Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-02-08
THE LAST DITCH REACHED. :"
INCIDENTS or THE LAST AND DESPE-
RATE EFFORT TO CARRY THE
POSITION.


Correspondence Detroit Evening News,
LANSING, Mich. Feb. 3--When the
cious little legislation they do) came
into the capitol this morning they
showed that the night had been hard
one. Instead of getting the rest SO
much needed the night before the bat
tie, they had been hotly skirnishing
until dawn, and many bed was un-
pressed until the cock crew. a hur-
ried nap, breakfast swallowed mot
eaten). cocktail to clear the mists,
and the lines were closed up for the
biggest battle of the session. The par
ley sounded the day before by the
anti-Ferry men was responded to by
AsNoRT OF DEFIANCE,
and the spies that had been inside the
democratic council Of war had sown
the seed of desertion, and, with the
news OF Ferry's financial failure anu
his pelng sued tor his hotel bills III
their possession, his staff decided on
carrying the position at all hazards and
by the use of any available help.
When the convention assembled it was
expeced that Senator Richmond, of
Washtenaw, would formally Withdraw
the name of Stout, the union candi-
date; but for some reason he failed to
do so. Some said he lacked the cour
age, others said he was TO kind heart
ed. and he himself said he thought it
was well enough known from other
sources. Richmond has courage and
grit enough 10 do anything, butt wise
enough not to put himself on record
when a surrender is being made-if he
can avoid doing SO. The president of
the senate called for n ballot promptly.
The general result OF the four ballots
have already been told in THE NEWS
telegraphic reports. There was no
| special interest attached 10 the first
ballot further than it confirmed the
information the reporters had al
ready that Stout's vote was gone and
the union party disintergrated. Be
| fore the second vote was taken an eff
| ort was made TO find out whether the
Ferry manipulators had carried out
their oft-spokenof idea of securing alb
| senteeism enough to elect their man.
but il was shown that the only abseri-
tee were men WHO were away with
honest intent they being Senators
Gaeusal and Romeyn and Representa-
tives Cowell, Cook, Snyder Train and
| Wiltse.
The second BALLOT was chiefly re-
markable for the aimleSS scattering of
votes. by which almost everybody of
anv note got n complimentary vote
even the newspaper guild being honor
ed by Il clear vote for Joseph Greusel,
OF the Free Press, as was also the base
ball fraternity in one for Elliott b.
Stevenson, Of Port Huron.
THE THIRD BALLOT
was an exciting one, and around il
clusters the greatest interest of the
long and desprate deadlock. The sec.
retary Of the senate called the roll OF
that body. without striking anything
remarkable until the name of Senator
Fast (rep.) was reached, when that
gentleman arose and with n Chester
iieldian bow announced that he was
paired with Representative Bently, a
"unionist The term ''unionist'
sounds like mockery when one thinks
Of the lack Of cohesion that party has
shown thus far The roll of the house
was then called. Representative
Brant voted for "Yusef'' Greusel
which brought out a ringing cheer, fol
"Yusef' is an honorable and respec
ted man Mr. Black moment later
voted for Timothy Il. Tarsney, the
young lion of the Saginaw Valley.
| Iell tic Luil SlDIp'u anu NhC iNi iCi ~
hope OF democratic deserters threw
themselves into the breach to save tn
day for Ferry. Representative Byron
T.. Parkes, of st. Clair county, lef
Stout and created sensation 10y vot
ing for Ferry; Riopelle, of Wayne coun
ty, followed, and after the roll was call
ed but before the announcement, Sen
ators Norton, Roost, and Whiting anC
Representative Wright changed t'
Ferry amid tremendous excitement anC
cries Of THE break has Gomez ON
Ferry tooter yelled "Give it to him,
and Beals unshaven face shone like |
20-shilling copper sauce pan.
Would the plan work. Would the re
publcans of Michigan submit to thi
sort Of political prostitution! "Wil
YOU folks take thsse democratic vote
to elect your MANI asked a reporter
Take en-, he replied; I'VE will elec
Tom Ferry to-day, and elect him b.
any means we can"
But lie did not know the stuff SOM
Of tie republicans were made of, TO