment.
^Whether this was because it was
Y thought the speaker might need time
to revise Ms speech to suit this part
of the state, or was simply another
sample of the icerhouse reception that
is being accorded democratic orators
in this county this fall, no one has yet
explained. However that may be, he
managed to get entertainment enough,
though perhaps not just to his liking,
for O'Hara is a sociable sort of a fellow, and being a true Irishman and- a
lawyer, likes to argue, right or wrong.
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Max Girardin happened along, at about
the time that O'Hara had begun to
think, from the scarcity of democrats
in sight, that perhaps he had struck
town on the wrong day. Now^ everybody knows Max G-irardin. He is a
traveling man in the grocery line and
makes Clare quite frequently. Max is
a republican, as are 90 percent of traveling men. They are not theorists.
They have the wholesaler on one side
of them and the retailer on the other,
and;rub up against the business world
pretty hard. In fact, tliey are right "in
ifr" Ho class of men watch the drift
of trade as closely and the causes that
influence prices as the traveling man
—the drummer. That is why the percentage of them who believe in a protective tariff is so large. Girardin and
O'Hara fell into conversation which
naturally drifted to business and from
business to the tariff, which became a
very warm debate. There were quite
a number of men in the hotel office at
l^jfche time and they all agree that the
-' i' business man trimmed the lawyer up
to the queen's taste, and the only thing
that prevented his complete annihilation was the 'busman's call of "all
aboard," G-irardin leaving on the traiD
east.
Later in the day Thos. Hume, of the
: firm of Hackley & Hume, Muskegon
lumbermen, was at the hotel arid O'Hara interviewed him .on the subject
of'lumber manufacture in Muskegon.-
He. used—or ratner, mis-used—the figures thus obtained, in  his  speech in
.t- the evening in such an outrageous
manner that we shall have occasion to
refer to-them later on.
The opera house was fairly well filled
in the evening. Mr. O'Hara is a pleasing speaker, fluent and sometimes eloquent, dashing in here and there a
spice of sarcasm. If elected attorney
general; which the fates forbid—he
would doubtless carry to the office an
abundance of legal sharpness, to be
used in all cases where the 'merits of
the cause were deficient, He is fair-
spoken, and covers up his fallacies of
argument very adroitly. The facts as
he gives them are usually fairly stated,
but the use he makes of them would
cause a professor of logic to commit
suicide, -"
. ..; At the outset of his speech he tack-
;48fed the silver question, occupying over
three-quarters of his whole address
with a discussion of finances. This
was doubtless a very wise thing on his
. part, as the people in general are not
much interested in the tariff question,
and congress did not give much time
to its consideration during its recent
session.   The people in this  neck-o-'
•   the-woods have not heard qf the Wilson bill and it would be'time  wasted
for a public speaker to say much about
it.
The first great fallacy of Mr.  O'-
Hara's address was the assumption
that the silver coinage question is an
issue between the republican and democratic parties. Every man who reads
.any knows that it is not an issue between these or any other parties. For
. jb.im to spend an hour and a, half arguing for free coinage, however sound
his reasoning, proves nothing for or
against the two parties. , It. is simply
'a-wily trick to avoid, discussing at
length the questions^ that are at issue
between the parties, ; He knows, or
ought to know, that Mr; .Cieyel and and
his chief advjsors arid the leaders who
shape the policy of his party are not in
favor of free coinage,- although there
are a large number in that party, especially in the west, who are for free
coinage. This statement is also in a
general way true of the republican
party. He stated the case exactly
when he said that east of the Alleghany mountains both parties were essentially for a single gold standard]
while west of the mountains the sentiment generally is for free coinage of
silver, or what is the same thing, unrestricted bi-metalism. As to the declarations on finance in the state platforms, that cuts no great figure, since
the states do not coin money, except
as recording the drift of the popular
sentiment. The democrats declare for
free silver coinage, the republicans for
bi-metalism. Gold has free coinage
now.jf Bi-metalism puts the two. metals 0% the same basis. Free silver
coinage can do no more. It is only two
different ways of saying the same
.thing.
