National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-16
Woodward g. Lothrop,
MICHIGAN POLITICS.
The Republicans Will Gain at Least
Three Congressman.
No. 1913 F Street Northwest.

The Republicans VIII Gain at Least
Three Congressman.
'The Post interview with Managing Edi-
tor Quinby, of the Detroit Free Press, in
regard to Michigan politics is very anus.
ing," said prominent Democratic bust
ness man of that state to REPUBLICAN re-
porter yesterday. 81 am an out-and-out
Democrat, have always borne my share OF
campaign burdens, and always voted the
straight ticket, but don't believe In that
sort OF guff.'
SIT Is ridiculous, for instance TO say that
the Democrats will make Congressional
gain. The delegation now stands Demo.
Gratis to 4 Republicans. A we'll informed
Democrat. who has looked the field over
carefully, assured me last Saturday in
Detroit that we should certainly lose three
districts and possibly four, while the talk
of carrying the legislature is Idle rot 1t
is well understood In Michigan that Don
Dickinson, the Michigan boss is bending
every energy to accomplish that result,
and is willing to sacrifice the state and con-
gressional ticket to accomplish that pur-
pose, with the expectation of succeeding
Senator Conger, whose term expires next
March.
"But two Of the present Democratic del
egation Of seven have been renominated-
Tarsney and Fisher, and the latter will
probably be beaten, as the districts Repub-
lican, his election before being scratch. ;
The 'taffy' about the President is what the
Dickinson crowd have been steadily giving
him since his election in return for the COM
troll OF the federal patronage Of Michigan,
which has been distributed exclusively by
Dickinson over the heads Of the congress
sional delegation, the Democratic state CEN
trial committee, and the leading Democrats
OF the state, and In spite of all this Mr..
Quinby has the assurance to say that there
is no division In the Democratic party In
Michigan That sort of 'brag' may de-
ceive outsiders, but 1t will be laughed at In
Michigan.
~ observe that Mr.. Qulnby is silent about
Yaple, the fusion candidate for governor,
who is rank Greenbacker, and who-as /
was told by one Of his colleagues-up to
within few hours OF the Democratic eau
Gus Tor speaker OF the last House, had per-
sistently declined to enter the caucus va
pie is making gallant fight for revenue re-
form on platform which squarely antag-
onizes the administration on the currency
question. He will poll the full Greenback
vote, but will lose In the cities on that issue
and on account of his bitter hostility to the
national banks. Michigan is legltimately a
Republican state. The small plurality 1t
gave Blaine two years ago and the 10000
plurality 1T gave Morse, fusion candidate
FOR supreme Judge year ago last spring,
are not fair tests. The soldier vote
elected Morse over Cooley, who was unpop-
ular with the stalwarts because he had been
an anti Chandlar Republican, aud was
charged with being Mugwump.n
"No; we shall not carry Michigan this
fall, but we will give the Republicans
1close CALI What might have been with
a united party 1t is too late now TO talk
about, but 1t is certainly not true that the
Democrats In Michigan are united"