Telegram-herald., 1886-04-18
MICHIGAN MECCA.
A Lot or Bright Political Cos
SIP From Detroit
Nc. THOMPSON TO St CslIaNl,
Inc Coagrsssionsi Contest Enrig'f
~il Ertsr-C Candidates for the
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Letter


Ds1solr. April b. The stare Democratic
press Is assotiag a zreaf dsal ~ attention 70
praisiag Ioha > Eurght ths handsoms
FOans hustler Eho q nos Chairman oi the
Democratic Stale Centgal Committee Chair
man knTght deserves lheE praiss he j.
very clever saocessof to the Flint fossil th4s
gave the Democrslic party 0f Ahealgan
heathsn burial in The campalga ~ 50 Bat
NJ Ennghl IS not - c0nlinUe at tAe
head of the committee Hls connection
~ilh that body sill he meteorie both iu iis
hriliiaAcy aad breuty II duration. ! ara
tapping a very choice Democratic secret
when ! give the rELsskAa HkkALD Tie fol-
losing facts 0f the iutare When the next
Democratic Convention meets William
q Thompson Sill be- chosen is permanent
chairman and be elected Chairman Of the
state Central Committee with a whoop
The name Of Thompson with a p : not
familiar one in Democratic conventions.
doubt n the eK Mayor ever attended a
Democratic convention ia his life Most OF
his time has been thoroughly occupied in
setting up pins IN Republican conventions
Tie only ceased that exciting occupation
two wears ago when he led the Michigan ln-
dependents into the Democratic camp
Thompson vas the greatest acquisition
made by Michigan Democrats in loot.
I tie was long about the ablest campaig guer IN
I the Republican party of the state and his
reputation became national when. in l,>u
I be played a lone hand as Michgan- only
Grant delegate al Chicago. Thompson viii
make an energetic chairman. I mar as
| well add that \ u stewart OF Kalamazoo.
/ will probably be candidate against him
/ for the chairlnanship bat be does not carry
pole long enough 70 bring down the iruit.
/ /. is unwise, however, to infer from all
this that Mr. Ennght has lost bis political
/ grip That would be a very bad guess He
viii be candidate for Congress and will
+ Try conclusions with W c. Maybury in the
next Democratic Congressional convention.
/ The Republicans will probably run Col.
I John Atkinson again for Congress- Col
/ John il very sanguine man or he would
/ not want tO try il on again after being bur
/ led under 90 votes two years ago. But IL
L is recognized that he Is y very subtle cam
I paigner. mellow orator and possessed of
| many good running qualities. However,
/ his chances OF election over Enright would
be very mOonshiney. Gov. Alger has re-
peatedy said that be will not run for gov
ernor again James Mcmillan has been
mentioned as a candidate. VIM. B. Moran
and ". C.. Thompson are the only names
mentioned by the Democrats for the Office
Mr.. Moran is LAWYER and IL IS not con-
sidered a safe thing 20 nominate a lawyer
for Governor this year David Preston, the
| millionaire that captured 1000 votes on
| the Prohibition ticket in the last campaign
/ is in Europe Before he left he stated ex-
plicitly that he would not be a candidate
IL Is now more than probable that one or
two party nominations may 20 70 Grand
Rapids.
The weather of this beautiful peninsular
| acquara1a al least that portion Of it that
| fringes the Detroit river, j. something quite
! bevond human understanding 10 is not
| vet ten DAYS since the streets Of this city
| were buried under six feet of as dense and
| unvieldiug snow A. can be- found in Nova
/ Zembla. Business was psralyzed Street
| car traffic wa stopped entirely by the snow
banks above the tracks II was impossible
for delivery wagons, hacks or any manner
OF conveyances 10 make progress on the
streets. and foot t-passengers were literally
overwhelmed. Today the air is full of the
/ mellow warmth Of JOYOUS spring and the
era Ot the checked trousers and the straw
hat is upon us The atmosphere has the
humidity of the balmy south. and the blue
river rolls along at the city's feet as brightly
~ though il were not rolling glacier z
fortnight ago. Subsequent 20 the
late blizzard thousands Of wagon
loads of snow were dumped into the
river. II was the only way that it could be
disposed Of People from the interior Of
The state who have arrived here since the
blizzard have been very incredulous as 20
its existence. Edward Taggart, Of Grand
Rapids. said the idea Of such a visitation of
snow here while Grand Rapids had not a
suggestion Of u almost passed belief Mr..
Taggart and other gentlemen OF doubling
disposition should have been here or better
vet, tried tO reach here during the blockade.
one man who lives three miles out Of the
city on the much-disCussed boulevard AYERS
that he only reached his Office by taking a
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train for
Toledo and coming hack to the city de-
tour 81 50 miles. TUEBoR