In trying to make a case on silver
against the republican party, the
speaker made another error. He
stated that the total silver circulation
was $51,000,000 in silver dollars and
$58,000,000 in smaller silver coins, 01 a
total of $109,000,000, and comparing
this with the $297,000,000 gold, in circulation, endeavored to create the impression that there was more gold in
circulation than silver, as if the republican party in legislating had favored
gold as against silver." He omitted to
say that the $327,000,000 in silver certificates were to all intent and purpose actual silver circulation, since
the actual silver must exist in the
treasury for the certificates to issue.
After paying his compliments to the
A. P. A's., speaking of them as "that
unpatriotic and un-American organization," the speaker passed to a brief
talk on the tariff. He first characterized protection as a fraud. Therefore,
as the democratic platform of 1888 declared for 'incidental protection" we
are to conclude that the party was in
favor of "incidental fraud" in 1888.
Spirit of Thomas Jefferson, defend,
us! Here is a party styling itself "Jef-
fersonian democracy," and claiming
that great statesman as the founder
'of the party, and at the same time in
their platform and on the stump declaring protection a fraud. Hear Jefferson himself—these are his words:
"This country has advanced and progressed to its present enviable position
among the nations 0% the earth because of the American doctrine of protection."   Could anything be clearer?
But the one point above all others
that brought the house down was his
argument on lumber. During the
afternoon he had met Thos. Hume of
the firm of Hackley & Hume, Muskegon, who was stopping at the Calkins.
He interviewed him on the firm's
lumber manufacturing. From him he
ascertained the following figures:daily
output, 175,000 feet; number of men
135; average wages $1.60. Then Mr.
O'Hara takes his pencil and figures
thus: 125 men at $1.60 a day, $216,
tariff on 175,000 feet of lumber at
$2 a thousand $350. Difference, $134.
"Therefore," he concludesj "the government is giving Hackley & Hume a
bounty large enough to pay his men and
$134 over each day. Do you wonder
the rich aregetting richer," etc., etc.
That a hundred or so men of ordinary
intelligence should listen to his illustration and cheer his conclusion to the
echo, when the fallacy in his argument
lies so near the surface, is beyond comprehension, but it caught them just
the same.
Let us see. First, if a tariff were a
mere gratuity to the manufacturer or
producer, then it would be the simplest thing in the world to put high
enough tariff on everything, from a
stick of candy to a bushel of potatoes
and eyerybody would be rich.
Mr. O'Hara might as well figure
thus: Hackley & Hume pay the
Muskegon Boom Co. $1.30 a thousand
to bring the logs from Clare county to
their mill, making $227.50 on 175,000;
tariff is $350. Therefore they can pay
the boom comDuny the $227.50 and
have $132.50 left every day. Or, with
freight to Chicago $1 a thousand, or
$175on 175,000 feet and the tariff on
an equal amount $350, they could pay
their freight bill and have $175 profit
off the steam boat or railroad that carried it each day. It is not necessary
to carry the queston further to see its
absurdity,, but perhaps it might be
more apparent to figure on the stum-
page, which might as fairly be taken
as the mill expense. Expense of lumbering is about $3 a thouaand; the
tariff is $2, therefore H. & H. lose the
difference or $1 on every thousand, or
$175 a day.
The fact is, it costs Hackley & Hume
to lay lumber down in Chicago, about
$6.75 a thousand. Lumber in 100,000
feet lots is quoted at $6 to $8, according to grade and character. Subtract
the $6-75 from the average price and
you have the profit per thousand. The
figures we use we obtained from Mr.
Hume himself.
BREVITIES.
Notice, too, that he calls it the "American doctrine." Mr. O'Hara said in
his speech that it was' not j^merican
but adopted from the efete east.
