The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-29
THE cREENBAcKERs CT MICHIGAN.
A Bright Outlook for Victory.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, August Is.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, August Is.
| Correspondence to New Haven Union.
Michigan is deeper in the whirl-
pool Of politics at the present time
than any state in the union. AL
though the election does not occur
until November, there are four party
tickets in the field, and three of them
are struggling for the mastery. This
state has been for years under the al
most absolute control Of the Republi-
can party, who have managed affairs
after their own fashion. The people
are mostly from Connecticut. New
York and Maine, and borrow largely
of the yankees in their habits and
customs. Michigan was true loyal
state during the rebellion, and fur
nlshed men and money promptly to
aid the north and prosecute the war.
The Republicans have heretofore
succeeded in maintaining their SUI
premacy by appealing to the war en-
gendered passions and animosit:es.
and the disgraceful record of the
Democracy during our civil strife has
been used against them with unfail-
ing effect. The fight this year will be
bitter one, and as the Republicans,
by defeat, will lose everything. they
are working with desperation such
as no party has ever displayed. The
Democracy are thoroughly democrat
lied and will not even make respec-
table showing.
The real contest in Michigan is
conceded by all parties to lie with the
Republicans and Greenbackers. The
old party papers entirely ignore each
other and are concentrating their fire
on the Nationals. Their papers are
filled with abuse and anathemas and
articles on finance and 'hard (l) mon
ey." They belittle and ridicule the
National meetings, and display their
spleen in proportion to the size of
the crowd. The chances this year
are for several reasons in favor Z the
triumph of the new party. The dis
intergrating Democratic party will
naturally drift to the Nationals: the
sentiment of the largest mass of the
people of Michigan is Enthusiastically
in favor of the Greenback idea: the
old cry of ''you stand on chance" has
been proved false by the immense
Greenback vote this Spring. and lastly.
very many Republicans are disguised
with their party in consequence of
the course of the Administration.
\ our correspondent has been travel
ing In this State for week past and
! from conversation with the leading
men of all parties and attendance
upon all political gatherings, he is
able to form reliable opinion.
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Jackson, Battle Greek, Kalamazoo,
Niles. Allegan. Grand Haven. New
aygo and this city. General Samuel
F. Cary addressed a mass meeting in
Jackson numbering more than 1000
people and feature of the occasion
was procession nearly mile in
length. The Greenbackers also held
very large and intensely enthusiastic
meetings in the other towns have
mentioned.
The fact that the new party has a
perfect organization in nearly all the
counties gives the Republicans more
concern than anything else. Their
strength has always been in the
shrewd management of the party
machinery. and this is the secret of
their long series of victories over the
Democracy. When they find the
Greenbackers able to cope with them
in such matters they are alarmed with
COOL cause The portion of the
State in which l have been is perhaps
more thoroughly organized by the
Nationals than any other part. They
have had some strength there for two
or three years and have by continued