Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-22
WESTON AND HIS SLATE.
What Ne IS Dong and What ne IS
Expecting 10 Do.

sDecial - rhe Detroit Frss Prsss.
HAsaIser0s- May Ill 81. Weston. or
Grand Rapids. had al inteFyiss with seere-
tary Manning ia the interest OF the Fifth
District applicants for 0fhce- tie j. using
ali the influence he Possesses and al his IN
gsnalty a. veil, - encompass the defeat Of
Representative ". B. Wilson, OF the Ninth
DistricL The latter's champion. l. q. Ma
son, has returned home, bat viii come back
again ia a few days and continue the nght.
Mr Weston vas Interviewed az the Riggs
House this evening D. the representative for
the Free Press relative 10 his motives ~ ms
present line OF action
I'm the first place" said he ''the Ninth
District, Ia which Mr.. Wilson resides, casts
a Republican majority Of not far from z, IOU-
Ii has in the way OF patronage the Register
Of the Land Oliee, two Deputies at Nus
kegon. one each az AOntague, Peutwater,
L0dln ston and Manistee. In addition II
has several lighthouse keepers and hfe-sav-
ing stations and numerous other small
Offices within It's jurisdiction. The district
has never yet elected Democratic Congress
man. Nov the situation IA the flfth Dis
trict \ such a. 10 merit encouragement by the
administration by ludlci0us selection OF ap-
polntees, a. well a. Iudiclous distribution OF
patronage. ~ e can Dtll- TIC ilth birttAce
10 the Democracy with hooks OF steel. That
We desire this encouragement observe the
following facts: Two years ago We elected
HOusemsn 10 Congress by a majority OF ia.
Last fall We elected Comstock by A plurality
OF A56. Now Ottawa County Is Republican
by 70O majority. Hence II will be seen that
our Democratic votes came mainly from
Kent and lonla counties. 1t Is for these
reasons that on account OF the close
vote the appOintees for the district
for the important Offices should mainly come
from those sections where the major portion
of the Democratic vote = deposited. This
will account, also, for the reason why Kent
County demands the largest slice of the OIL
cial pie. When II comes to individuals We
are not particular. We have five or six good
men for every office 10 be filled in the dis
trict, and the President may take his choice
from among them. The candidates
for Collector of the port IN the
district are ID. q. Watson of Coopersville,
head of the leading mercantile firm in
the town. an able and ardent Democrat and
V. W. Seeley, OF Grand Haven. A To the
office of Internal Revenue Collector. | am
keeping my hands of from that. For the
Office of United States District Attorney for
the Western District the candidates are Hon.
Charles ;. May and G. y. Stewart, of kala-
mazOO, q. Chase Goodwin, of Grand Rapids,
and John Power. of the Ninth District.
new candidate whose name l suppress at
present has, within few hours past. filed
his application for the appointment"
George y. Davis, of Grand Rapids, candi-
date for Collector of Internal Revenue for
that district, had an interview with the Pres
ident to-day, which was so satisfactory that
ne leaves for tOme tomorrow morning.
Other Michigan men are expected here in
a few days. Il is quite probable that when
the President reaches Michigan he will dis
pose of All the important offices in a bunch.
In his interview with Mr.. Thompson to-day
he again took occasion to speak pleasantly
Of Michigan and Michigan matters and
further said they would speedily receive his
aftaution