Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-13

TINS statement may startls some. But
there : positive proof 10 sustain the
charge. A. tie democratic state cou-
yeut.on, n reply ~ Maurice House
man Who, ia tue name OF Kent county .
delegates, opposed osteasi0ly, or other
a sc, the nomination Of Air. Ellis
the ground that lie was affiliated VITA +
and nAd secured the nomination Ol i
another party for the same o1ces /
Wellington Burt OF saginaw replied I
and said Gentlemen OF the CONVEX /
uOn-sO far a. Mr.. HousemAn's Oblec- /
ton 10 ME. Ellis nomination Is con I
eeTned, iI should not be regarded as !
desogst0Fy, but fAvOFab.e-aud even f,
commendabie. Aud furthermore, gen
tlemeu Of the convention. allow me 10
inform ana certify 10 you that the
nomination OF Mr.. Ellis for attorney
general Al the peoples convention al
Jackson, August >, was secured
Al the request and through the lnhu-
enee of the most influential democrats
IN the state OF Michigan"
DuplieiJ Confessed.
This statement of Mr.. Burt was con-
CURED IN by many IN the convention,
the whole convention aequieang,
amidst shower Ol applause. Here We
have confession open and above
board regarding the dupllcity and Ia
trgue not only OF Mr.. Ellis, but Also OF
many respectable ID and influential
democrats ed by Mr.. Burt The same
sas true of Mr.. Richardson. These
SAME influential democrats" tried 10
secure Mr.. Richardson : nomination Tor
governor. But an overwhelming ma
IOTty OF Kent county delegation got On
10 the scheme aud vigorously opposed
&C.. and through their, anu especially
that OF TIE writer, who AZ the request
and IN the name OF Kent county dele
CATION, made a speech winch fully eX-
posed the hypOcrtcal character OF the
scheme anu winch resulted in rele-
eating Mr.. Richardson TO the rear, and
securing the nomination for governor
u Mr.. Ewing. The next case n point
was that Of the calling Of Kent county
nominating convention. Tbs cenven-
ton was called Tor the 10Th OF August.
The writer, who wa on the county
committee. vigorously opposed calling
the county convention before the
denC Gratis called theirs.
Al the county convention, while the
democrats failed to secure the numina-
ton OF III, rd McQneen because his
was too clear a case OF democracy, they
dld succeed by intrigue and msrepre-
sentatlOn To force Mr.. Stebblns and
others. who are well known 10 the
democrats, on 10 the ticket.
Richardson's Nomination
The next and last case in point Is
that OF Mr.. Geo. r. Richardson. Al
though the writer Was not one OF the
congressional committee, he tired TO
persuade Chairman Burrows TO post
pOne calling the convention until after
the democrats had called theirs, and
thus avoid a repetition of what Oc-
cured al the county convention. But
Mr.. Burrows deemed II pr per -
consult the wishes of the majority IN
the matter and so gave the democrats
another chance 10 tiirt. This so called
peoples convention was nothing more
than democratic caucus. It Is a well
known fact that Mr.. Richardson = nom
nation was made before he came 10
the so-called convention. anu there are
the strongest reasons that w. ID. Fuller,
and others worked the scheme, and
brought il to a successful issue. The
methods used to accomplish this plan
was for Mr.. Fuller 10 60 into the rural
districts and organize Weaver clubs
Ustcnslbly, bat IN reality and IN fact
democratic clubs. Tins ne volunteered
10 do with out money or price"
Undoubtedly the other countries were
W rked by somebody else IN the same
way. Probably A. a. Ellis had hand
IN the scheme, for he came at the head
OF the delegation from Iona. All the
delegates from Ottawa and Ionla came
sxclihedra IN law r al Richardson.
a.. a
way. Even ms speech OF acceptance
was prepared on manuscript. aud
while the speech MAS an excellent one,
It's being prepared before hand Is quite
a suspicious circumstance. The cal
ling of the convention IN the day time.
when most OF the city delegates found
IL impossible 10 be present; the cOnyen-
ton limiting the nominating speeches
10 i've minutes; the vigorous and de-
termned effort to call down the writer;
! the throwing of the mantle of charity
over Mr.. Richard sons conduct, rela-
| tive 10 his going last fill under tine IN
structIon-. and IN the interests OF the
/ democratic party to the peoples can
didate, and urgently requesting Mr..
| Edward Hutcnins VINO was our caudl-
/ date, 10 withdraw IN favor Of the dem
1 OCratIc candidate. These and many
| more considerations furnish prlma
/ facie evidence that Il was u put up Job.
| % be carried out At the so called peO-
I pies convention, but which proved to
| be nothing more than democratic
| caucus, and where the writer and
| others discovered that they were ''in
the wrong pew"
Middle OF the Road.
| Again, IN the Evening" Leader Of the
| i0tn inst, IN an editorial under the
caption "Meet Them Halfway" the
! editor, who u an out aud out democrat
and authority for the democratic party,
rec 1mmends that Kent county demo-
| Cracy should extend The olive branch"
because the peoples party IN the
| nomination of Mr.. Richardson Tor con
! gress has quit the "mldGle OF the road. -
| How the peoples party IA their nomln-
| alton OF Mr.. Richardson for congress
| could leave the middle OF the road j.
4 tficuit 20 understand. unless IL can bc
| shown tnat Mr.. Richardson IS q demo-
| craft Tns Mir. Richardson as well as
! MS friends deny. Ia fact many OF
| them coIs iered 10 an insult. 20 ques-
| ton whether he EIchardson stood
| sQuarely on the Omaha platform. Nr.