Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-10

which he says the time has not come
TO place the government in the hands
of those who persistently deny the ne
gro the rights of citizenship lie will
support Blaine.
The president has nominated John
A. Hasson, of Iowa, for the Berlin
mission, and Alfonso Taft of Cincin-
natl, minister TO Russia. The presi
dent could have found no better iiien
for these positions, and they will well
represent the government.
The Gaylord Indepetlclent, says: ''If
ted (O spoon on their vest is green
backer, then they are very numerous
in this section, and we guess they are!"
We would say they were green all over.
We have not seen n spoon, and If there
are any in this section, the wearers
keep them hidden.
Congressman York of North Carroll
ha, pituiCiS iidt blulile anu Logan
will carry that state by 10000 major
ity. Five thousand is sufficient for
all practical purposes, and we trust it
will be backed up by her sending a
solid republican delegation to congress
North Carolina ought to belong in the
republican column, and so should Ten
nessee.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph, says;
Some of the republicans of Kalana-
hO',, VINO tii>cotttiiIue,i Iiai pei , een-
ly. because of that journals practical
alliance with the dem icrats for the
campaign, are in rec''0' Of an apollo
getic circular from the publishers. in
which they seek to justify their course.
The circular makes these former read
ers more disgusted than ever.
The Otsego Herald, says: About tile
'spooniest" lot of men in the country
to-day, are those demagogues OF But
lerism who go about with n small tin
spoon pinned to the lapel of their vest
imagining they are little demigods.
That spoon business will be buried be
yond the hope of resurrection next
fall" The greenback organ at Gay
lord don't think so.
The republican members of congress
are condemnlng III unIneasured terms
the democrats for filibastering To pre-
vent the consideration of the Mexican
War pension bill. The republicans
should fillibuster to prevent IA vote OH
adjournment, and keep the democrats
from attending the Chicago conven
tioni
Prof. w. G. Sumner, of Yale. the
noted free trader who organized the
Connecticut independent bolt against
Blaine, was in Chicago, lately. and
was interviewed, when he said he
could not tell how much the independ-
ent vote would amount to, but if what
he had heard of Irish support was true,
lit may more than make up for the re-
publican votes that Blaine will lose,
for the Irish vote in Connecticut is
quite large
The Meridian (Miss.) Mercury is on-
of the strongest democratic papers in
the south, in speaking of the republi-
can nominees, says: Both Blaine and
Logan have figured prominently i'm the
ublic eye for p number of years, and
it is unnecessary here to review their
public career. They are both strong
men. and it is useless to conceal the
fact that they are as likely to unite the
full strength of the opposition to de-
mocracy as any two men in the coun
try.
The Grand Traverse Herald, whose
editor is n delegate TO the democratic
convention at Chicago. says: Michigan
sends a solid and enthusiastic Cleve
land delegation to Chicago. The De
nounced in his favor of any yet held
The state may help him in the co,.ven
ton, but Blaine will get the full bene
fit of the electoral vote in November
Nobody can carry Michigan agains
the plume knight, although Cleve
land will undoubtedly draw as large I
t vote i'm the state as any candidate tn,
t democrats conld select.
Mr.. Walker Blaine, son of the mex
president of the United States, dene
that his father had anything to dc
with the printing of the Madigan cir
cular. Not To be foiled. however, tn,
democrats boldly charge that it wa
printed in the Office of the Ken
l nebec Journal, within short dis
tance of Mr.. Blaine's residence Tha
is pretty conclusive but if il can h,
proved that Mr.. Blaine's hired gir
knew the Journals pressman the proc
4 will be damning. Ithaca Journal.