Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-17

have gone before.
Hon O. T.. M. Cutcheon, OF Oscola,
is being quite generally and strongly
urged as candidate for State Land
Commissioners. Mr.. Cutcheon has al
ways been n success in positions of
public trust, and would without doubt
make n good commissioner. Huron
Tribune.
"The delegation which was elected
to attend the county convention ut
Caro- was strictly law and gospel one,
being COMPOSED Of four ministers, one
lawyer, one justice of the peace,
Judge of probate and n cemetery man.
1t was the grayest delegation we ever
saw. -NaSsar Times.
"The Congressional pot in this dis
trict continues To boil and the candi-
dates are active all along the line. II
looks like Bay county, unless they
should unite on some one candidate,
would lose the prize and something
Loud be heard from in the convention.
Some of the democratic press in the
district are ilattering themselves that
Bay county will feel so sore over the
defeat of some of their candidates as
, to cause some detection, and thus they
hope TO carry the district and elect n
democrat, but we believe their hopes
are groundlcss That willie the candi-
date and their friends are all making
a the best fight they can before the nom
nation after the question is settled as
. TO the nominee, all will be united and
= woik for the successful man, and that
: the Republican candidate will be
elected by n large majority, ,"-Cheboy-
gan Tribune.
+ The appropriations made by the
/ present Congress exceed those Of the
e last 10y @7G, 900, 900. This will undoubt-
II edly be used by democratic speakers
+ as It comparison of the economy of the
n two parties. Upon this seeming eX-
j travagance, the Detroit Post and 7rj
e 6HRc says ., But OF this excess *2i,
Il 900. 600 was for deficiencies of last
I years appropriations, and of this ~
e coo, 600 about SIG coo, 600 was for pen
II Sons. NOOuU :-)<vUU, Uvo nIua, ~ Io'
J. arrears of pensions made necessary by
- the bill passed four years ago, and 90
o 600, 600 more is for extra clerks TO ex
'r peditc the payment Of the pension ar
j! rcarS. This leaves an excess of SIS,
'i O00 900, and there are expected to b
Is no deficiencies To carry over TO mex
or years account. Thus Congress Ina
IN not only had 10 provide for the def
cicncics left by the last dcmOcrau
"a Congress. bat for this years appropr
H. ations in full. The record is not Il ba
III one and will furnish but little demo
* in mind that the Democrats in Con
III gress are responsible, as well as the II
IN publcans. for much Of this cXtrav;
or gance If il may be so called. The al
Of preparation most open to condemnj
Of tion-that for the rivers and harbols
nd was vetoed 10y the Republican Pres
W dent, but was passed over the veto |
IN the aid OF democratic votes.
i'i "The appetite for Office is one TN
y! is not stated by indulgence. On Il
- contrary, it grows upon what it feed
~ and becomes more and more greco
All as its demands are repeatedly acced,
ors to. Bay county was organized in 1Sj
'Ne At the Presidential election of Is
III II! and 1864 she gave democratic majo
us ties; in 1S6S.her Republican maiori
Il was only 95; in 1876 She was aga
Us democratic; in 1880 her Republic
II! plurality was less than 400, and t
OF united democratic and greenback vo
was over | 400 in excess of the Repu
oie lican vote. During the period that i
III! elapsed since her organization
nm years-Bay county has had several i
10 portant State offices, including a Jud
en- Of the Supreme Court, Lieutenu
Oh Governor and Regent of the Univ
ARK sity, and n member of Congress
the four years. TuscOla county was
Nj! ganized in 1850, seven years bef'
low Bay. She has been solidly Republic
tiliS always, never having given n del
erSe cratic majority AT the last Presid
po- tial election, i'm 1880, she cast 2,
was Republican votes, while Bay coul
III polled only 2.40i. Since tie time
cog her organization, 80 years ago, she
york never been honored with single st
owl office, and has never had u Rcpres
lSSO tative in Congress, and yet the 2,
'ell Republicans of Bay county who Ia
Fer been repeatedly favored both in ~
lma- and Congressional matters insist II
an i'm Justice aud by right, their ella
not should Outweigh those of Tuscola' 5
and 800 Republicans, who have never
age ceived the slightest recognition of q
ided services. This is n kind of logic
II OF is perhaps understood by the "
'rted pullers Of the Third city, but the
ports publican voters of Tuscoln county
same need some enlightmcnt on the sub
Il