Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-10-26

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James Buchanan. who vetoed the
homestead bill Democratic leaders
have always opposed homestead bills.
Do honest greenbackers want to help
put such men in poweri
Remove the duty on lumber and our
mills must either shut down or REDUCE
THE WAGES OF THE woRKMEN so as to
make the cost of lumber low enough
to compete with the Canadian market.
where the wages are twenty per
cent lower than here. Vote for Hatch,
whose party is pledged to sustain the
tariff for protection of American in
dustry.
The Republican county ticket is wor-
thy the support of every citizen. The
nominees are all well qualified for the
Offices for which they have been NOM
mated. Several of them have been
tried and their fidelity and competency
demonstrated in u manner that admits
of no uncertainty. No party presents
better candidates. From sheriff to
coroners, there is no discount on any
of the candidates.
Dir. Hatch's canvass of the Tenth
district has been productive of good
results, while his competitor, Mr.. Max
well, has lost ground wherever he has
appeared. The Tenth ceased to be a
doubtful district the moment Mr.. Max
well was nominated, and now it can
not be classed among the close dis
tricts. Mr.. Hatch's majority will count
among the thousands. Detroit Post
and Tribune.
The Cheboygan Tribune says of the
Senatorial nominee in the Goth district
1--WE think the convention made a
very judicious and most excellent Sc
lection when they nominated Mr. Gul
lifer. He is one of the live men of the
district, and will make an able repre-
sentative of the district in the Senate
He is an earnest worker, and will look
we'll after the interests of this rapidly
growing district. Decidedly popular
wherever known he will poll the full
party vote, and his election is beyonC
question"
Maxwell owes his nomination TO tn,
indifference of his party regarding wh'
was nominated, after Spencer o. Fish
er declined the nomination. And hi
party il regarding his canvass with tn
same indifference Talk to n respect
able democrat about him and he vii
say. Well Maxwell would not hav
been nominated il we had expected t
elect democrat in this district" Th
majority of the democrat conventio
voted for Fisher, and when lie declir
ed. allowed Maxwell to be nominate
because there was no one else woul
accept. bay City Tribune
Tie National debt is being paid ver
rapidly. During the month of Augu
it was decreased in round numbe
about SIG 200, 600, and for the mont
of September over SIS, 900, 900. /
Z, this rate the debt will be entirely e
=. tinguished in few years 1t is trl
- that debt-paying is never a pleasal
h.,u I,,t 90 L.
~ either for the individual or the COVER
ment, is when the country is prospe
Gus, when money is plenty and chea
or That il the condition of affairs at Il
- present time, and it would be a gre
IL mistake not to pay up as fast as pos
oI bic. BY the exchange of bonds be5
ing n lower rate of interest, the matte
rd is now the gamer annually by maj
in millions of dollars, and We are nc
nd borrowing money for a less per ce
us than any other government in &
world. Chicago Journal.
or Frank Hamilton has completed
IRE electric apparatus for lighting the 4
to under the boiler in the fire engine a
Zip has it in operation. The pull of
alarm bell in the tower ignites flai
cd of gas, which burns about three {,
DIV high, right into the kindling in the I
in box. AS the engine passes out I
Is wheel strikes n spring which ext
tc guishes the fire and causes the gas
80 to fall through the floor out of sight
Flint Globe.
IVY One of Maxwell's schemes for getti
rty large illegal vote was the organi
iff. ton of voting precinct in the east,
as. part of Hayes township, Clare coun
where certain Bay City democrat
numbering camps The town board v
no persuaded to order the new precil
rty organized. but soon afterward beca
oy convinced that they were acting i
gally aud retraced their steps. I
,an Glare County Press says: The
hat requires that there must be 300 or III
ely voters in a township before secC
by voting precinct is organized. One
nm the members of the Hayes towns
,rt- board who voted for the fraud mad
ted canvass of his township, and the mai