Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-08-07
POLITICAL ITEMS.
The Saginaw Times has come out TO
Alger.


Congressman Hiscock says New
York is safe for Blaine.
The fusion ticket in West Virginia
is considered strong one.
The democrats in Washington con-
cede that their majority in the next
house of representatives, will be small.
Senator Grover, of Portland. Or,
publishes a card denying that Grover
Cleveland is his nephew.
The girls of Blissfeld will raise a
Blaine aad Logan pole all by them
selves.
Carl Schurz is reported to have re-
fused to take the stump for Cleveland,
because of the recently published
scandal.
The Alpena County Republican Con-
vention, held on last Saturday. in
structed delegates TO support General
Alger for governor and Il. j. Kelly for
congress,
There is no doubt that.y Butler will
run for president. His letter TO the
greenback national committee was as
much an acceptance as was Blaines to
the republican committee.
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nomination. The Courier, democrat,
predicts his nomination on the first
ballot.
The Irish-American independent
association held a meeting Yesterday
in New York to indorse Blaine.
Cleveland was denounced as an enemy
of the workmeh.
The Lapeer Clarion says: 1t seems
} the democratic party threatening the
country the same year As an anti
dote for both the best thing is to clean
up.
Frank Hurd is not to have plain
sailing i'm to harbor OF a denomination.
His radical free trade views are reject
ed by many democrats in the Toledo
district, and the indications are at
present that he will be defeated
The Ovid Register says: The Ecenin9
Journol has already consigned Gov
Cleveland TO the darkest, deepest,
way-down dungeon in the blacklist
prison, aud we guess it will support
the child"
Congressman Burns, of Missouri,
one of the prominent democrats of
western Missouri, adds that Cleve-
lands nomination will lose the demo
Gratis six congressional districts IN his
state The solid Missouri delegation
is now democratic.
! The Northern Tribune says: Quite
, a number of vessels loading at this
hport had Blaine and Logan flags fly
ing from their mast heads, but we
E have yet TO see the first Cleveland and
e Hendricks streamer floating from any
! vessel
General Logan's letter accepting the
vice presidential domination on the re
publican ticket made public on July
81 is an able second to Mr. Blaine''
letter of acceptance. He treats tn,
great public questions in a statesman
like manner, and his uttefarices re
quire no explanation.
One of the misfortunes that hav,
come to the democracy from allowin!
itself TO be ridden to death by free
trade jockeys" is. accord ng 20 tn,
l. New Orleans Picayune the gradua
n loss of the United States senate.
{. expects to see the next senate stanC
l. forty-three republicans and thirty-nin
If democrats.
( The address of George William
Ie Curtis submitted to the meeting o
u independents yesterday declares tina
IL ''the paramount issue of the election
Il moral rather than POLITICAL" If TN
= charges relative to the private life O
. Grover Cleveland are true, where wi
Y George William stand with hi
III "moral" issue 9-DetroH Journal.
The Detroit Journal.says; The
feat of Congressman Converse of Ohio
. for denomination is an unfortunat
y event. He has been recognized a
one of the ablest democra Is in col
- gress for the past six years, and h
- sacrifice at the demand of the FIRE
y traders will cost the democ rats c
Ohio many votes.
IL The Detroit NetcS. says, 1.-THE Ttf
he une of Port Huron is responsible fC
If the most scientific, elegant end plaus
Of BILE fish lie of the season. IL is to I'll
rs effect that Sanilac county man has
IS. tree on his farm with knot hole abor
of six feet from the ground, from whic
We flows stream of water the year rounC
H. and fish have been seen TO issue froi
lie the tree" On Saturday the water
nj salt and the fish slipplied are mackere