Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-09
ELECTORAL TICKET.
THE JOINT ELECTORAL TICKET.

The Free Press this week, for the first
time since the joint democratic and national
electoral ticket was placed in the field, prints
the names of but thirteen candidates, that
being the number OF electoral votes to which
the state is entitled. The names. as printed,
are in their order and in all other respects
precisely as they will appear on the demo.
cratic ballots used on election day. The at
tention of democratic papers throughout the
state is directed TO the list as ii now appeors,
and all are requested to make the ticket at
the head OF their columns conform to It,
The national greenback electoral ticket Is
the same as that of the democrats, with the
exception that Moses w. Field instead OF
Jonathan w. Flanders is placed at the head.
National greenback papers will have their
ticket as it will be voted by the supporters OF
General Butler by using the list as given by
the Free Press, substituting the bame Of Mr..
Field for that OF Mr.. Flanders.
In connection with the presentation OF the
Joint electoral ticket as IL will be voted for by
democrats, ii is we'll To remind all voters that
the object OF having an ''odd man" is 10 Sc
cure by the canvass an absolutely correct
| statement of the number OF votes cast by
supporters OF Cleveland and by lhesupporters
| OF Butler. There is no practical way by
| which this can be accomplished without the
sacrifice of an electoral vote.
The terms OF the uoion upon the electoral
| ticket are generally we'll understood through
out the state, bur there is much confusion
outside the borders of Michigan. Ii does not
| follow, because there are six names of Den o.
| Gratis and SIX names Of nationals common to
| the electoral ticket, that Cleveland and Hen.
dricks-if the state is carried. Us it will be by
| the Joint ticket-wili receive six electoral
votes and Butler and West six. What pro.
| portion each Will receive will be determined
| by the proportion of the total vote respect
| lively received by Mr. Flanders, who stands
for Cleveland and Hendricks, and by Mr.
| Field, who stands for Butler aud West
Nothing could be tairer or more just than this
averagement. Uader 1t, il behOoves demo
Gratis ana nationals alike TO exhibit the ut
most activity. Tor every vote Will count
The above explanation of The joint
electoral ticket we clip from the De-
troit Free Press. 1t is the best we
have seen yet and publish the same
for the benefit of our readers who do
not understand how it is managed.
Every Butler man who votes the fusion
electoral ticket this year votes to help
make Grover Cleveland president of
the United States. There is no doubt
about this. Benz +. Butler does not
stand one chance in ten thousand of
election, and no one understands this
fact better than Mr. Butler himself.
The Greenbackers WHO want to vote
Tor Butler without any Cleveland in
theirs met in conference ut Lansing
the other day and put in nomination
six electors to add with the seven NAM
ed on the fusion ticket as Butler cleo
tors, so that there will be a straight
Butter ticket in the field. Now the
Democracy want to confer and put IL
straight Democratic electoral ticket
out and fusion will be at an end.