Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-20
HAz{N IS IN IT
The Detroit Man Not
Beaten.
His Friends Rally
Like TrOjans
And Will Make a
Great Fight
To Down the Elba
Statesman.
Kent Is Divided by
Proxy Delegates
And a Lively Time Is
Probable.
Rich and Pingree
Shake Hands.
Saginaw Is Not Big Enough
to Hold the Big Crowd
of Enthusiastic
Delegates.
And a Lively Time Is
Probable.
Rich and Pingree
Shake Hands.

SAGINAW, July :0-l .. m.-Saginaw
is now witnessing the prehminsries to
the most exciting state convention held
in Michigan for many years. Interest
10 intense and excitement runs high.
Crowds push and surge through hotel
corridors - At . national convention.
Tonight the Pingree followers held .
MAS meeting with Dick Trevellick,
the labor leader, ~ speaker.
The special train of Detroit citizens
came in st o'clock. there being 800 on
board. Tney paraded the streets and
made . good impression.
Everybody wears badge. The fea-
tures Of Rich are imprinted on red rib
hons while Pingree's are placed upon
white ones. There is little seeming
difference in the number Of badges
about the hotels.
All the politicians seem to think Rich
will be nominated.
claims More Tor Rics.
His managers claim SIS vothes on
the first ballot. The Pingree
people claim To have changed
twenty votes since supper time and say
that unless an early nomination is
forced they will surely nominate their
candidate.
Csptsin Gsvett is here talking earn
es,ly for Plngree. lie says there is one
railroad man that Is not for Rich. On
the streets nearly every one seems to
wear Plngree badge. All the street
car men, motor men and conductors
display the colors of the Detroit mayor.
II left 10 the populace present Pingrse
would be the nominee. There are i've
candidates for treasurer: General
spsulding Of Monroe, Cotterell of Jack
sou, Moore OF Detroit. Hambitzer of
Houghion aud Mccoy of Grand Rapids.
Hambitxers friends claim TO have
thirty two or thirty-three of the sixty
one votes OF the upper peninsula. They
will try to force caucus for an upper
peninsuls candidate and shut out
JocIim who wants To be secretary OF
state. Ionis and Ottawa counties are
solid for Mccoy for treasurer. May
nsrd and Mccoy are both claiming TO
have q majority of the Kent delegation.
IL Is doubtful II either Is willing TO go
into into caucus.
es.as Rspiss' Proxies.
There are FIVE proxies here IN the
Kent delegation. j. {. fitzgerald has
Joe Dillon's. Dill0n was elected from
his ward asa Pingree.M Mccoy delegate.
aud Il = sagd Fitzgerald IS for Rich and
will nominate Maynard II he gets =
chance. John DeGrasf has Harry
DeGraH's proxy. William Alden
smith ms George wsnty's- jimmy
Cove is here in place Of j. J. Knox;
william Aoerdyk for :. l.. King. J. NJ.
Jsnnsou for William Haynes and stew.
ART of Wyoming tor Loren Day.
Dickens of Holland is looked
upon quite fsvorahly for At
,ofuey genersL Houston. ex-
attorney gpners OF TuscoIs county
ard Andrews Of Paw Paw. Mitchell OF
Iona. beside. Maynard. are the other
~.ndlistcs for this effce. Vsnkleek
Of Bay City hss Withdrawn. After the
head Of the ticket shall have been de.
c.d~a apon Il viii be question Of
geography as much ss htness Of canai,
dates that viii decide. Pingree has jus'
callei On Rlch IN his hssdquarters.
They are shaking hands.
Mitchell OF Iona u also esndidsss
for attorney general An efors 90
made - pull him OF. bat he von't be
pulled.
Program ssr rsnfaht.
st2A N. the program = 10 held an
eveniag session tonight and nominate
R.eh a. early ~ possible. The balance
&C ne ticket e. stated . Mines fos
Heutspsns governor, Jsehssn. secretary
of state, Mccoy treasurer ssd frekems
for attorney general, STANLEY TssBss