Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
No Chance for "a Democrat.

The Bay City Tribune. under the cap
ton mo Chance for Democrat" says
of the congressional chances in the tenth
district:
The prospects of the Democrats in the
tenth district are just nil. All the talk
of the possibility Of events so arranging
themselves as to render the election OF
Democrat possible is CANNON. Nothing
will happen to give that party the
slightest prospect of electing its candl-
date, whoever he may be, and scarcely
anything will happen to render such an
event probable. There are certain p0-
litical wiseacres who say, IF Bay county
does not get the nomination popular
Bav City Democrat may be elected, ana
others that IF the TuscOla candidate Is
not taken and certain other candidate
is, TuscOla Democrat will stand good
chance of getting there" But all such
talk is based upon very slender pre-
district, nor is TuscOla county the whole
of it, and if it should happen that Bay
does not get the nomination and lOscO or
TuscOla does, or if Bay should get 1t and
the others be disappointed, the amount
of disaffectiOn resulting would not be
more than sufficient to neutralize the en-
thusiasm created in the winning cOun-
ty. Any loss of votes in the losing cOun-
| ty would be made up in the county In
which the candidate resided. The Re
publicans of Bay county and Tusc0la
county are not children, nor bread anu
butter patriots. They are not attached
| to the party for fun, nor for the lOayes
and fishes. TuscOla county may feel
her Importance in the district as con-
tributOr of Republican majOrities, and
Bay may recognize her position as the
business and commercial cenJre OF the
district, and each may urge its claims
with tenacity in the convention. LII Is
quite likely, TOO, that some disappOint-
ment may be felt in both should the
"shOre" secure the nomination. But 1t
would not seek consolation in anything
so absurd and suicidal as the election of
a Democrat. No Bay City Democrat
could secure the support of the Republic
can party of Bay county, against good
Republican from TuscOla or IOscO cOun-
ty. No one would expect the Republic
cans of TuscOla to vote for Bay CITY
Democrat in preference to an l0scO Re
publican, or the Bay City Republicans to
vote for an Alpena Democrat in prefer
ence to a TuscOla Republican. And
there is no difference in Bay county, AL
pena county and TuscOla county Demo-
Gratis. They are of the same ink; tarred
with the same stick; indOctrinated with
the same political heresies. Ii sent to
congress Bay City Democrat would be
associated in the house with the same
gang as TuscOla or Alpena Democrat.
He would be as much opposed to the pol
mercial and agricultural interests of
this city and the tenth district are bound
up as a Democrat from Indiana or Ken
lucky. He would act with the free trad
ers, tariff refOrmers and fiip-dOOdle tar
iffites of which his party is composed
If he did not he would be forced to be.
come Republican, or an insignificant
and pOwerless independent atom. lie
would be as powerless to serve the dis,
trict as though he were page boy in
stead of member; for the avOwed pur'
poses of his party are opposed to the in
terests of the district. Outside OF his
party he would be pOwerless for good
inside of it, powerful only for mischief
The same would hold good of Demo
crat from any part of the district. T(
send Democrat to congress from the
tenth district, when a Republican adj
ministratiOn is in power and the house
of representatives is certain to contain
Republican majority. would be a stupen
dOus act of folly, especially if it SHOULD
be done by Republican voters. The Re
, publicans of the tenth district, Ba!
county, TuscOla county, or any Othel
county, are not children or fools. There
is Republican vote in the tenth distric
/, sufficient to elect Republican to con
gress, and whichever one of the gentle
men before the public for the nOmina
ton may receive it. he will be elected
The result of the congressional cOnven
ton cannot give the Democrats a hop
of success they do not have at this mo
4 ment. And that hope is so small tina
. an aspirant for their nomination can
y not be found. There is not MAJ
y among them fit to be named as candi
k date but will say in response to a sue
y gestiOn that he is the coming man, 81
y would be very foolish thing for me t
put my time and money into such ven
ture. Let some one else do it, if he want
. to; will not" The first member frOr
a the new tenth district will be Reput
: lican, and this is as clear to the Demo
q Gratis as the Republicans.