The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-08
AS SEEN IN MICHIGAN.
Interesting Letter NrOm "a 1Iaury Coun-
tiau-9Iichigan Politics.

4 bAdh--AlCAAlEsih -OlitleS.
To the Editor OF the COLUMBIA II HERALD
DETROIT, MICH July Once up
on time while n citizen of Column
bia was soiOurning ia the great
Metropolis OF the West - Chicago -
and being anxious to know the latest
from home, he eshed a ueWsboy for a
| COLUMBIA HERALD. ! way off
here tonight | would like to ind Il
newsboy to sell NE copy OF your
valued paper; but as l viii have to
forego the pleasure Of reading the
II ERALD, l will write short letter,
which, if you consider fir, you may
publish.
l cannot but be struck with the
contrast between these great, prosper
Gus, thriving cities of the Northwest
and our own southern cities. Here
| on every hand you see the evidences
of wealth and prosperity-block after
| block of great massive buildings.
Business going on in every depart
| ment with a rush, and everybody
seeming to have all they can do. Not
that In our country these same con-
| ditions do not exist but the difference
| is marked in the magnitude of every
| thing.
OF course this state Of things can be
easily explained, while this section
was growing and prospecting on ac-
count of the late war, our people were
languishing under the stern and real
burdens of this same war, and we are
still suffering from its effects. This
is not what | intended to write when
| began this letter. My object was to
give you an idea of q reel Rspu blican
Notification - ratification meeting
Seeing an afternoon journal that the
z. O. =, would jnilify ana raJify Harri-
sons nomination Tonight / weuded
my way to the Detroit Opera House
to see how the thing MAS done.
Well, heard srti So " the chronic car = !
didate for the Presidency, Gen. Alger. !
He didn't impress me as suitable PTesi !
Dental timber, aud | presume l must |
hive SIZED him up about .irAt - his !
FaFty Lac turned him down IeriCdi- |
calIy for the last eight or twelve days |
There were numerous local -peakers !
and letters and Telegram read from |
the absent ones giving their IeasOns |
for not being present, etc. 1 was
struck with the very short telegram |
from eX-GOv. J. Is. Foraker. It was
simply: II regret not to tie able to
be with you OF course the speeches
were all in defense of that abcmira-
ton, the Mckinley Bill, and in IA
vOr of Blaine's Observation-Disclosures
the Democracy with free trade fallacy
and general Geviltry.
How an intelligent audience with
the Republican doctrine as preached
tonight, can deliberately vote the
Republican ticket I cannot under
tand. | believe if it were not thst
the Republicans get euthused on the
old war issues and the gush abou!
that party having saved the Union
thirty years ago, 1t would be an easy
matter for the Democrats to carry
many Northern states Not that
these speakers Haunted the bloody
shirt or called the South hard name,
but they dwell go on the fact that
their party was entitled to ali the
credit for saving the Union, and
think they want all the credit for
good crops and any prosperity this
country enjoys But their aTgG-
meuts on the tariff to me seemed
puerile.
But what struck me most was their
frantic appeals to stand by the ticket
spolOgiZing as it were for the nOmi-
nation Of Harr SON that, although
he was not the choice, they must
keep in line. OF course this is usual
and all right, but they appeared to
dwell too much on that point. Surely
il this meeting was sample Of the
over the nominations,
Harrison and Reid are not setting the
woods on fire in Michigan.
This is a great city and, I believe
Democratic. Let US hope that when
the ides of November roll around, we
will find several Of these great
North western states swinging into
line for Cleveland and Stevenson
upon the great issue Of taTifffor reve-
nue. only. f.