Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-30
PINGREE AGAINST BURROWS
Michigan Governor Seeks New Senatorial
Alliance in the Campaign.
He Makes Sharp Warfare on the
Senator's Record fn Recent
National Legislation,
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. August % 1897
When, on the eve of the passage of the
new tariff bill, Gov. Pineree denounced tho
rates on hides, lumber and sugar. his
course was interpreted as the first gun in
campaign against the reelection CT Sem
ator Julius Caesar Burrows. This inter-
pretaton of the signs Of the times has
proven correct, for Pingree is now onep,v
ara violently in opposition to Burrows and
Is taxing frequent occasion to express
himself on the subject
In speech at the semi-centennial of the
Hoiiand settlement in this country. held at
doliand City last week. he smoke of tho
necessity CT curbing the power of trusts
ana monopolies and the need of better
legislators, and while he did not even in
directly refer to the senatorial situa tion
mere was no doubt to what he was
uIivlne at He attended farmers picnic
at jackson recently, and his remarks w.re
aiong ire same line, only more pointed
ana direct. The farmers picnic and county
lar season Is now on, and Pingree is book
e =, LOT many speeches and addresses, and
II is safe to say that in every one of them
ne VIII pour hot shot into the Burrows
camp, and VII bear heavily upon the lum-
per. rides and sugar tariff rates which
burrows helped put through. He is in a
positlcn TO make an early and hot cam
paign, while Burrows and his friends are
pr tically shut out and will remain out
until tie campaign opens next year and
stump speaking shall be in order
Names Some Good Men.
While denouEcing Burrows, Pingree is
incidentally mentioning some of the good
men who are available as his successor.
and this is looked upon in political circles
as bid for senatorial alliance He has
mentioned Col A. T. Bliss and ex-Gov.
Trh IN
months ago he had nothing but words of
scorn. He also mentions John Patton. jr
OF this city, Congressman William Alden
Smith CT this city, James ODonnell of
jackson, Gen. o. L. Spaulding of St Johns
and several others. Pingree has entire
control of the state patronage, and this is
good as far it goes, but in his business
he needs senatorial possibility as a side
partner in the fight who will not only
contribute freely to the campaign fund,
but will also bring some influence into the
campaign.
If any one of the men named would join
his caravan 1t would give him much adj
ditional strength in his efforts to secure
the next legislature. He has not made
any alliance yet. but it is believed he
would be particularly pleased to have
Patton join forces with him in his fight
against Burrows. Patton served a few
months in the Senate by appointment of
Governor Rich to the vacancy caused by
the death of Senator Stockbridge and made
dH ekcel1enl record III SO lar as OppOt-
tunity allowed He was defeated for the
election by Senator Burrows after a fight
of more than usual bitterness, and if he
should enter the race he would have a
strong pull at the start, and especially so
If Pingree were for him. His geographical
location is right and except Burrows he
would be the only senatorial candidate
who was on the list three years ago.
There is li:tle in common between Pat
ton and Pingree either in manner thong hit
or disposition. but Pingree has taken a
fancy to Patton and even without an
alliance is disposed to boom him.
Burrows Also Active.
Senator Burrows has been doing the sum-
mer resorts in northern Michigan the
past month, but is expected here the first
week in September, and the brethren here
are anxiously awaiting his coming. 1t is
recognized in political circles that the
opposition to his reelection is becoming
formidable, and his friends are becoming
alarmed. His appointments thus far have
been of a nature to widen the breach be-
tween the factions, and conciliatory pol
icy will be urged by the more conserva-
tive of his friends, while others will in
sist that the good things should be for
the Burrows boomers and none other.
conference will be held here when
he arrives, and a policy will he marked
out for future action but the Pingree OPP
position has reached such proportions that
it will be impossible to get that faction
back into line. And yet few months ago
Burrows could have had the Pingree in
f1uence for the asking.