Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-11
POLITICAL ITEMS.
Say, have you heard from Maine

ever opposed has become the settled
, policy of the country.
What | was as soldier you made
me-" is the grateful tribute of Gen
Logan to the men who carried the
musket.
Disguised with both Blaine and
Cleveland, Charles A. Dana finds con-
ISOLATION in the caresses of widow
Butler.
T The indianapolis Jou,ndl SAYS: He
is wise democrat who does not abuse
Ben Butler. He may have to vote for
him yet this year.
The New York sim SAYS: The re-
volt against the democratic candidate
is spreading and striking deeper as the
canvass goes on.
The Greenbackers and Anti-Monop-
olists Of Wisconsin, harlnonized, but
the democratic party was not invited
TO the love-feast The Greenbackers
in that state are none too sqneamish,
but they cannot stomach the demo-
Gratis.
The Adrian Record (democratic)
says: ''Begole is unfit to be governor
and very likely he will hear from the
masses. He is no democrat, anyway,
apd- there-is po-.s,,s.riuca. -tp~ ,,rip aiaIe
of whom is as much a democrat as
Begole."
The Alpena Pioneer says: The no.
mination of Gen. Russell 4. Alger for
governor gives the fullest satisfaction
TO the republicans of this county. No
man in the state could have been re-
ceived by all parties with so much
enthusiasm. The republicans consider
him Il clean, honorable man, with a
good record They expect from him a
strong, straightforward administra-
ton, one that Will benefit the state
and honor the party.
The Saginaw Times says: The demo
cratic party has put itself on record of a
tariff that is ruinous 20 orr manufac-
tnril4o -iItAra-t--N N.4s- rai -..s..,>.iI I'l.-...
Is no other name for IL. They passed
ia the house the Wood tariff bill in
1880, and had il become a law, our
manufactures would all have been
dead ere this. Then they brought
forth the horizontal Morrison iniquity
last winter, and the whole country ros.
up against it, so they were quite ready
to drop it dead at their Chicago con-
vention.
The Detroit Journal says "Gen.
Rausn emphatically denounces the po-
litical assessment letter, sent out from
New York over his name, as n base
forgery 1t was hoped that we were
i TO go through this campaign without
any Morey letter business But
September comes
\ With cooling air;
1. The boom will sturt
: With torchhght glare;
Then there'll be snap
= And savage trying
To do some tnll
Democratic lying"
The Kalkaska Leader says: We hear
occasionally that Gen Alger beca sie a
, member of the G.. A. r. organization
: two weeks before his nomination, the
; idea being conveyed that he did so to
curry favor with the veterans. Well,
suppose he did or did not, what diff
= ference does it makeY He got TO the
= front with the boys way back in war
. times when there was figting TO do, and
! made record that neither he nor his
old comrades need to feel ashamed of.
7 and the veterans wont stop To inquire
:, what Post lac belongs to or whether he
) belongs to any, when the time comes
a TO elect him governor of Michigan.
Il Don't forget that fact, gentleman.
e The Ogemaw Herald says: "This
II week, for the first time, the Herald
places i'm its column the name of one
of our citizens as the republican nom
r inee for a state office. We know
IT that Mr. Markey appreciates the honor
u thus conferred upon him and feel from
what we know of him, that he will
' prove an efficient representative OF the
:. peoples trust. Mr. Markey will be
d elected without doubt. - There is
l. no doubt of his election, and we are
d well satisfied he will represent the dis
IL trict in creditable manner, and add
u further laurels to the many that now
~ grace his youthful brow.