Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-26

non. JOHN 7. RICH.
MADE UP OF FARMERS.
Michigan's Large Cities Not Repres nted on
the Republican State Ticket.
Special Correspondence of The Evening STAY
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, July "A, 1892
The republican state ticket nominated in Sag
NAV last week is peculiar in that every candi-
date halls from the rural districts or from small
towns and cross road settlements. Detroit,
Grand Rapids. Saginaw, Bay City. .Muskegan
Kalamazoo and Jackson, the large cities in the
state and the centers of population, all had can
didates for the honors to be bestowed but the
small town fellows and the farmers carried
away everything in sight. The upper PENN
sula, strongly republican anyway, gets two places
on the ticket, and all the other offices are dis
| tributed among the farming districts or lum-
bering sections Of the lower peninsula. None
Of the candidates named are well known nor Of
high reputation. Rich, the candidate for gov
ernor is a farmer and has been famous solely
4 by reason OF his Office holding or Office seeking
proclivities during the past Venty years. He
was bitterly opposed by Detroit especially and
also by large and influential delegations from
other parts Of the state, who protested against
machine and federal dictation OF state affairs.
| Auc rcpuUucdu campaign IN michigan Will De
very mild-mannered affair, with no enthusiasm
or spirit. The state delegation went to Mime
| apolis to shout for anybody excepT Harrison
andcame home with its tail hanging low. The
state ticket nominated last week is not one over
which many republicans will burst their buttons
OF in their efforts to elect, especially in the
cities. The head of the ticket, John T. Rich il
open to attack on his record as railroad COM
missioner and also on his record IS o politician,
and his opponents have furnished the democ-
racy with all the ammunition necessary to
defeat him.
| THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
Mr.. Rich, the gubernatorial nominee, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1912, and two years
after his mothers death he came to Michigan to
| liev with relatives at the age of seven years His
father followed him to Michigan a few months
| later, In 1S49. and purchased "a farm in Lapeer
county, which has beens the family homestead
to hissday. Rich was educated in the country
schools and the Lapeer High School, and while
| still a young man was elected to the county
board of supervisors. He served four years as
supervisor and then for six years in the state
| legislature as member of the house. He was
elected TO the state senate in 1880 and the fol-
lowing spring resigned to succeed Omar
ID. Conger as Congressman when the latter was
promoted to the United States Senate. In 1882
he was defeated in q PREDICTION to Congress and
| two years later was defeated for denomination in
I
railroad commissioner, the latest Office in the
state, by Gov. Luce, and held the office -four
years, and two wears ago he was a candidate for
governor, but was defeated in convention by
James NJ. Turner of Lansing. Turner was de-
fcated at the polls mainly through the
farmer vote staying at home. and this year.
after long waiting and much hard figuring, Rich
is finally named as the republican standard
| bearer.
THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS.
The democrats in the state are not much
happier than the republicans. The nomination
of Cleveland gives more satisfaction than the
| choice Of the republicans, but there is a strong
sentiment against the present administration
which. il it does not break out'in the state con-
vention il this city August II, will manifest it
| in apathy and lack of interest during the cam
paign. Gov. Winans has not by any means made
himself solid with the democracy of the state.
| and from every direction come protests against
| his denomination. He has been kind. exceed
ingly kind. TO his relatives and immediate friends
in the distribution of offices, and it il mainly on
this point that the kicking comes He
has son and nephew as his private
| secretary and executive clerk respectively
and all through the administration are
clerks and officials who owe their appointment
not to their fitness to their influential back
ing, but through the pull they have with the
| old man. He has catered TO the peoples party
and other factions at the expense of the straight
democracy. and the dissatisfaction at his policy
| is deep and widespread. When he entered
upon his Office he ignored the advice and wishes
| OF those who did most TO elect him. and he has
| steadily pursued tins same course throughout
his career. As the governor has done 80 have
| the other state officials. The state land COM
missioner ha' three children in his office draw
ing fat salaries and would doubtless have more
| if the supply of children had only held out
The auditor general has two children and a
| ,haxV
instruction has sister holding the softest
place in his Office, and the attorney general has
| a brother-in-law as his chief assistant.
This policy OF nepotism throughout the gov
| ernment makes the Woodworking democrats
| who contribute of their time and dollars for
party success exceedingly weary, and in the
state convention they viii manifest a strong
! desire for a change.
| POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
| A. A. Ellis, the present attorney general. is
talked of the democratic candidate for gov
ernor and his candidacy is based mainly upon the
supposed pull he has with the labor vote Chief
| Justice Allen B. Morse of the supreme court,
whose term will expire with 1893, is also favor
| ably considered, and his armless sleeve. a relic
Of Gettysburg, will be powerful argument
with the voters in bis favor. Geo. F. Richard
/ con Of Ottawa county. member Of the last
legislature. farmer and peoples party
farmers alliance man. is also mentioned. Geo..
L. Yaple who gave Julius Cesar Burrows the
surprise OF his life about ten years ago by de-
feating him for Congress, is looked upon as a
strong candidate. Ex-lIayor z. 4. Uh Of this city
and ex-Corgressman S. O. Fisher Of Bay City
| are both possibilities. If the peoples party
convention. which meets in Jackson August 2,
dominates Richardson. Ellis or Yaple it is prob
| able. if Winans be side-tracked, that the
democrats will indorse the nomination and
make the peoples party candidate their man.
|
| A Sad Death.
| Word has been received here Of the death by
drowning few days ago Of the eigh:een-year-
old brother of Mrs. F. s; Presbrey at his home
in Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. Presbrey's mother,