Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
WILL MEET TOMORROW,
Michigan Republican Convention to
Assemble at Detroit.

Michigan Republican Convention to
Assemble ut Detroit.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 6.-The re-
publican state convention will be held in
Detroit tomorrow. Gen. Alger will be NOM
mated as one of the delegates-at-large to
st. Louis by reclamation. Thomas j.
O'Brien of this city and Capt. John Dun
stan of Houghton are tolerably certain
For the fourth delegate Mark Brewer of
Pontiac, Perry Hanna of Traverse City, ex-
Governor Luce Of Coldwater, Eddy of Bay
City and Gilchrist of Alpena. are candi-
dates. and doubtless others will material
ize. Governor Rich was a candidate and it
was thought would easily pull through but
he has withdrawn his name.
Inc republican convention will be har-
monious. The silverites may make a little
noise and demand recognition, but there
will not be enough of them to make any
serious trouble and those who do attend
Will be unorganiZed- The convention will
stTaddle the money question, or at most
Will make declaration that means moth
ing in partic ular, and will whoop it I'D for
Mckinley, protection and reciprocity coming
out strong on the two latter. The most in
teresting feature of the convention itself
Will be the election of a chairman of the
state central committee to succeed Senator
MCMILLAN. who declines to serve another
term. Charles w. Watkins of this CITY.
'oFeIHoi IticH STANLEY w. turner and AL
bert Pack have been mentioned. The chair
manship may be put over for the nominat-
Ing convention later but such DELAY is nm
usual. The gubernatorial candidates will,
have his headquarters and workers and
the booms will be frightened up generally.
Defeat of the Silver Men.
The free siNerites were defeated at the
democratic convention in Detroit last week
iS
ton forces cannot point to with any de-
gree of pride when the future is taken int
consideration. The silverites clearly had a
large majority of all the delegates elected
in county conventions. But they did not
or could not attend the convention, while
every sound money delegate was on the
ground, and, in addition, many came to
vote for gold proxies secured from sill
yer delegates
The convention was a grand convoca ton
OF once holders, and it was the federal
influence more than anything else that won
the day for sound money. L. Andrews. a
revenue agent, with headquarters at De-
troft, with orders direct from Washington,
nlade tour OF the state the week before
the convention. He telegraphed to the post
masters ahead to meet him at the depot
when the train arrived, and he urged them
to attend the convention at all hazards as
delesates, II possible; on proxies if thew
could get nothing better; and as individuals
If in no other capacity. They responded
as they never had in Michigan before and
IN thls manner control was secured of the
convention, and delegation was elected to
the national convention accordingly
bitterness In the Ranks,
The victory for sound money is for the
national convention only The methods
used to defeat them even more than the
results have thoroughly stirred the free
silver democrats. and they will go into the
campaign for revenge 1t is possible an in.