Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-28
MICHIGAN POLITICS.


will you have2 2"-Lowell Journal.
"Gov. Begole exhibited fair sam
pie OF his intellectual self at the re
cent &. A. II. encampment i'm Detroit
He was an object of pity from the tim,
he commenced his speech until he tool
his seat. And is this our governori
was asked in mougnfulness. 1t was
Great Scott! where did they get him
Lowell Journal.
"The Barry county greenbackers
have held a meeting and agreed to drop
their old name and adopt that of anti
monopolists. A rose by any other
name would smell as sweet. Char
lotte Republican.
"A newly elected Congressman from
Massachusetts, makes the discovery
that Senator Edmunds will not be pop
ular as a presidential candidate be-
cause he is an intellectual icicle." If
there is anything we de not want in
President il is gush, nonsense and eff
fusive impulsiveness. Senator Ed
munds has none os these characters.
ties. The qualities that President
should have are large brain, wide ex-
perience, courage in convictions, un-
questioned and incorruptible integrity,
and a steady nerve and n level head.
All these qualities Senator Edmunds
has to "A degree exceeded By no man in
public life. Charlotte Republican.
I'VE are more than pleased to note
the favorable mention which the Hon.
George +. Edmunds is receiving for
the Republican Presidential nomina-
ton. We regard him as the greatest
jurist, statesman and man in the fore
:rsund of politics to-day. AS u con
stitntional lawyer he has no peer. as a
politician he is wist and sagarious.
graphing only with the important
problela Of state po'icy and ignorin'
the petty pickering of spoils' hunters
and demaSoSucs. lie has had large
Congressional experience n which is
the record of 10 political mistake. -
The coming campaign, involving IA il
will free dis ,ussion of the tariff in
all its b. rings, will lie Il conflict oi
business interests. The Republican
party could nominate no candidate
who nd raw the support of tie
country more certainly than would q e
! Hon George +. Ejmnnd,. ."-ingham
County News
i'he Ovid Union prints the following
! from "a letter recently rece ve by Capt..
Beattie from Mark :. Brewer cons 7
general at Berlin: u th:nk ;.lr iar,H
question win he the lnost III orta +,
oi,e in the next campaign; YOU hnow !
believe IN protecting Am can i'.Gus
try and American a. Dor, anu my Vie s
touching the propriety of such law
have been strengthened 10y my life
abroad No country in the world has
been SO prosperous a. our )wn ,ince we
enacted our protection laws. The Ia
boring people of our country are bet
ter clothed. better educated and more
intelli gent than those of any other
land. With our broad expanse of ter
ritory we should be independent of all
lands, as far as supplying our own
wants. The farm ers,eof Michigan are
now realizing what 4 warned them OF
in 1873" The Union adds: when
we compare such wi olesome views, ,en
tertained 10y n gentleman who at one
time represented this distriat in Con
gress, by the side of the views enter
tanned and expressed by the rattle
hea ded free trader now misrepresent-
ing the district at Washington. we
cannot resist the temptation the com
parison invites of calling the attention
of those farmers who voted for Winans
against a protectionist, and who now
feel like kicking themselves because OF
being tweedted into voting the social
Ell Union ticket upon that flimsy pre-
J text of anything to boat the Repub
Z lican party"
: 1--WE do not believe there is mar
= i'm Michigan who would make a strong
{ er candidate and better run for gov
t ernor than John T. Rich. He is maj
r of the people in the highest sense o
/ the word. pis name has never beeI
r associated with jobbcry or trickery o
- any sort, in every position of honor t
which he has been intrusted by tn
people he has been found true, and n
, man in the State to-day holds close
place in the trust and confidence c
the people. From the fact that he
farmer and has devoted his life {
agricultural pursuits, and known I
:, every farmer i'm the State, he woul
" draw :. following from the farmers the
no other man in the tate could hor
to obtain. lie is unquestionably I'll
= most available man TO be found in II
Republican ranks - Eaton RapiC
Journal.
,, 1t IL difficult TO see how salt can |
produced al n cheaper rate than nov
:, or who would want il at less pric
and certainly the wool growers of Il
State will NOT no MS ased with ID red,1