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Why Not Make Your Home Attractive? Nothiug cau mako a mere attractive or pleasing ornament than 1A Jar of . . Beautiful (fold Fish. J ........ . . ... . We handle a laie stock of the choic eM Japanese Gold Fish, and all sizes of aquaria, which we are able to sell at prices that make an attractive aquarium no longer a luxury which only the rich can enjoy. We would be pleased to come in and sec our tank of Gold Fish. They will afford you pleasure at the store A jar of them in your home would be doubly pleasing. Will E. Collins & Co., DRUO MEN. HO North Washington St. THE OWOSSO TIMES. EDMUND O DEWEY, Editor. OWOSSO. FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1899. According to reports as to the number of men who visited the county seat Sunday the street car management is under marked obligations to Mayor Hume and the move ment for the enforcement of the liquor laws. Through the efforts of Representative Mason tbe bill passed two years ago by the legislature attaching to tbe Oakley, Saginaw Co., school district certain lands In Rush township, has been repealed and the districts in this county established as they were before. Rep. Mason is wide awake to the interests of his constituents. The taxpayers of the Gaines school district, Genesee county, thinking their school tax to be too heavy, eudeavered to reduce the same by attaching parts of dis tricts No, nine in Vernon and one in Burns, a bill to that effect having been introduced in tbe bouse of Representatives. Repre sentative Geo. T. Mason was, however, alert to the iuterests of bis constituents, notified them of the proposed law, and as a result a remonstrance signed by every tax payer in the two districts who would be affected by tbe change was sent to the legislature. A few days after, the com mittee to which the bill was referred, after giving both sides a bearing, decided to 'kill" tbe bill. Dry Times. If any one had predicted a few weeks ago that Sunday, April '23, would have been a "dry" day in Owoeso, so dry in fact that anyone who persisted in wetting bis throat with intoxicating beverages would have to visit our neighboring city, be might not have been laughed at for his assertion but be would have had a hard time con vincing people that be knew what he was talking about. And yet that is the way last Sunday was characterized, and ap parently justly so, in Owosso. There still have been no trumpets blown by tbe Mayor proclaiming a reform admin istration but the quiet way of goiug at things and putting tbem in a common sense light is proving its advantages. Last week the Mayor took pains to investigate tbe matter of tbe proper closing of the saloons at tbe hour of night prescribed by law and it is is reported found but one saloon which was closed. Having satisfied himself as to the actual way things were going the Mayor proceeded to take the next step which was to cause notice to be sent to every saloon keeper on Friday that be should expect every one of tbem to observe the law regulating the closing of their places of business No partiality was shown. All were on tbe same footing. One must close up and draw aside curtains or screens at the same hour that the law prescribed for everyone else. This was perfectly fair, placed no one at a disadvantage, and, properly under stood and obeyed, saves a das- of men from working late into the night and on Sunday in response to a demand from thirsty citi zens convivlally inclined and in response also to the fear that if they didn't break tbe law and keep open tbey would lose their customers who would g; where they would not baVe to leave at the prescribed hour. In reality if there is any class of citizens'who should be pleased at this torn of affairsit Is the class made of tbe saloon keepers themselves and so far as we know there is no respectable owner of a saloou or bar In this city who objects to the enforce ment of the closing laws if he can feel sre that be will not be placed at a disadvantage by others who may be allowed to keep open. This last, however, is what the Mayor does not propose to allow as any who knows him might have expected. One dealer, however, yielded to the demands of a thirsty crowd the uext night, Saturday, and tempted the fates by keeping his saloon open over time. Monday morning he was) placed under arrest and Is now awaiting trial. Whether thla was felt to be all that wastbest to venture before await ing developments or not, It seem that for some reason the dealers braced up and closed up, front door, side door and back door as well, and thereby made Sunday a dry day In Owosso. Mayor Hnme is to be congratulated on the stand he has taken which not only Is praiseworthy because It is an attempt to enforce a law which has long been shame fully disregarded, but better yet by Its complete and impartial enforcement no in justice is done to any one and there Is no occasion for any bard feelings in tbe matter. Tbe democratic boa id of canvassers in in Burns which recounted the vote on MuperviMr made one error no glaring that it should not be passed ovr without notice One ticket contained a cross in the cin ic under the beading republican ticket. OtMtN were also placed In the squares be fore the names of both Mr. Ruggles Hint Mr. Lutz, the candidates for supervisor, hi canvasciug the vote election