Telegram-herald., 1886-09-08
THE SECOND DISTRICT
Fusion Legislative Convention
AZ Ada Today
4 CHAPTER Or POLITICAL HISTORl
roe tie Republicans Have Been Los
ing Ground who "ili Be the
Aom .nee-T The Votes OF a
Feu Years Contrssted.

Ile political complexion of Kent County
has materially charged 10 the past four
years ans while tle second legislative
District eas ihs drst 20 throF or the Re
publican shac9es the Ilind District has
been equally as Stubborn iu retaining Ia
uarlg prest tse and eleclns the only hepuo-
f.sn t9 bear ths standard ia Kent County
Tl.s sole representative sas J.. u. SELLERS,
~ Cedar springs. and he was elected Ia :
District here the Fusion bullets iew thick
and fast
The second legislative District Comprises
fhe townships 0f Byron Gaines. Caledonia
Bovine. Loxell. Cascade, Paris. Wyoming,
Nerzeunes Ala and Grand Rapids. on the
basis III the vote 1T 1854 ou the state and
National ticket the district j. Republican
ov a plurality of bali hundred IN total
vote of 4 s05 out 0n county and Legislative
matters lle district is Fusion by a plurality
af about one hundred and uI-y OF the
eleven towns comprising the district bur
loul OF them gave Fusion majority on the
state ticket two years ago. Byron.
Wyoming. Nerzennes and Ada. The vote
on Governor vas a. follows Republican
: Zlf. Fusion 1JZ. Prohibition 403.
Despite the Repubisan majority on
the state ucket. the district has
Tor the past SIX years been
represented by a Fusionisl. The last Re-
publican member OF the Legislature ia the
district was Charles W. Garfield, OF Paris
" ho defeated " T. Whitney OF Byron, IL
ISIS H. r. Mccormick OF Grand Rapids
the present Register Of Deeds and Green
backer was the irst 20 break the ice, being
elected Ia l,,0 by handsome majority, and
dlsplacing Tor the hrst time in quarter of
4 century the Republicans Two years
later the Democrats again conceded the Of
nee 10 the Greeubackers and Jarvis & Iral n
of Lowell. was elected Ia ISs2 the office
vas conceded to the Democrats and George
u stark OF Cascade, was elected Oy plur-
ality OF l37
rhis year, in consideration OF the placing
OF Geo. T. STARK on the Fusion ticket
for STATE Senator, the Democrats propose
% cOnoede the Office 10 the Greenbackers
and at the Joint convention 10 be held this
afternoon al the village of Ada, member
OF that party viii no doubt be selected.
The man most prominently named for the
office Is Fred IL HOsfOrd. of Grand Rapids
township. who was elected Town Clerk two
years since by a majority Of over two hun
dred, runAing nearly three hundred ahead
OF his ticket. He Is assured of a solid del
egatiOn from Grand Rapids, Nergennes,
Gaines and Paris and scattering vote
from others and be Is undOubt-
edly the strongest man IN the District
he will secure the nomination without any
trouble and be elected by larger Fusion
majority than ever before returned from
the District Ills only opponent Is J. G.
Johnson. of Bovine who was defeated this
Spring for a reelection as Supervisor.
Johnson Is a GreenbaCker and Secretary
of the Fusion County Committee
Tue Republicans will undoubtedly nOmi-
nate Leonard H. Hunt, of Lowell, for the
office. and the Fusionists feel that man
should be pitted against him who would
divide the vote of that Republican strong
hold HOsford, who il q former resi-
dent OF that village, would cut
largely into the vote of Hunt.
Hunt is an old soldier, a prosperous mer-
chant and a hustler and 70 will be necessa-
ry for theFusiOGists 10 select their strongest
man if they would retain the office they
have fought 50 vigorously for, for the past
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