Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-07-13

Concessions and Deals.
Under the above heading A. II.
Avery, in the following letter to the
Port Huron Daily Times very clearly
explains the political situation in this
District. 1t would seem that the facts
as they actually exist should convince
even the wire-pullers and place-seekers
who are pushing the nomination of
Hartsuff upon the people, contrary to
their expressed will, that they, the
people, are not asking him to be can
didate, and are opposed to his nomina-
ton. The letter is as follows:-[ED.
Port Huron, July 8, 1894.
To the Editor of The Times:
Last week during my absence from
the city the personal organ of General
Hartsutf, published at Detroit, contain
ed an article evidently inspired by him
to the effect that he had finally sue
ceeded in making such concessions"
to me as that | was no longer opposing
his nomination for Congress.
The statement as entirely untrue
though quite characteristic OF Hart
sutf and his political methods.
do not belong to the class of Re-
publicans whose course Is directed or
III anywise influenced by ideals" or
concessions" and am willing that all
such shall follow closely in the Gems
wake.
lam unqualifedly opposed to the
nomination of HartsuH for Congress.
The reasons for such opposition are
too numerous to be given in one short
letter but they all lead to the final and
conclusive reasons following:
First fully believe he cannot be
elected if nominated.
Second-There are many men in the
district who can be elected and who
would make good congressman.
The present year offers an oppor-
tunity TO the Republicans of the Sew
enth Congressional District to redeem
it from the enemy. We can win If we
are wise and avail ourselves OF the
advantages now offering, but we must
keep in mind that the District is largely
Democratic; "a Republican to be elected
must do so by receiving all the Repub-
lican votes and several hundred from
those who have heretofore not been
Republicans.
The nominees should at the outset
be assured of the entire Republican
vote in order that the effort of the
campaign will look solely toward the
securing of votes not heretofore found
in the Republican column.
General Hartsuff now occupies the
distinguished position of being the
worst beaten man who ever ran for
s.Nw I Ity
worst beaten that he was farther
behind his ticket than any other
candidate. In other words more Re-
publicans refused TO vote for him than
any other man.
1t is our plain duty this year to NOM
mate some man who has not, in the
past, been the center of contention, and
especially is it our duty not to nomi-
nate man who, haying been for many
years such center of contention, has
once made the run and been emphatic
ally repudiated by his own party.
We should have man TO lead us
who is in and of himself stronger than
his ticket and not weaker. If General
Hartsutf had been such man in 1888,
he would then have been elected to
Congress,
He ran 1917 votes behind his ticket
in 1888, and the records disclose moth
ing done by him since which would
indicate any increase of strength.
We must bear in mind also, that in
1888 Republicanism was at high tide in
Michigan. Party spirit and enthusiasm
were at fever heat. Everything existed
to hold men to their ticket. Every
body received more votes than were
LnfArn Nuith oil fhia hn
fell OH behind.
If Il business man were studying con-
templated action and the same situa-
ton confronted him he would be
unanimously voted little better than an
imbecile to attempt the race a second
time under such leadership.
/ believe in being equally wise in
politics and feel quite certain "a very
great majority of the Republicans of
this county and district feel likewise.
If General Hartsuff succeeds in oh.
tanning 81 delegation favorable to him
from st. Clair county it will be by
shrewd and conscienceless manipula-
ton of caucuses whereby the senti-
ment of the people will be overcome
by well organized minority. His
past experiences in that line of work
ought to admonish him that it does
not always pay to stifle the public will.
Before any of the concessions re-
ferred to in the News article, and with
which the general is so lavish will have
any weight in securing my support for
his nomination, | shall want to hear
from the l,Ol7 republicans who re-
| fused to let his name remain on their
| ticket in 1888.
And when have satisfactorily heard
F, from them | should want TO hear from
the several hundred Republicans he
publicly insulted at Palace Hall on
the evening of November 10, 1888,
after his defeat, by depouncing Re-
publicans generally as TRAITORS" and
as fuhl of treason.
| And when those so unpardonably
! insulted on that occasion have been
heard from, L shall wish to hear par.
ticularly, from those young men of
Port Huron, whose names were read
by him to Mr. Harrison Geer on his
advent here AS collector and to whom
he applied the most opprobrious cpl
tibet known to the tongue of vulgarity
while giving Mr.. Geer notice not TO
1 give them official place.