Evening star., 1896-10-23
THE MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN
Famous Fighters Lined Up for the Closing
Fight. -~ '~'''

Speciai correspondence OF The Evening Star. Gee
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. October 20, 1896
During this week and next the finishing
touches will be put To- the campaign, and
both parties are busily engaged in driv-
ing the last nail to clinch their cause. The
last of the literature for the education and
enlightenment of the voters has been sent
out, and an enormous amount 1t has been,
and what remains to be doAeswill be done
through the newspapers and on the stump.
The republicans have 104 speakers now on
the stump, Few, If any Of them, are exact
ly OF national reputation, but they will
average up well for ability and oratorical
capacity, and a fair propertfen are from
other states. This week the generals will
make their tour through Michigan, follow
ing closely on Bryans trail., They are ac-
companied by a bugle CORPSE and, corsti-
tuter very effective camppfgping aggre-
cation. The sound money. democrats are
doing the repUblicaIs a great tervice and
without them the campaign, would have
had hardly prominent mRn sip It. They
nave nav Or brought: Coekraa, Pa4Nss and Buck,
schurz and Bynum ars .comig Next week,
the week before eleetioH they, viii send q
Spseial ps train .threpgte The state: with Col
as NJ: Waller Of ConpeoucIfs Prot. Brad
ley M. Thompson Of The state university.
John j. Enright affn Detn6t. Rufus F.
sprag1e 91s ETH the sa9adate for geyernor and
u, NV
in a general way follow the route taken
by Bryan last week in the lower peninsula
and about forty speeches will be delivered.
The train VIII be generously advertised in
advance The combine are looking for
Boies and Coin Harvey as their strong
cards for the Hast week of'sthe campaign,
with George Fred Williams and Vice Pres
1dent Stevenson down for a few appear
ances this week: The combination cam,
paign. however, Is perceptibly tagging. It
Was thought that Bryan's tour would serve
TO inject some enthusiasm into things.
MI. Bryan was given tremendous ova-
tiers wherever he stopped. In fact never
has there been such a turnout ali along
the line as has greeted him. The tour Of
Blaine In 1884 was not circumstance to
1t. The leaders of the combine speak, it
he accomplished. and sconffdentially admit
that he did not make d vote for the silver
cause: The number of meetings being
held IN the interest Of FREE silver is less
the campaign fund makes those who are
engineering things feel discouraged. They
are still talking very bravely, but are
making no extravagant claims of sweep
have put their claim at 4O.0OO ana think
this Is conservative. They will tfds week
and next concentrate their efforts chiefly
upon the rural districts in the southern
part OF the state, where the silver sentf-
ment has been encouraged in the past by
the republicans themselves. The second
and third districts in particular, need at
tention, and from now until election day
the school houses in that quarter will ring
with republican eloquence
,. Unless the state goes republican by a
large majority Mayor Pfngrea Is very la
pie to go by the board. AS election day
and the management of ahis campaign grow
more strained, and 1t is becoming more
ana more apparent that he will be severe
~ ~, cut TIN In all parts of the state The fault
mas Deen largely that Of Pfngree himself
He hasn't played fair at any stage Of the
game: He won his nomination with the
machine against him. The machine made
9vertures 1,e for peace and harmony. and Mr..
wagon with D. NJ Ferry as the coachman
ana SOUND money as the leading issue.
he mas repeatedly kicked over the traces
on on the nnancfaI question, and lately has
OF ms campaign. Upon one occasion he
made an open and insulting attack upon
Senator Mcmillan. and upon other occa-
sions SION nas sneered at the managers He
nag not once called at the state headquar-
ters IN Detroit, and lis Representatives
IN TINS city have been eddally negligent
about calling at local headquarters, either
10 ask or to tender assistance.
1t Will take republican majority of at
Ieast Zo,CO0 for the national ticket to pull
P1ngree through, and even thar may not do
IT. me republicans who cut Pingree will,
monev as RUE, de,ovot vote for spraspe the sound
ting into fight with his carfpaign man
ayers. Mr.. Pmgree has mSdifed with the
legislative nominations in VArjbus parts of
the state, and thereby aroused entirely un-
necessary opposition. In Detroit he opposed
the reorganization Of Senator W. G. Thomp-
son. Mr. Thompson was terminated, and
1T is curious fact that 'se1eral Of the
stanch republican papers kbont the state
are congratulating Thompson Cor his VIC
tory, without. of course, gofhg into the de-
tails: Scarcely paper in the state is sup
porting Pingree or saying Kind words for
him, and not prominent party worker in
the state Is going out of his way to boom
him. Mr.. Pingree himself Is making a cam
paigning tour, with John J. Atkinson as
side partner.
In the first congressional district Edwin
F. Henderson has been nominated by the
combine against John B. Corliss. Mr.. Hen
derson was recently appointed to q munich
pal non-partisan commission in Detroit by
Mr.. Pingree. He is bright young law
yer, and a good speaker and 1t is within
the possibilities that, as Mr.. Pingree and
Mr.. Corliss have had falling out, that the
municipal strength will be thrown to Hen
derson.
The town Of Kuroff, in the government Of
LubHn. Russian Poland, has. been almost
tafo 1vy h~va a.. D