Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-28
LOCAL POLITICS
Opiaions oy Weston. COmstock and
Ma kslssY on the Situation.

Opinions %, aeston. COmstock and
Ma Nelssf on the Situation.
Special l8 lhs. Dsirolt kree Press.
WASHINGTON. Jaly s.-H0n- l. VI Weston
xishes % have the raul0r corrected that he
has a candidats for every Federal Once IA
Western Michigan. Tie follO~ing ticket
4ogld salt him very sell hs says Collector
Of tae Port-D. %. Watson Postmaster a
Graad Rapids-James Blair; United States
Marshal MAJOR kelsey, Pension Agent
. The only opposition that Mr.. Com
stock @lll naturally meet With then from
Weston Is over the ofhee of Collector OF the
port
This forenoon Mr.. Weston called upon
Commissioners Of Patents Montgomery, aud
later upon Gen. sparks. Of the Land Once,
10 see what can be done to shut OF the indus
try Of divers timber thieves ia the MissIssip-
=. Valley. sho have been hberally foraging
OF late upon Mr Weston's timber preserves
Ia that region.
hon. G. G. Comstock on this trio stands
the heat and lhe worry Of his position like q
veteran. tie is taking matters cooler than
when lat here. and has set himself down for
A regular siege, With ali the appliances Of
political warfare nigh al hand.
I'VE should DC IN pretty good shape pOlitl-
cally ia our district" said Mr.. COmstOck
this forenoon, If Burhngame had only been
appointed Internal Revenue Collector. As
matters now stand the Greenback element,
which u quite factor Ia the Fifth district
politics, i -ore and discontented. All this
had been followed. Now IL Is pro
posed 10 compheate matters still fur
ther by making some Greenbacker United
States Marshal instead of Maj. Kelsey A.
egarls postal changes | do not mind telling
you the names OF some of the candidates bat
prefer not 70 uame my fayorites for the
places. The pOstOthce at Plainwell, Aliegan
Co. l. besieged by j. Y. Rogers, +. j. Poor,
Or. klmball and Mrs. Drake; that at Way
land by DR.. Graves, Messrs. Garrett and
Miller and George Dunwell George Hoop
er. Who recently died, was also a candidate
The office AZ DOrr II sought after by Lyman
IA. Ehle, John SOmers and David Avery. The
OtsegO and Allegan offices are already pro
vided for for four years to come. The most
prominent candidate for the lOnia office IL
Mr.. Geo >. Cooper, and
think if be Is given the appointment
It would give very general satisfaction to
the people of thai city. The candidates for
the Lowell Office are John NJ. Matison,
Henry Mitchell and James Lyon. Messrs.
Jackson, Conn Myers and Woodruff would
each like To be postmaster at Rockford, and
Roswell W. Iibbie and DR.. Wagner think
they would handle the mails for the next
four years at COopersville with ease and ele-
gance.
who il the candidate for Pension Agent
ia the Western District"
Il have thus far heard only one name
mentioned. that of Vim. b. Thomas, of
Ionia- That appointment and that of
United States Marshal | have determined
not 10 interfere with"
Maj. Kelsey, of Ionia, has not moved about
very much since his arrival. He has. of
course, paid his respects 10 the President
but has not been near Attorney General
Garland.
Il cannot understand how all this rot got
afOat about my having served in the Con
noon. Where was | borny In Monroe
county. y. Y. about fifty five years ago.
When the war broke out | was in
Memphis. Tenn, engaged IN bust
ness. Previous TO that time |
was engaged in railroading in Kentucky.
During the war Sherman detailed me TO
assist IN regulating traffic at Memphis.
wa engaged in that until 1852. Between
lS6l and 1852 | went down the river by order
OF Sherman to deliver supplies to citizens in
COhOmR county, Miss, under the protection
OF p gunboat. During the trip the gunbOat
left the transport TO make observations be
low us. In her absence the Confederates
under Writ Adams made n descent upon Us
and captured the transport and cargo. The
latter they carried of. burned the transport
and made several of a. prisoners, and
marched us twenty five miles to
Nicksburg. where We were held
for twenty-One days and then ex-
changed During the years l-64-5 l was
Lieutenant Of Company X of the Memphis
Cavalry. | never ran bale of cotton
through the lines in my life. II you want a
certificate of my loyalty ask Gen. Sherman.
Why my appointment has been delayed 20
long / cannot tell. When my name was first
announced for the Office there did not seem
90 be the least opposition
The Free Press correspondent has discOv-
cred. however. If MAJOR Kelsey has not, the
exact reason why his appointment has been
delayed. II IL an idea on the part of some
Western Michigan men that the commission
should 20 TO D. K. Waters, of the LsGder
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