.George Washington said, "Congress
has repeatedly, and not without success, directed their attention to the
encouragement of manufactures;"Why
don't some of the party leaders say-
something about the Father-of-his-
Country favoring class legislation?-
vThe speaker used the potato crop in
one illustration. The tariff was reduced from about 25 cents a bushel to
about 15. He claimed that the high
tariff of 25 cents was only a dodge of
the republicans to catch the farmer
vote, as.this country exports, but does
not import potatoes,, consequently it
would not make any difference to the
farmer if the tariff was $10 a bushel.
It must have occurred to most every
farmer in the audience that if no potatoes were imported, what was the
sense of reducing from 25 to 15? Why
not take it all off? If the tariff on potatoes is protective, then 15 cents is -a
fraud as well as 25. If it is a revenue
tariff, then 25 is better than 15.. The
fact is. that in 1893, with the tariff at
25 there were 4,295.646 busheis of potatoes imported, on which the tariff revenue collected was $1,073,986.50.
He also stated that the new tax on
sugar had not raised the price of sugar,
but that it had gone down 33 cents on
a barrel. Every woman knows that
sugar has gone up 1 to li Cents a pound
or nearly equal to the new tax.
Another big hole in the-gentlemah's
line of reasoning was this; ,He started
out to prove that the hard times were
not due to the prospect of free trade,
but started in Europe and the Argentine republic, on account of the failure
of Baring Bros., etc/, etc. He ran oyer
the financial disasters that followed
in a very interesting manner, and
made out quite a case. This was when
he was speaking about the silver question. When he got to the tariff he laid
all the ills of the present and, past
year to the operations of the McKinley
bill. A man who can tell two contrary
stories so smoothly ought to be . attorney for;the state, but he won't be.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
To the Electors of the City of Clare:
Notice is hereby given that the several boards of registration will' be- in
session in their respective wards, on
Saturday, November 3d, 1894, for the
purpose of registering the names of
qualified voters:
1st Ward—at the Council Room.
2nd   " — "   "   G. A. R. Hall.
3rd   " "—"   .'•   Bogardus building.
Said registration boards shall be in
session on the day and at the several
places aforesaid form 8 o'clock in the
forenoon, till 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
C. H. Clark, City Clerk.   .
Dated at Clare* Mich., Oct. 24, '94,
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
To the Electors of the City of Clare.
Notice is hereby given that at
the
general election to be heldin this state
on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday of November next, the following officers are to be elected, viz:
A Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of the State, State Treasurer,
Auditor General, Commissioner of the
State Land Office, Attorney General,
and Superintendent of Public Instruction; also a member of the State Board
of Education in place of Perry F.
Powers, whose termof office will expire
December 31,1894, also a Representative in Congress of the Eleventh Congressional District of this State, to.
which Clare county belongs; also a
Senator of Twenty-eighth Senatorial
District of this state; also one Representative in the State Legislature for
the Representative District comprising Wexford, Missaukee and Clare
counties.
You are also hereby notified that at
said election there will be submitted
to the people,
An amendment to Section 1, Article
7, of the Constitution of this State
relative to the qualifications of electors
fo this state;
Also an amendment to Section 5, of
Article 7,'of the Constitution of this
State authorizing inmates of Soldiers'
Home to vote where such homes are
situated.
You are hereby futher notified that
at said election the following county
officers are to be elected:
Sheriff, Clerk, Register of Deeds,"
Treasurer, Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit Court Commissioner, Surveyor, 2
Coroners.
C. H. Clark, City Clerk.
Dated at Clare, Mich:  Oct.  24, '94
Be sure to register.
Read Piper's new ad.
The last page—read it.
A. J. Kane, Saginaw, Monday.
Do you owe us on subscription?
Council proceedings in another
column.
Now is'the time to make hay—politically speaking.
Wm. Wolsky's family are settled in
the Lo. Goodman house.
The W. R. C. have decided to serve
Thanksgiving dinner at their hall.