night the board did not count this vote for either candidate for supervisor. Mr. Ruggles being declared elected by a majority of one. Ou the recount tbe board counted the vote re ferred to for Mr. Lutz, which was clearly Illegal and would have made the vote for supervisor a tie but for tbe fact that one ballot was found that did not have the in spector's initials on the back and was tbrown out, tbe board declaring Mr. Rug gles elected by a majority of one. I lis majority really was two as tbe vote referred to was counted illegally for Mr. Lutz. Th republican party by its resolution at the Jackson convention, tbe supreme court of Michigan by its decision on the principles or tbe Atkinson bill, confirms tbe position taken by Senator Collingwood and Repre sentative Mason. It is now time for the A runs to beg pardon for the continued and uncalled for insults offered these gentle men. Rep. Mason is and was for many years before tbe editor of the Argus was a voter or a resident of -Michigan an honor able and well known resident of this county who had the confidence of tbe people. Be Is and has been in favor of equal taxation honest equal taxation and be desires to vote for a bill that he thought was right but the governor of Michigan who, we believe, is attempting to force tbe people of Detroit to pay three times tt.e value of the street railways for the purpose of advancing his own political interest, would not allow a just and right bill to go through and Mr. Mason accepted tbe en forced substitute. Now the legislature will attempt to tax the railroads justly and Mr. Mason will be found as be always has been on the right side, and undoubtedly the Argus editor will pursue the myth ke is chasing at present. The Atkinson BUI Unconstitutional. The expected has happened the supreme court in an opinion in which all the jus tices concur, decides that the principles of the Atkinson bill are not in accord with tbe constitution of Michigan. The main opinion was written by Justice Booker and unanimcusly concurred in, while Justice Montgomery wrote a concur ring opinion which was signed by Chief Justice Grant and Justices Long and Moore. The caEes were those of Bazen S Plngrce vs. the auditor general, and the Tecumseh Telephone compony vs. the auditor genera), the questions at issue being precisely the same as those involved in tbe Atkinson law, tbe cases being brought, in fact, to determine the legality of the latter law rather than the one of 1881 which pro vides for tbe taxing of telephone companies. Tbe legislature of 1881 passed an act for tbe assessment of telegraph and telephone lines, the provisions of which are that the auditor general, state treasurer and com missioner of tbe state land office shall M N telegraph and telephone lines at their true cash value, and levy a tax upon said assess ment at a rate which -hall equal the aver age rate of taxes, general, municipal and local, levied throughout the state during the previous year, to be ascertained from the records of tbe auditor general's office, which tax shall be in lieu of all other taxes. This tax has since been paid, and the auditor general has treated it as a specific tax and credited the revenue to the educa tional fund under the constitutional provis ions providing that all specific taxes shall constitute a part of the primary school in terest fund. The governor's application was for a mandamus to compel the auditor geneial to transfer to the general fund, from the pri mary school fund, all moneys collected uu der the law of 1881, and now on hand, upon the ground that the tax provided for is not a specific tax. The telephone company's application was for a mandamus compelling the cancellation of its tax for the reason that the tax not being specific, is not levied In conformity with sections 11 to 14 of arti cle 14 of the constitution: "The legislature shall provide a uniform rule of taxation, except on property paying specific taxes, and taxes shall be levied on such property as shall be prescribed by law." "Every law which Imposes, continues or revives a tax, shall distinctly state the tax, and the object to which It is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object." The Tuscola County Advertiser hasihe following to say of the choice of Mr. Will D. Kllpatrick as private secretary to Cnn aressman Jos. W. Fordney: "Congressman Fordney has selected as his secretary Mr. Will D. Kllpatrick. of Owoaeo, a bright young man, a graduate of Olivet College, and of the law department of the University, and a son of Bon. Wm. M. Kllpatrick, of that city. It is generally believed that the selection is about as good a one as culd have been made, and that Mr. Kllpatrick will be a valuable aid to Mr. Fordney in his congressional work." Tiik Timrs has for free distribution a few packages of sugar beet seed from the U. S. department of agriculture, sent out by Congressman Fordney. Parties who desire to grow beets can obtain seed by calling. All the Michigan troops which enlisted for the war a year ago are back except Hi" 31st regiment, the first to be mustered Into tbe U. S. Service, tbe first to leave the state, and the last to return. This regi ment is now, however, In the vicinity of Savannah, and preparations for mustering it out are at last under way. The Prospects of the Republican Party. Rather more than half of McKinley's