Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-24

= - 49,
What do yeu ihink Il ins stock
brsoge coD1ty schkair asked . re-
porter Tor las hEaALn of Repre-
sentative Fitch. al >. aria. IN the MIR
ten last night. s'Nsfy little, sssa Mr.
Fitch II haven't the least adss that
II ever vii tee0ne : IAN TIE plan
msets with opposition irosn all guar
ters- l aon't know ~ xeybooy tn~s
tssors u except Representative White.
Nobody ap cur way 10 friendly 10 II.
hepfsseat&tsse Cnurcn, OF Aontcxlin
county, opposes az. ana 80 does Repre-
sentative hilton, Of Aewsygo. IL
>tockbEldze couoty were Grated ~
Ar. VI bite proposes. Il xouid be one OF
TIE p erest and bArTenest ia the state
With the sxcsplloa 81 sparta and one
or tive other fertile Townships. the rest
OF The eouaty would be the poorest
kind of stump land. 1he few good
townships would have 10 tear the en-
tire bnioesi OF taxation. liz would be-
necessary 10 go 10 thz expense of
copy AK the records 10 Aent, AOnicaim
and Sewsygo countles. Ii would take
considerable time TO 90 II. and would
be very costly affair. Tnis expense
wou d be increased by the salaries OF
an entirely new Jet of county officers
Mr.. Whites sole argument ls that the
city 10 disseminated against IA The
superintendent oil taxes. IL may pos
srly be true; ard If il Is, there are
many less expensive methods OF RENE
dying the evil than by creating = new
county. ! imagrpe there - ore poll
tics than anything else IN Mr.. Whites
patriotic effort ai behalf Of Grand
Rapids taxpayers."
General b. +. Pritchard of Aiiegan,
WAS guest in the Morton last night
mo thank YOU" he aaid with = smile,
IN answer 70 = Questicu concerning the
restoration OF AilegaI county To the
fifth district, "AllegaL county 10 veil
satisfied with Its present location. AZ
II 10 now, there are no large cities ~
the district. With the exception OF
st. joseph. all the counter are repub-
iican. Cass gave us ANAL majority
and even Barry county which has been
democratic for ten or twelve years,
swung into line when it found itself IN
good company. The district is safely
republican. With the exception OF
Barry the counties all join Que another.
Each county has approximately equal
strength, and il Is doubtful If The dis
trict could be improved. We have
nothing against the fifth district, Kent
county or Grand Rapids; but We are
satisfied as We are. When We were
part of the fifth district. Grand Rapids
almost always came into the conven-
ton and to d US that If We expected to
carry the district, the nomination must
60 to Grand Rapids. Ii il didn't, they
said, the ticket could not be elected be-
cause the floating vote Of this city
would not stand 10y it. This was prob
ably true, for there is q large floating
vote here; but We are nottroubled that
way now and can take any chances
with the rect. We wish TO see the Mi
ner law repealed as coon as possible;
but do not think there is anything to
be gained by redistrictlng the state"
Cup to this year the coal dealers
never made any money" said j. n.
Eckles of Toledo. a Representative of
the Delaware, Lackawanna b Western
Coal company, IN the Morton yester-
day. THAT may seem strange. but tie
true. the Lackawanna company does
not belong to the combine. and we have
no interest in it, but President Mcleod
of the Reading Coal * Iron company
stated only the truth when he told the
senate committee that the coal COM