New-York tribune., 1872-09-04

rod nil a
port OF the Lbe movement but those havs h giyen a
vii suffice show that Chandlers Doast ~ put an ale
of this Reform movement ,o., o.,. .,
What IL especially needed is thorough canvas" OF
tho state order to set foot system OF usstDhnn
of documents political information tnat sIhI rsiue
the financial exhibits of the Treasury Dspar'ment, te
rbed and often manufactured extracts from editorials
~ TmE TRIBUNE, and other Administration rsisrepre-
senatons Thus far nothing In ths s,es ns
il hard at work. and tuns OF campaign documents nave
been prepared for distribution, while tne , oefm oo,
mttee have not at command dollar, oocumch', OF
speaker This Will be changed. howeyer' soon, a. an
eicient committee was chosen at Grau G,,s s, raad &
from the two State Central Committees-the Liberal Re
publican and Democraue-ihat couid nave
PROSPECTS OF THE sTArE TICKET.
As fhe result OF the Grand Rapids Conventions, we
have strong and popular ticket much better than the
ticket the head Of which Ia is weakest
part or Austin Blair little need b. said HIS name h
character and his public services are too well known 70
need any eulogy. IL DO said, as showing his o,e
record that after four years service as @ehlgns M
" war Governor" with the bcggary salary OF soO per
annum he left the Gubernatorial chair poor man.
poorer by 5000 than when he hrst tooK IT.
Congress record of six years cannot Detter De
than by quoting what that astute politician, spenher
Blaine said Of him his tlaine'sl qnarrel with Bea
Butler when asking Gov Blair TO state ms I
ing of caucus agreement, he said: "I ask Gov Bsir
whose word will be taken by every gentlemen on .n.
floor a very chevalier legislation man sans Pe.n
sans reproce-to sta his understanding VI this
The ticket nominated at Grand Rapids can be eer % ,h
n thorough canvass Of the State ~ made ana Win 'n0
nrestire of victory IN Pennsylvania and Indiana GOV
Blar IA making splendid volunteer campaign t'a ,So
greatly demoralzing the Chandler adherents anu ny
re calling Tor helm from without Let the true earnest
supporters OF Greeley and Brown in Michigan have ia
The greater portion Of the capital invested In copper
and iron mines Of the upper peninsula Is ownen ~
ton aud New York capitalists, although recently De.o
capital has been largely invested IN that secu9n
ally by composing what is known ~ 1nanu m com
buSipess ring distinguish them from the men i
posing the Chandler political r1ng, Which o' co. V
runs the politics OF the CITY of Detroit put OF ne 0 @
of Michigan IL IL a weknown fact that mrgo ~, ~,
tion of the wealthy business OF Detroit despist
Chandler but have preferred TO drft along wi,Hom @
making any opposition to his wishes rah1r hna re-
counter his hostility for in private life and Dusess
is the bitter, unscrupuous man Una" nv
These capitasts who own a controlling interest IN inc
iron and copper mines OF Michigan, have III some IN
sought TO dictate 70 their employees ~ 20 d"
political action; and this has not been ehuTey i,,r
TO that section | have been shown olrou;1II ~. ".
from a large New-York dry goods trm u 4 WeseIn W
Michigan firm, giving the reasons why tl5II @ r
fnTned with reasons given on tho back why the New
York dry goods firm should coniiDe ltreli W pusi ~
not meddle IN pohucs.
TIE NEW CONGRESS DISTRICrs-THE MAORI
TIES IN 1S70-TIIE CANDIDATES fOi. CON
GREss-THER PROSPECTS,
To me Editor Of rae TrtbVnt.
SIR: BY the Apportionment bills passed al
the last sessions OF Congress. Michigan eiineo u'o
United States Representatives, and the legislature !"
special session last Winter rcdistcted the stae In
doing so hut little attention was paid to the ola Ooi
rss Districts aud they differ widely from the oid
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interest.
rsr Durrrcr.-Tnis IL composed Of one county only
Wayne In 1870 the Democratic majority for COlSI's'
man was 0gs and this year the Liberals WIZ nave l
iority OF about l,500 The candidates are y. fnl,n
RaeS Liberal Democrat Moses W. Field Grant Repub
ican and Lester r. Brown straight-ont Democrat.
