Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-15
ARRANGING THE TICKETS
How the Different Parties Will Appear on the
Ballot in Michigan.
Only One Straight POpulist I'm the
ncnce-Bourke Cockrnn's Work.
Il. moo ~ The Evening Star.

Correspondence of The Evening Star.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. October IL, 1893
The Australian ballot is used in Michigan,
and the law provides that in printing the
ballots the ticket of the party polling the
largest vote in the preceding election shall
have first place, and the other tickets to
follow in the order of strength. The cleo
ton commission of Wayne county has
passed upon the order in which the tickets
shall be placed. The republicans are given
first place, the sound money democrats sec
ond. with the name of the regular demo-
cratic party; then the populists, so Tar as
the second congressional district is con-
cerned; then the straight narrow-gauge
prohbitionists; the democratic peoples
union silver party, fifth; national or broad
gauge prohibtionists sixth. and socialists
last. Chairman Baker of the democratic
committee and at the head of the COM
bine's executive committee, has protested
against this arrangement and demanded
second place, and will appeal to the SUI
preme court. The case will be, submitted
this week, and decision will be handed
down at an early date. The decision will
govern the arrangement of the ballots in
j.. the state generally.
Tom Watson of Its Own.
The second congressional district has
Tom Watson of it's own. The populists
held an early convention, and nominated
a candidate for Congress, and then endeav-
ored to have the democrats and free silver
republicans indorse their nominee. Instead
of doing so, however, Thomas E. Bart
worth was named. The populist leaders
and managers have since been striving to
pull the populist candidate down, but he is
proof against their Establishments and
seems determined to stick. He is the only
straight populist candidate for any Office in
the state, and on the second district ballot
will have a whole column all to himself
bination ticket to vote for him, and as COM
paratively few of his compatriots would go
to that trouble, it probably makes little diff
ference whether he stays or not
In the third district sound money DEM
ocratic candidate has been put up against
Mines, republican, and Todd of the COM
biEe There is a substantial sound money
democratic sentiment in the district, and
a good-siZed vote is expected In the
eighth district the sound money democrats
will also make nomination. In the other
districts they will vote as a rule for the
republican candidate.
fused to come into the band wagon, and
| will go it, alone The place OF the ticket
for secretary Of state was originally Of
| fered them an inducement but they
wanted ar elector as well, and this was
! deemed too extravagant and the negotia-
| lions fell through. An old prohibitionist
| was given the place, however, and later,
when two candidates for election with
| drew the prohibition organization was in
yited to name the neil. They have de-
| clined with thanks and will run their own
| campaign.
! Minister Uhl Declines to Contribute.
| Edwin F. Uhl Of this city, now United
| States minister at Berlin, mas emphatically
declined to contribute to the Bryan cam
| paign fund. Chairman Campau, who
wrote him a letter asking him to come
| down with the dust, received the reply last
week, and it was even more pointed than
| the letter from Consul Parker of Birming-
| ham. Mr.. Campau wrote a savage letter
! to Mr.. Parker. accusing him Of treachery
| and other things but he is satisfying him
! self with calling Mr.. Uhl an migrate, not
! in letter, but in an interview. VIM. e.
| Quinby, minister at The Hague has not
| been heard from and probably was not in
| vited to contribute, as his paper, the De-
! troit Free Press, bolted the ticket and
| nomination Immediately after the conven-
| ton. Consul A. B. Morse at Glasgow and
Consul Dean, somewhere in Italy. have
| not been heard from in public way, and
! the fact has not yet developed whether
| they contributed or not.
John P. Irish of California will be put
| ON Mr.. Bryan's trail through Michigan to