Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-10
l. ACk OF H A r M ONY
Nothing Done to Conciliate Disappointed
Republicans.
The Poiiticai Outlook i'm Michigan
What viii Mayor Pineree Do
Possibility of Coalition

! SpeSlai CORRESPONDENCE oil The Evening Star.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. August :. 1884
So confident are the 4epubIicans Of carrying
Michigan this year that in the recent state
convention absolutely nothing was done to
I conciiate or harmoaize discordant elements
/ Governor Rich had 900 Of the DO delegates.
and not only was he renominate but the
entire Rich state ticket was put through.
j. NJ. Wilkinson for state treasurer Rev
Washington Gardner for secretary of sIate
and ". A. French for commissioner of the
state land Office, the three officials whom
Governor Rich appointed to succeed those
! who were removed last white. for conviction
with The salary raising amendment fraud.
were renominated, Gardner and French by
reclamation. and Wilkinson with votes TO
! spare. Alfred Mines was named for lieu
tenant govern0- on the first ballot and he
as the administration candidate TO coun-
teract the effect of Governor Luce's suIky
attitude toward Rich. Stanley W. Turner.
Tor attorney general. was frowned upon by
the administra alton at first but he threaten
ed TO smash the machine If turned down for
denomination and the word was passed down
the line to support him. With three other
candidates in the field. he was nominated
with Eearly loo votes more than enough TO
his credit.
The silver plank in the Matform was the
A
/ OF the committee on resolutions favore,
free coinage of Ame-ican-mined silver and
gold on a basis of 10 to The minority re-
port expressed substantially the views of
Congressman ID. ID. Aitkip and the views of
Congressman Burrows, while the majority
/ report was dictated by Senator Mcmillan
When IL came TO a vote. everybody fell into
line for the majority.
The Pinsrce Movement
The disco7dant element in the convention
represented the personal following Of Mayor
Hazen s. Pingree OF Detroit Early i'm the
season he entered the field as a guber-
material candidate. and daily bulletins were
issued showing the wonderful growth of the
Pingree sentiment The bulletins ceased
when the county conventions began to
| make returns and week before the con-
vention Pingree's defeat was a certainty.
! he attributed IL to machine Manipulation Of
caucuses and county conventions and came
here at the head of his solid no Wayne
! county ueleg alton. intent upon making iran
bic. The Pingree forces after numerous
| prolonged conferences decided. the CAV be-
| lore the convention. 10 20 into the hall but
hot TO partcipate In the nomination of gov
| ernor- In the final caucus when this course
! was decided, letter was read from Mr.
| flngree. Withdrawing his name as candI-
date ana bitterly scoring the methods of
| the enemy. M. Plngrees name was not
! presented, and his friends voted blank for
/ governor, casting III votes Except ON
/ treasurer, the Pingree forces scattered their
| votes in making the other nominate hut
4 throughout the convention not once did
! WAYNE county ask for a hearing
/ Ping zee withdrawal insured harmony i'm
the convention, but If this We're an ordinary
! political year. IL the democrats were united
| and M fighting trim, il would have heen
| significant of much trouble for the republic
! can party on election day Not participate
| ing in the gubernatorial nomination the
| flngree forces could. at later cay. hold
| another convention and nominate Pingrea
| as an independent candidate while bv helm
| ing TO name the balance of the ticker they
| were more or less. hound TO abide by the
conclusion reached
What VIII Pingrcc DO.
Immediately after the convention the
| Pingree management went into secret ses-
sion and TO decide on the future plan of
| action. Some We're in favor of calling
another convention at once to nominate MIR.
Pingree; others advised against this plan
and urged that the easiest cheapest and
best way of obtaining revenge would be at
the polls next fall Nothing definite was
decided upon and the matter is still in the
| air. with the possibility that Mr. Pingree
VIII abandon his gubernatorial aspirations
ana make chase after senatorial honors
TO succeed Senator Mcmillan. i'm conJunc-
ton with the democrats. Ii was by q COM
bination Of the anti-Chandler republicans
and the democrats in 1879 that Zach Chand-
was elected. by a similar combination il
IL possible that Pirgree could be elected to
succeed Senator Mcmillan for the long
term and as part of the deal Assistant
Secretary Of State Edwin r. Chl OF this
city would be given The short term to sue
coed Senator Stockbridge. On Joint ballot
In the last legislature the republicans cast
VI votes. democrats ~ and populists 3 OF
the republican votes. IL were from Wayne
county. IL the next legislature stands DO
iitically the same as the last. IL Pingree
could secure solid Wayne county delega-
ton and gather in IL Is from around
the state he would hold the balance of
power, and his combination with the demo-
Gratis would not only be feasible. but prob
able.
As to what Mr.. Pingree will do in the
! coming campaign is still matter OF spec
ulation, but il may be set down as a GER
tainty that he viii be an active force i'm
more directions than enc, even though he
/ Is not a candidate for governor Last week
| he vas one of the speakers at a farmers
/ meeting at Webberville ard the Others
were Spencer o. Fisher. the democratic
candidate for governor. and Dr. 4. W.
Nichols. who eads the populist ticket He
waded into Mcmillan, monopo,ists. trusts
machine politics and Rich in way that
meant business end was very freely ap-
plauded.
| The Democratic Campaign.
Mr.. Fisher has entered upon his CAM
paign in behalf of the democratic ticket. at
the head of " ich his name appears Mr.
Fisher has an earnest convincing way OF
| speaking. and with his wide experience
and observation is well equipped for the
stump. He was born in Michigan and rails
ed on a farm. and though a millionaire now
knows how to talk to the farmers I'm a
manner that they will understand. He is
| i'm favor OF free silver. tarim reform and
| the income tax. and the subject for the
text of his campaign orations. At tho
Webberville meeting he closed his speech
| with the following:
Vote for Fisher and free silver.
Vote for Fisher and tariff reform.
Vote for Fisher and the income tax
With each sentence he brought his fist
down with thump on the table as though
! 10 clinch his former arguments and the
effect upon the farmers was noticeable
| Presumably he will adopt this as his CAM
paifn slogan. and ii will be a very taking
one, especially upon the matters OF fres
silver and the income tax.