, 1866-12-01
FROM DETROIT.
4 Democratic Hullabal0o in
Michigan.

= UCn10crlllc HulIaD1l00 III
Michigan.
The Democracy Coming Dnt for Negro
Suffrage, and tue Detroit Free Prcxs
to Lend OF.
Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune.l
DEEo1r, November a. 1906
fonr correspondent, who was too frc-
quently compelled to neglect tho TRIBUNE,
before tue election, By the pressure Of busi-
peEs. and who has since then been Ill so as to
cause more neglect, seizes upon the orporiu-
nifty afforded by this holiday to lay before
you the particulars Of tue greatest political
joke, mud most astounding political rcrcla.
tion known in the history Of PARTIES.
:. The Democratic party of Michigan Is
about to come out strong, rabid and radical,
In fRyor Of universal manhood suffrage
The Detroit Free prtxs, which has been even
more ferociOus!y antt.nesro md more stub.
bOrnly prejudtccd against negro votIn. than
the Chicago Times. is going to lead In the
movement
Now, do not Imagine that the devil has
been converted. Not by any means. lie is
sick ; and, therefore, would become monk
Only, when he gets well, ever, The monks
will stick to him. and cannot be pulled of
again. For the Democratic party in Micll-
isan, and especially the Democratic State
organ, must speedily make choice between
negro suffrage and death and tho organ has
already intinatcd that 1t will not choose
death, and will choose negro suffrage. The
joke Is n1l the more huge and ridiculous be-
cause when the Chicago Times first turned
its remarkable tisP-1ap, and camr out III
favor Of negro Suffrage, the Detroit F'ree
Press, not bti4n sharp enough 10 sec where
il must soun stand or die. bitterly denounced
6tf hn Il t,tfr II,
Eertton Of Democratic principles. The Times,
possible seeing the corner into which the
FRO IrcSs was rapidly driftlng, retortea by
styling the Detroit organ the owl Of the
press" WHICH bird, as it we'll knows, cannot
sec nn Inch beyond lis beak in broad day
light, and is only 1it TO hunt food and smell
game after durk, willie given to inlul~ing
In dismal aud altogether unat-
tractirc melody In short time the 7ia,e.
will have tlc satisfaction Of seeing the Free
qualified and universal negrb Suffrage. In
Michigan, at Least, and, by iufe cnce and ex-
aMplc, recommending universal suffrage
everywhere.
This is the way oft: The people Of Mtebi-
gan hare voted, by IN overwhelming ma
tion, to reconstruct the Constitution Of the
State Of Michigan. THIS Convention will bc
held next summer. 1t is certain that this
Convention will be largely Republican, lfthe
parties remain divided upon present Issues :;
aud sure Of containing a Republican majority
at all events. Tho only hope fur the Demo
cratic party to obtain even a faIr show in
the Convention lies In that party juinintr {s-
sue upon platform more In ncrurlance with
TIC overwhelming radical sentiment Of tue
st3te than thc position occupied BY the Re
take up and settle the question of suffrage
In this State, and will inryitsbly introduce
Impartial suffrage into the new Constitu-
tion.
Now formidable portion Of the Rcpubli
can party o! Michigan has long been In favor
Of Impartial Suffrage It'll this State based
upon the test Ct intelligence. There Is, and
will be, strong element in favor of cxclu-
ding Ignorance, vice and paupeyistn irolu the
ballot box, nnd the remainder Of tho Kepub-
lican party is unanimously III favor Of tSclu-
in the Repnhl,ean party, therefore, the
question will BE- whether all loyal men shall
be voters, or whether only all loyal men who
can read and wrlte, who have never been
Convicted Of crime, and who arc not pau
pers; shall vote II either Of these tests arc
raEty. That party cannot bear the disfrau.
chiselnent Of Its Ignorant, its criminal or It's
disioyal voicrs-thc latter Including
sfseF'ers %he hare asofs and se.c.saa a.,
in any tangible manner. Ether test would
ruin The Democratic party past redemption.
