Telegram-herald., 1886-06-11
A FEW STRAY CHIPS
Gathered by the Wayside FOR
Future Use.
POINTS ABOUT POLITICAL PATRIOTS.
The Gubernatoriai Aspirsnts Getting
10 Their Work al Lansing In
tersie~s With Patriots
Begole a Candidate.

toria candidates here, and each one feels
/ confident oi capturing the monster plum.
/ Geo A. smith the Hillsda!e county farmer,
/ is here atlired in a bran new sult OF broad
cloth and looking as chipper a. glddy
lnaiden. Cyrus g. Lace. the Branch county
/ granger, who retired in favor OF Governor
i zer and the STATE oil Inspector, Is cen
trail figure and the amount OF button
hOleing he Is doing and the whispered
conversation he is holding. leads strongly
| 90 the belief that ne is in tie
| field aud this despite his fre-
quent denials His friends here F.
and they are iegion-haye no hesiiancy I'm
booming the granger king, and he will per
| haps be- no unimpOrIant factor IN the coin
| ing convention.
Frank b StOckbridge, Of Kalamazoo, the
portly horseman who formed conspicuous
figure IN the Ferry campaign, Is here and
! while making no active canvass Is in the
hands of bis friends and would not refuse
the nomination if rendered him. provided,
of course, that it would not interfere with
his aspirations for the United States Senate.
GOV. r A. Alger, rosy and smiling As
| ever, Is looked ON as a candidate Tor re-elec-
tion. and there are many leading Republi-
cans who feel that 70 throw him overheard
would weaken the party by casting a halo
| OF doubt over his administration Russ
| would not object 10 a second term In fact,
would rather ike it. for he can we'll afford
the pecuniary loss which il is claimed be
has sustained the past two years by neglect
OF his business.
Newcombe Clark. of Bay City, speak
er OF the last House. is con-
sidered an available candidate and
the gentleman does not believe in hiding
| his light under bushel so he Is making
decidedly active canvass. Mr.. Clark's
avocation, that of insurance adjuster, calls
him from home almost continuously, hence
he is afforded rare opportunity of getting
| in his work" Clark stands well with the
| Knights of Labor is acceptable 10 the
people and would draw largely from the
| masses, three strong points in his favor.
Mai Minor 5. Newell, of Flint, the
/ present land commissioner, was
| trotted out from his farm
some four years ago by the
| Republican party as means of capturing
the granger vote for Dave Jerome. The
Major has an excellent record both as a cit-
zen and military man and he is extremely
| popular with all classes. The Major would
accept the office if it was rendered him and
| ne NAV be induced 10 bestir himself a little
before the convention. \ military record
will prove an important factor in the ap
preaching campaign.
Jay Hubbel, the Senator from
the 52d District who carries carries
I
his coat pocket is on hand doing little
quiet figuring for Hubbeli. Of course
| Jaws first choice would be the United States
| SenatOrship in default of which he would
eagerly accept the GOvernship as a means
of gratifying cer,ain personal ambition.
Roswell g. HOrr, the clown of the Sagi-
nav Valley has been putting in some very
good work ana is active in the struggle for
the GOvernOrship HIS stand on the labor
question has made him many friends
a uong tae opposition parties, which would
add materitl ,tlvugth 10 his candidacy
On the Democratic side Col. Michael
| Shoemaker. of Jackson. Is putting IN
great deal of active work and desires the
| nomination badly He made good mem
Der OF pe Sena e and bears his sixty eight
years we'll He Is prime tavOrlte among
the stiff Bourbon class, and will develepe
a great deal o strength in the coming con
ventiOn. The Republicans claim that
| should the Colonel be nominated
he will he badly de eaied but
the Democrats insist that this
talk is all buncomb and only a bluff.
Senator II. c. Sherwood, of Watervliet,
! tall and stately i'm carriage. win has clean
white necstie-a strong distinguishing fea-
ture of the Senator'S unusually active.
The Senator represents the granger class
and has many friends who will push his
candidacy.
VIM L. Webber, of East Saginaw Presi-
dent of the Courier Company, has a light
ming rod up and labors under the im
preston that something VIII strike
in the vicinity Of the Saginaw
/ Valley Webber belongs to the old Demo
cratic school, and is a strong adherent to
/ Cleveland financial policy. As against
Mr.. Webbers chances of success Is the Op-
position Of the Labor party, for Webber was
instrumental in pushing the suit against
Tom Barry and others for conspiracy during
the Saginaw strike.
Eugene Pringle. Of Jackson. is another war
| horse Of the Democratic party who was a
candidate in 1852 for Lieutenani-Gov Governor.
and afterward held the office Of
| Insurance Commissioner under GOV
ernor Begole. Pringle has a
strong record and may come mp a dark
horse should the convention be unable 70
make early choice.
TX GOV Josiah W Begole alone repre-
SCENTS the Greenback party and would not
refuse the Office again, feeling as he DOES
that he was legally elected two years ago.
/ but counted out by the msnipuIafions of
/ the returns from the Eleventh district
I The Flint pioneer would step ont 81 the
race provided the Democrats would coucede
- the Greenhackers the United States Sen
sforship feeling A. he does that his party
would select him rs suitabie person 20
grab the mantle Of Omar u. Conger
A few lfsser lights are here working
/ spasmadie boous. but cessafiou of hosii-
htics may be looked for until Tuesday next
when 3 neF influx Of patriots is lookei
for
NOW that The Greenback state Convention
{ has been called it is in order f1r Gnberns-
/ t0risi timber to 10 pushed to tie front
( There IS an abundance q it here lFins
around loose. and iI extends into al 30.
iities. parties It Is to he seen in fhe lohties
~ the hotels iu the ante rooms Of the
legislative ball and on the streets. and
every mar OF infooenre is huff0nho ~
sHd f1~eei t0 iis-en ~ fhe fsE II sKrana
opportunity afforded The ambitious peIif
can ~ getting r h.s work. sul their num
ner-tsr theT are leEon-sre uof sioV Ia
getting to the front
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ulrh w1ris af o1nrraf1 AEON sn1 Tie aia
gent ersn adm risfe~s that p1ur nsnc
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