term having expired, and the national nominating convention being but little more than a year distant, it is natural that taa republican party's chain I securing a second lease of power sbon .d be widely discussed. Much, Cf OOUraa, may happen during the nineteen mom hs which intervene before November, lH'iO. and the political situation may be ma terially changed during" the interval. It is conceivable, for instance, that the price of wheat might fall to ligures that would mean ruin for the farmers, and that the present flourishing condition of our manufactures might be succeeded by a period of depression. Assuming, however, that no change decisively affecting the national prosperity and the relative position of parties will otcur, we may attempt to answer the question, Can the republicans look forward to a second triumph at the ballot box? This question will be, naturally, considered from both a posi tive and a negative point of view. What claims, in other words, have the republicans to a renewal of the people's confidence, and to what extent may they expect to profit by the mistakes of their political opponents? The republicans may fairly claim to have fulfilled most of the promises made in the program put forth by their national convention at St. Louis. They declared that their return to power would be followed by prosperity, and, whethor it should be regarded as lie effect of their measures 1 f merely as a coincidence, it is certain thnt that prosperity is here. In uo twelvemonth since the civil war have so ir uiy farm mortgages beeu paid off as Hiring tb" year 1898. At no time has the volume of our native manufactures been so groat, and marked revival of business in this tield has been followed by a general rise of wages. In every depart ment of human labor, work is easily obtained, and well paid. Our export trade has reached dimensions never be fore exhibited by this or any other coun try; in this respect, the United States now rank considerably above Great Britain. Neither are our exports now confined, as they used to be, almost ex clusively to raw products; we have be come large exporters of manufactures, and as regards locomotives and other commodities fashioned of iron or steel, we seem destined to distance all com petitors. We may take for granted that the republicans in 1900 will present a solid front. They will not be split upon the Philippines question, nor upon any other issue. All the republicans who cared more for the free coinage of silver at 10 to 1 than for their party allegiance were lost in 1890. There will be no further defection from the republican standard on that score. It is on the othf r hand, far from certain that the democrats will be equally unanimous. If the free coinage of silver at the ratio named is again made the principal plank in the democratic platform, as we may now assume it will be, we are likely to witness a much larger seces sion of sound money democrats thau took place in 1890. It is a great mis take to suppose that in that year, all the democrats who believe in a gold standard voted either for McKinley or else Palmer. It is probable that the secedors were greatly outnumbered by those sound money democrats who re mained reluctantly ia the party ranks, believiug that they should be able to de feat in congress any monetary legisla tion of which they should disapprove. Not a few democratic senators might be named who voted for Bryan but who, had Bryan been elected, would have opposed a bill for tho free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. At ptesent in our eastern states if not throughout the country, the silver plank is much less acceptable than it was when the last democratic national convention put it forward, and should it be placed again in tho front of tho democratic plattorm, a large number of democrats, who remained faithful in 1800, are likely to recognize the neces sity of destroying it once for alb As regards the candidates of the re publican party, it seems to be settled that the former ticket shall remain un changed. That Mr. Hobart has made an admirable vice president is univer sally acknowledged; indeed, we should 'have to revert to the earlier days of the republic to llnd his equal among the oc cupants of the office Collier's Weekly. At least two pulpits in this city are wide awake to tbe condition of municipal affairs, and Sunday Rev. John Sweet, of the First Methodist church, and Rev. Carey V. Northrop, of the Baptist church, oommend ed in no uncertain terms the stand taken by Mani II nun in respect to the enforcement of the liquor laws, bespeaking for hlin at the same time the hearty support and sym pathy of all good citizens. The pastor of the Baptist church went farther, evident ly believing that the Mayor needed the support of a better set of police officers than the present set which he said he understood to be rotten. In both Instances the hope and belief was expressed that the Mayor would cairy out his plans successfully. Dr. F. D. Arthur, the eminent specialist and consulting physician of the Detroit Medical and Surgical Institute, who can name and locate a disease without asking a question, will be at Owosso, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 37th, 28th and Htth, and Sunday, 30th. See ad. A Choice Between Two Systems A trade paper states that another largo industry is coming