Miss Lucy E. Smith, preceptress in
the high school, is ill with typhoid fever.
Partridge season opens next Thursday and the deer season the following
Monday.
A. E. Mulder, the dentist, was at
Coleman on professional business,
Tuesday.
Rev. Fr. Whalen of Midland will
hold Services in Clare on Saturday,
November 3d.
Republican speech next Thursday
night .at Clare, in the opera house.
Everybody go.
Coleman has a ladies' band, organized not long ago, which will soon
make its appearance.
Jas Johnson of Saginaw, formerly of
Clare, was in the .city this week on
business and yisiting friends.
Special meeting of LaToscahive called for Saturday evening November 3d.
By order of Lady Commander.
Geo. Sexsmith and wife of Chicago
are visiting his parents in  this city.
They will be here some months.
Tom.   Holbrook's   new   south-side
store is enjoying a nice trade. Fresh
goods and low prices are the attraction.
G-. W. Lee, the grain dealer, says
that he is not able to buy all the wheat
and oats he wants. He pays spot cash
for theni,tOQ. ,
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Drake of Harrison changed cars,here Monday for Saginaw, Mrs. Drake will visit there and
at Breckenridge. ;
The Ladie's Union will meet at Mrs.
Elden's, Friday of next week. All
members be present as they will be
needed to finish works
Geo. B. Howe, formerly of Clare, now
of Marion, has fallen heir to a couple
of million or more, left by a great uncle who died recently in the old country.
Thos. Hancheto, son of A. C. Han-
chett, returned a few months ago from
the west, but during the summer has
beeir working at Traverse City. He
returned to Clare Tuesday last.
Lawyer John Quinn of Harrison, republican candidate for prosecuting attorney, was in the city Tuesday morning on his way to Mt. Pleasant to argue a motion before Judge Dodds.
Hon. Washington J. Robinson will
address the republican at Clare next
Thursday, Nov. 1, and at Harrison
the following evening. He is one of
the best speakers in the field this fall.
W. H. Reid of Sheridan accompained
his son-in-law, Jas. Ellwood, to Saginaw last week, to obtain medical
service for him. The young man. is
now in Saginaw very sick with typhoid
fever. ■-
A new iron bridge, costing $1,050 is
to be placed across the Chippewa river
on the state road just north of Mt.
Pleasant. The bridge is to be only 16
feet wide, with 90-ft. span and an 18-
ft. truss..
Proctor Rose, who has been clerk at
the Lewis house, Harrison, for some
time, was in this city Monday, on his
way to the upper peninsula, where he
is looking for a hotel opening, his present destination being Menominee
county. Harrison loses a pleasant
gentleman and the traveling public
an agreeable hotel man in his Temoval.
Sabbath at the Baptist church:—
The pastor having returned, will oc-
cup/her pulpit as usual. Subject for
nlorning: "Christian Fellowship—
Oneness in Christ—How promoted,
How illustrated." Evening theme:
"Thou shalt not,". or the example of
Divine Law.. This will be a prohibition sermon. A cordal invitation is
extended to all.
f J. B. Ward and family removed to
Cadillac this week. Tbe Dewey? stave
company, for which Mr. Ward is the
Michigan superintendent,expect to put
another plant some where north of
Cadillac, in addition to those at Me-
Bain and Temple. In order to be
as near as possible to all the mills, he
found it necessary to iemove from
Clare to Cadillac. During the residence
of the family in this city for the past
year its several members have won a
large circle of friends who much regret
their departure.
Scene.—A street corner. The policeman is about to disperse a crowd that is obstructing the street in their excitment
over the opening of the
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 ....Groceries,    Glassware,   Tinware,
 ....Musical G-oods, Sewing Machines,
 ....And   Motions too   numerous to
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Come one!   Come alii   Examine my Stock,
New Goods, and Prices right.
FARMERS' PRODUCE WANTED.
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Opposite Goodman's Hardware^ Clare.