I'D DisTRICT.-The district Is composed OF u7idlc,
| Ienawce Monroe and Washtcnaw Counties In lsO
these counties gave Republican majority 0i iSsI nc
last named county was In the Hon. Austin blit 4 lr
rict and the others in the Hon Henry Wadrons dls.
trict Mr. wadron has been renominatrd by the Gitnt
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ag,inst him Many acceSsions to the Liberal ranks have
been gained in Lenawee aud IillsdhIe C9GhinS,. anu
strong hopes entertained OF carrying INC uIslGt
Hid DsTRCT-Ths comprises the cOulltlcS ol b,rry'
Ranch Calhoun Eaton. and Jackson, the last three
having been portion OF eX-Gov Bair's old district AZ
the last Congress election, the Republican majority vas
344, ana the Grant candidate VIII pr0aDyi ~ su,o,,
mi al the coming election. The candidates are as tol
lows Liberal Republican, j. G.. Parkhurst Grant h-
publican, George Willard. The Liberals are numerous
in Barry Calhoun and jackson Counties but not IN
IVTH DsrRII.r-The counties Of Berrlen, Case. Kaa-
| mazoo ST. Joseph. and Van Burcn, compose this Dis
rict and it will probably be carried by the C,tant l-
pubcans their majority ia 1870 being 245 Ihe e'tndl-
dates this year Allen Potter Liberal, and D. e. BuI-
VTH DIsTRICT-The district IL composed Of AIcean.
Ionia, Kent, MuskegOn, aud Ottawa Counties, which
nuSlicsDs have ren6minted wilder d. Foster but the
Liberals have as yet made nomination. The Liberal
gains been large in the above counties and with
! earnest work Foster may bc defeated
VITH DIsTRICTThis district comprises The counties
Of Clinton, Genesee, Ingham, IAyngSon oakland, ana
shiawassee The Republicans had majority vi 1903 for
Governor In 1870 while the Democrats elected t1cir Con
| gressman by lac majority. In Clinton ana Ingham
Counties the Liberals gained largely, aud have met
with some scces the other parts OF the district The
Grant men have nominated Josiah ". BegOlc, and the
1 Liberals expect TO give him close Their canl-
| date has yet been nominated.
vim DIsTRiCT-The district Is composed OF Huron,
Lancer, HacOmb 81. CLAIR, and Sauiiac Counties The
Republican majority for Governor IN 1870 205 and
for Congressman, l,3Ji The Grant Republicans have
rcnominaed Omar ID. C0nger and the Liberal candidate
is Gen John H. Richardson, who is wealthy business
man. and personally very popular. The Liberal gains In
this district have fewer than in other but there
are enough to give some hope OF carrying II. In SL
| Clair County alone the Liberals number over 800
With DIsTRICT.-The counties of Altoona, Apena,
Bay, Clair, Emmett, GladTln GrdtlO lOscO, Isabella, ,
| Midland, MOutcalm, MOntmorenci, OscnanI, Oscoda
! Prcsque Isle, ROseommOn, Saginaw, and Sheboygan
make up this district In 1870 tho Republican majority
for Governor was l780, while the Democrats obtained
majority OF 1876 Oh Congressman the Grant nominee
n. H. Bradley, wealthy lumber and salt dealer "a Bay
CITY, Chauncey W. Wisner has been nominated % both
| the Liberals and WUrkngmcn, and this combination
| makes his election almost certain.
IXTH DIsTRICT-Ihis district comprises the counties
| OF Antrim, Bcuzie, CharicyOX, Chippewa, Crawford
Delta, Grand Traverse, H0ugbtOn, kalcasca keweenaw
! Lake. Leclanaw, Macdnaw, Manslee Manitou, Mar
quette Mason, MecOsta MenOmonee, Missaukee Neway-
20, Oceana OntOnagOn, Osceoa. Otsego and Wexford.
Tie Republican majority on Congressman two years ago
was 3 $50 and the Grant candidate tins year jag A.
Hubbel wlll probably elected. The Lbe rails do
| nominate until the llth inst. H. ID. A.
| DchOa, Much, sept. l, 1872