Therefore the Democratic party of Michigan
will he forced TO dcnuulicc all restrictions
upon the ballot, and to advocate with ill it's
strength unqualified aud unrestricted man.
mood suffrage, Including, rs 4 matter OF un.
ayoidable necessity, negroes Of all shades.
The conclusion Is inevitable, and neither to
he d1dccd or passed over In silence, or hand
led eiDgcrly. The dire necessities of this
party Will conpca an outspokcn, loud and
intense discussion Of the issnc. And The
RrnDtDI5rnu nil k1az 81,
enforce complete showing Of hands and an
open, lrrcyocable, notorious showing UP, and
showing Gown, aud exposure all around Of
tue future Democratic plntfosm upon this
question.
The agitation in the Democratic pasty has
already begun. The Free rrsu has had
its eyes OPENED little by the stormy discus
Einn that has arisen among It's party mana.
gers. 1t Is rrluctlauuy, and with many
heavy aud lueubrious sigh, taking thu back
tncA. ltnpproac!ies the inevitable negro
on ITS lip but tear in Its cyc.' II has al.
ready declared qualified suffrage ilu,ubuc J:
and that any Qualification wifi disfranchisc
white men; which Is not to be endured. 1t
INSERTS TINT, II the change must come, uni
vcrsal suffrage Is inevitable. If you c.u
Imagine one of the evil spirits In tight cor
ner, compelled to repeat tho Lords prayer,
md trembling with apprehension viii, each
ialtcFing syllable at the probable result Of
the experiment, and expecting The holy spell
would crush him, tu-
Suffer tea chansc
1rto something sich and strapce,''
q something which he particularly don't
want TO tc, you car, Imagine tho mingled dis
gust. apprehension, anxiety, despair and ex-
{*ctation With whiclfthc party and its organ
launch their canoes upon the swollen Radi.
cal current Of equal rights Irrespective Of
raee, and how gingcrly aud with many a
Eroan they paddle away frum the submerged
little Island Of d white mau's government. -
where they lisve 80 long cncampcd and
laughed at the slowly riein, waters.
The Frrr Isr*. has been savagcly psickcd
forward, moreover, by the following, card.
published in the Chicago Times, and signed
by two of the slrcwiest and Most intlueattal
Democratic leaders Of Western Michigan:
IONA. Mich, November u.
49,. We hare read yoar articles on negro saGtaer,
ss;s sSs;ts. , 1 e s 1s tS I, (sa q. e
20 mar "<s:st Iou:r I :ray f''<' .AFn1,
II these two old and truly Coppcraead
leaders thus speak out, thrrc l7c . hundred
others who think the same, but have not ret
Publicly spoken.
=, When it Is considered how great reyolu.
ton IN the Democratic party Of Michigan
ms VIII tc. and how deep-rooted, how long
cultivated the Irciudccs Of Its masses are
and how its leaders have not only rot to
swallow themselves, and turn WIRING side
out, but have got to convert all their
followers, to whom they have so long
preached precisely the opposite doctrine,
and how skillfully the conversion must BE-
managed, lest the converts be too thoroughly
fadisailzed and converted clear over to Re,
rublicanism. It IS seen at a glance the ncces-
sIty Of berlnpin. In eeaaon tho gigantic dlf.
haltita OF tho aistasteful task, and the huge
proportions OF the great political joke which
has been played upon the Democratic party
OF Michigan. No wonder ..the owl Of thc
press bcEius 10 roost uneasily on Its perch.
ELI the LiSfslnture OF New York ehall de-
clare: as 1t probably will, that the proposi.
tton for State Constitutional Convention ia
carried In that State, and shall order Con.
vention, the New York World will be in the
samc III as the Free Pres Of this State. The
Ho,id is already hedging against this proba.
bility, and the Albany -Ar1ns has come
equally out in favor Of unqualified manhood
suffrage in case Of. change in the suffrage
laws. The fun promises to spcrad pretty
much all oyer the North, and into the South.
too; 60 that Republicans and Radicals every.
Where can laugh and grow fat for the next
Two years Nlcn.
HE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.