Yours Truly,
Thos. C Holbrook,
Wilson in England.
In London when the sun was low,
And Wiliiam Wilson dressed to go
To that big banquet, doncherknow,
His feelings surged tumultuously.
But England saw another sight;
Her furnace fires Were burning bright
And mills were going day and night,
Thanks to free-trade democracy.
And brighter yet will burn those fires
While labor here still cheaper hires,
And democratic campaign liars
Tell of our great prosperity.
See last page of this issue.
Editor Canfleld of Harrison was in
the city, Wednesday.
Work has begun on the T. & A;
ditch in the first ward to drain the
marsh along the railroad.
Be sure to read the advs. in the
Sentinel. Advertisers are offering
some great bargains to buyers.
Our job department is rushed with
many fine orders.. "Bring or mail your
copy before your supply is exhausted.
There cold morinings suggest mittens and gloves. You can get them at
80 cents, worth $125, at O. D* Aiken's
near the creek.       .    *
A special train from Harrison Monday brought the band and a number of
persons to hear candidate O'Hara's
speech at the opera, house.
There is a very bad piece of sidewalk
in-front of the vacant property: formerly occupied by the Alger hotel. Several people have fallen by it.
It will pay you to step into Holbrook's south-side store and examine
his price on groceries,glassware,croek-
ery, etc. You will be money ahead .if
you do.
The Sentinel has just made arrangements by-which we can send you
the Chicago Inter Ocean and Sentinel
togetherfor$1.65 per year.. Cash in
advance.
Fred Hammond, after being at Ann
Arbor and Detroit hospitals, returned
to Clare Tuesday morning. None of •
the hospitals would,, undertake a surgical operation, upon, the tumerous
growth in his throat.
Any one finding a heavy white
hound dog, with black ears and some
black spots, and wearing a collar and
chain, will be rewarded by; returning
same to Duncan & Mitchners5 saloon.
The dog went away this morning.    .
More local on another page. • ,j
The Sentinel to January 1st; -'95,
for only 25 cents.
Lawyer Geo. .Cummins of Harrison
changed cars here Tuesday on his w&y -
to Mt. Pleasant on legal business.
School tablets, pencils, pens, etc.,
will be found at the Sentinel office,
one door south of opera house block.
Dr. Thomas' wife arrived Tuesday
from Scottville. They will occupy the
Marshall house, corner of McEwan and
7th streets.      .
A. C. Hanchett and' son,' Thomas,
have taken a jo;b|of lumbering cedar in
the north-west; :ipart of the county,
which they wpljjput oh the T. & A. A.
railroad at Pennocks.
Daniel andSewarcl Collins of- Genesee county visited their old school-
friend, Mrs. R. Smalley, in Clare last
Saturday. The Messrs.. Collins expect
to purchase some land near Clare.upon
which they, will grow small fruits.
John Fleming, the republican candidate for sheriffvis' busy at present
driving piles for the Church. bridge
across the Muskegon. When the work
on the bridge is completed he will use
it to drive over on his way from his
Winterfield farm to. begin his duties a,t
Harrisonas sheriff of Clare county.
Will YanWormer returned ■'•Tuesday
from Reed City where he has been assisting Henry Holbrook for the past
six weeks, painting and decorating
Reed City's new hotel. Their work is
completed and is pronounced a;Jbang-"
up" job. Mr. Holbrook will return to
Clare in a few days.
Miss Lulu Thurston was to have begun a term of school near  Sanford
about two weeks ago, but the districts
affairs got into a little bad Way and
the beginning of school had to be post-.
poned.    It appears that the assessor
had used about $200 of the funds  entrusted to him, not with criminal intent,, but expecting to be able to meet-
all orders as they came along. But the"
school district was recently divided
and when a divison of the funds   was
asked for he was short the amount.
He will make the amount jgood  however and school begins next "week.. Tho
annoyance to Miss Thurston is considerable as she had declined another
school to accept this one.
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