Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-06

'Thsss are possibly thses p>ssnas in
osskss county VOC tssi gratsasd over
bud wstssas sprnintneaf - ccnnis
ssosier Il castaras. sssc d. {. WsrAs q
the Grand Haven Expssnp. 10 Tie Mes
Livingston isss n,ght. ~Thaw szs 'Dud
Doe Reynolds and anesher nan. lie =
mighty good thing fx wstsm hal be-
dsdnt have 70 depend upna Ottawa
county votes for lis sppninlsnsul He
couldnt bs elected ~ anything WHARF he
70 kaosn- Jacob Rsaf vii pruknhly
receive the possmastership noe. But
he's mighty siRAt tsfsss man fos pss.
master than bud b FOG collector - cue
toraa 'Duf b IN and away the most
unique and unpopular caO that ever
triad u cng,necr Ottaws county poiitics-
Wpen he was seiecsed cAairWaa IL the
dessocrst committee the county Nss
ours II IL hadn't bsan fns him y.
should have carried the county lest fall
ANY 0shar Eaas would have F~noncAled
and hsrusanlxed the fsctioas. bus 'Dssd'
couldn't nArWonaxs anything. lite
about ali hs can do ~ keep hinseif On
lima When I started TIE Eapssss dssn
~ the Havoc ] didn't have sAy pArtia-
lar lore Tor 'D1ds' bat ] told him
] didn't care 20 continue Aay
fsud add would b frisndiy. He agreed
and ws worked txEseh&s hsrmaniously.
when WinAns ~ss elected governor
'Dud' wrote ain very nice letter. rsr.
ommendinG my appnaaimeui - deputy
oti inepectos. Then he came up ~
Grand Rapids and snld u krisn that
was no dcmocrat aud should ncs te
given the spposntnent. OBr,su asked
me u l we're . Cieveiaud dsmocsat- I
said ] Was not and Consequently did not
get the appointment 6ince then ] have
had little uss fos Dudley u. HE treat.
fneut of Thomas 6avidxs u another 81
ample Il hN trickinssA Nj. 6avidGe
believed the ststemcnt about the non
appointment of ex -o&iceholdesH, and sup
posing that Watson had No chance. az
would get something better. hs hogan 10
circulate petition Then he vent 20
Watson. but 'Dud' didn't give him any
aatisfaction. Mr.. SavidgN ~as ooe IL
Wstsons carncst supgorters. but be
lieving that Dudley Was out al tho race
he went in 10 win Watson kept quiet.
let Ssvidgc work. then quietly knocked
down the plum and grabbed It."
Occasionally . political rsoeeade gets
il in the neck % hard that he can see
stars for weeks" was the philosophical
reflection II Rem Barker Of the Reed
City Clarion in The Morton yesterday.
Charlie Whitney Of our town left the -e.
publican party last fall because il got
too wicked for him. Charlie couldn't
endure q. q. p. uurighteousness and -
he topped over to the great unwsshed.
This spring he was nominated for car
cuit judge by the democrats aud. ~
Judge Judkins had refused Ia he again
= candidate. Charles thought he hsd
lead pipe cinch with gas fixture trim.
ming&- He did; but il WAN the kind
Of Q cinch he imagined il wss. When
the votes we're counted Whitney was q
little matter 81 LOO shy. Otherwise he
did very we'll The next time Charlie
Whitney or anybody else in our district
fiops fos the sake II getting IN Office.
he'll he sure that the ofYice IL in sight
before ho does his ligh tning change oct"
Il saw il stated . few days ago tina,
my friends down In Venezuela were hav.
ing another revolution said J. NJ Du-
pre- Of St. Louis in The Morton yester-
day. Il spent q couple of years down
there some time ago. and became quite
well acquainted with the people and
their unique notions OF politics. A rev
olution there 10 ~ common a. January
blizzard here. Some man becomes
aggrieved at the government and organ
izes a party II frienda Then they GO
cunning for the president and his cabi.