Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-08-14
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The republican congressional con-
vention unanimously renominated
General Byron M. Cutcheon.
Edward S. Stokes, who murdered
jim Fisk i'm quarrel about his mis-
tress, has joined the Independents.
Congressman Breitung of the 11th,
or upper peninsula district, has de-
clined a denomination.
The American POLITICAL alliance
will nominate candidates for presi-
dent and vice-president at conven-
ton to be held September 5.-Next.
Cassius M. Clay, who followed the
liberals" into the democratic camp
in 1872. has broken out and is support
ing Blaine and Logan.
Beecher says he is satisfied that Gro
yer ''acted the part of man" i'm the
affair; but Maria Halpin wishes he
hadn't Bay city tribune.
A Chattanooga, Tenn, dispatch re-
ports the election there the most excit-
ing since the war. The republicans
carried all the districts but two.
The democrats builded better than
they knew when they failed to say
anything against polygamy in their
ta,R:eiIii iiif 1t as a n nPersobHSal andsisir have
Not a single vessel has passed
through the canal locks at Sault Ste.
Marie with Cleveland and Hendricks
banner All fly the Blaine and Lo-
gan streamers.
Fogg, of the Lansing Sentinel, told
Clinton county democrats that if
they would support 13 Butler electors
tle greenbackers might support the
entire democratic state ticket.
The Detroit Post says The 2-year old
daughter of Henry Germon of Wilkes
barre, died OH Monday from IA dose of
concentrated lye A goat in the
eighth ward of this city chewed up a
Detroit Free Press yesterday and died
from the same cause.
The Glare County repubT'can con-
vention elected G. G.. Sears of Mere
dith, end Il. Smith, of Harrison, as
delegates to the congressional con'
vention, Tenth district. and instructed
them to vote for ii. NJ. Loud for
nominee.
The Detroit Journal says: The
Philadelphia CdH accuses Logan OF
having once been a democrat, and
thinks the latter party should kick.
Never mind. no doubt Gen. Logan is
more ashamed Of the fact than any.
body else.
The Ogemaw Herald says: The
majority of American voters dare not
trust the ship of state to the care Of
the democratic party, for betweeI
"free trade" and free love-" they'C
be sure to "Beech-er."
The Ingham County NelCS says: Tin
Tarsney in his speech at Flint salt
that he was not a free trader nor wa
he protectionist; in fact, he said IN
did not know what he was. This con
fused condition of political belle
makes Tim the most eligible man il
Michigan to stand upon the tarii
plank of the democratic platform.
The Detroit NeIcS says: The Film
democrats strung "A banner across tn
street bearing thereon the word
, Cleveland, Hendricks and victory.
The Independent Journal moved L
strike out the work victory" and in
sert the words 1.-THE baby" and the
the democrats kicked up such a 70,
about the wicked campaign slander
, that the Journal has come out fo
Blaine and Logan.
= The Ann Arbor Courier, says: In on
e recent trip through the Northern PAL
! of the state we saw Blaine and Loga
= flags on steamers, sail boats. warehou
i es, stores and houses everywhere, bu
= no Cleveland and Hendricks flags III
e til we reached Port Huron. All {
: Northern Michigan is practically unar
] imous for the republican ticket. The
d wish no free trade, no free whisky, n
y soft money. Butler will poll quite
: vote among the laboring men i'm som
= parts, but that does no harm and onl
weakens the democrats.
The Hemisphere, Mass. Gazette says
; One of the things which must cour
i i'm Mr.. Blaine's favor with candid me
Z is the fact that he is nowhere else $
popular as at home among his Main
u neighbors, who have summered an
e wintered with him for a third of a Gel
! tury, and must by this time be prett
u we'll acquainted with him. The r.
u publicans of the state know hii
II through and through, and they stan
by him with wonderful tenacity an
enthusiasm. There are no sorehead
{ there. Are they not as intelligent, q
J. honest and as conscientious as the n
, publicans of Massachusetts, Are the
.,.