to this country The firm of Alexander Morton Ar Co , of Darvel, Scotland, a concern well knowu throughout the world as a manufac turer of carpets and other textiles, Ins decided to locate at Niugara Falls, and it is stated, has already made arrange ments with the Niagara Power Com pany for the supplying of power and for the purchase of property. Free trade brings the foreign m ida products of pauper labor into the ootid try, and sends American money out of the country to pay for them, while ' American workmen sit in idleness. Protection brings foreign industries and foreign capital into the country lu provide labor for American workman, and keeps American money within the country, to be paid in exchange for American made goods. As Lincoln put it. under free trade we get the goods so long as our money holds out and the foreigner gets the money. Under protection we get the goods and the money, too. A choice between the two systems would not seem to be hard to make by the well balanced mind. Farewell Reception. A very pleasant farewell reception was given to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. E. Cnstve in the Masonic Temple, Friday night, by the members of the Owosso I dge No 8, assisted by the chapter and the members of Coiunna com mand ry and the ladies of the Eastern Star. The occasion of the reception being the approaching departure of of Mr. and Mrs. Castree for their former home in England. Purses were pre sented to Mr. Castree in behalf of the borne lodge, the chapter and, the conimandry by Van R. Pond, D. A. Barnum, and Hon. Hugh McCurdy, while Mrs. Castree was the recipient of a handsome star pin on behalf of Abigail chapter Eastern Star. Speeches were made by a number of members both from this city and Corunna, all testifying to the high regard in which the departing ones were held. Mr. Castree has been one of the most faith ful and enthusiastic workers in Masonic circles ever since his arrival in this city some five years ago and every branch of the order will miss his good work. The feature of Barper's Weekly for the last few mouths has been a complete and thorough discussion of "Our New Posses sions" and the opportunities they offer for American industrial enterprise. Fratiklin Mathews and William Dinwiddle, in their special letter to the Weekly, have given all needful information about Cuba and Puerto Rico. Now begins the loug-expected series of articles on Hawaii, by Caspar Whitney, wUo, on his recent journey around the world, made a thorough study of the people, climate, natural resource, aud the com mercial possibilities ol the Hawaiian Islands. It goes without saying that the articles will be valuable, aud that they should be read by all Americans who are interested in the first of our new colonies. Board of Supervisors. The supervisors of the county are hold ing a special session this week to take ac tion relative to tbe issuing of the $10,000 in bonds voted at the spring elsction for tbe completion of buildings at the county farm. At the session Tuesday morning, Super visor F. G. Morrlce, of Bennington, was chosen as temporary chairman. On tbe first ballot at the afternoon session Mr. Morrice was elected chairman, despite bis staUment that he was not a candidate and did not desire to fill the chair. He, how ever, accepted and thanked the supervisors for the honor conferred. Chairman Morrice appointed the follow Ing committees at Wednesday morning's session: Rules: Cronk, Cole, Lyman Rolls: Crane, Martin, Shtpman. Apportionment: Lyman, Fuller, Rush. Roads and bridges: Munson, Ruggles, Kirn. Settlement with treasurer: Euler, Cole, Colby. Finance: Stanlake, Friesike, Rush. Claims and accounts: Baldwin, Ship man, Munson. Printing: Rush, Laverock, Spalding. Buildings and grounds: Peacock, Bald win, Euler. Rejected taxes: White, Lyman, Kirn. Drains and ditches: Cole, Cronk, Mun son. Officers' salaries: Myers, Colby, Crane. Abstracts: Frieseke, Fuller, Euler. Justice, constables and coroners' ac counts: Spalding, Laverock, Kirn. Clerk's certificates: Martin, White, Colo. Records In clerk's office: Laverock, Pea cook, Sbipman. Equalization: Fuller, Frieseke, Stan lake, Myers, Crane, Ruggles, Smith. Settlement wlthSupts. of poor: Parker, Rush, Peacock. Indigent soldiers: Shlpman, Smith, Ruggles. Auditing accounts: Colby, Ruggles, Smith. The board approved the plans and speci fications for tbe building at the county farm as drawn by F. Burnett, ordered bids received until May 19th. authorized the chairman and county clerk to to sign the bonds, allowed a number of bills and ad journed Thursday afternoon to May 19th. When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as It acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver, and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches, and other forms of sick ness. For sale In SO cent bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrnp Co. ooly. 8 Wet Weather 1 ML , f Are KXXXXXXKMXXXXXKXXXXKXXXXKXXXXXXXXXX! HUNTS GROCERY. Bulk Garden Seeds! All kinds by the ounce or pound. You can get better and fresher seeds and very much cheaper to buy them in bulk. Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums, the very best varieties. You can buy them mixed or separate varieties. LEMON AND ORANGE SALE ! 10c a Dozen while they last. 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