Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
CLEVELAND IS THE MAN.
MICHIGAN iNSTRUCTs HER DELE
GATES FOR HIM.
Dickinson, Fisher, Ryan and Uhl Go
40 Chicago as Delegates-at-Large.
--Thc MuskegOB Convention.
Democratic state Convention.

Democratic State Convention.
The Democratic state conve n ion held
at Muskegon was called to order by Hon.
ID. j. Campau, state central committee
chairman, at noon. He addressed the
convention, -~congratulating Michigan
for the Democratic victory which gave
a Democratic administration.
Hon. Ii. Ii. Hudson, temporary chair
man next spoke. He was gratified at
the opportunity to speak in Michigan
at time when it was not under Re-
publican power. Our victory two
years ago was on the line of tariff re-
form and we shall not lay it down I'M
til the burden is lifted from the snoul-
ders of the rank ana file of the Amer
lean people. N. w. Hoch, mayor of
Adrian, was named as temporary chair
man and recess was taken until 9
o'clock.
After dinner everybody was feeling
In an amiable mood. The report of
the committee on credentials was re-
ceived. Manitou county was not rep
resented and Otsego and Gladwin only
in part; the other counties had full
delegations. The permanent officers
were elected as follows: Peter White,
of Marquette, chairman; William +.
Thompson, secretary, with an assistant
from each district.
Mr.. Whites speech of thanks to the
convention for his honor was was full
of feeling and his reference to Grover
Cleveland was received with hearty
applause.
The work of selecting delegates at
large to the national convention was
then taken up. Gen. w. w. Duffield
in a neat address, placed the name of
Hon. Don. M. Dickinson as chairman
of the delegation On motion of SEN
ator Dorans ;at Kent, the nomination
was made ufahimous amid tumultuous
cheers. Mr.. Dickinson, in a very neat
speech, gratefully thanked the conven-
ton for the honor. His speech was
full of true Democratic patriotism and
was well received.
Hon. j. G. Weadock nominated
Spencer o. Fisher, of Bay county as
the second delegate large. Judge
Moore, of Saginaw county, made
speech placing in nomination Yelling
ton II. Burt, of Saginaw. There was
some hesitancy and hard skirmishlng
for each man. A vote was taken by
counties which resulted in victory
for Mr.. Fisher.
Hon. Edward Ryan, of Houghton,
was elected as third delegate, and
Hon. Edwin f. Uhl, of Grand Rapids,
rs the fourth.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported a platform winch contained the
cardinal principles of Democracy, IL
dorsed tariff reform as the issue of
the campaign; denounced the high
tariff policy of the present administra-
ton: condemned the Mckinley bill; as
a proof of Democratic sincerity in their
promises of retrenchment and reform
refer to the economical state admins
traLion; commend the efforts of tho
present House of Representatives
to kill the Mckinley bill; ar
raign the Republican party for the
billion dollar congress-; affirmed their
faith in the great captain who lead the
party victory under. the banner of
tariff reform and therefore instruct
delegates to vote in convention as one
man for Grover Cleveland; demand a
free waterway to the ocean; recog-
uizing the valuable services of the
chairman of the state ce ntral commit
tee 1t was resolved that he-Daniel j.
Campau-be presented to the national
convention as a member of the Demo
cratic national committee for
Michigan.
1t was moved that the name of Dan
lei j. Campau be taken out and that
of Don. Nj. Dickinson inserted, but Mr..
Dickinson would not accept and the
motion was lost. OBrien Atkinson, of
st. Clair, questioned the propriety of
nominating Grover Cleveland, declar-
ing that he had been rep1diated by his
own county and could not carry it. He
was interrupted by Kisses and stopped.
As alternates at large, Hon. Thomas
Crocker. of Macomb, and S. l.. Bignall,
Of Livingston, and the eastern, and r.
X. Blacker, of Manistee, and Henry
Chamberlain, of Berrien, from the
western district were named by &C
clamation.