Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-28
MICHIGAN PREPARES TO VOTE.
Democrats Converting March May
Repudiate Kansas City Platform.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Feb. 81
About all the political excitement
Michigan will see this year will be
concentrated in the next ten days.
The first episode Of interest will be
The annual banquet of the Michigan
,lub in Detroit Friday night. The
shief speaker of the evening will be
Postmaster General Smith, and it is
planned that the first class postmas-
-ers of the state and many of the
second class will be there to meet
aim. A large proportion of the state
legislature and most of the state Off
:ials will be in attendance. The bal-
iuet will not have the usual signifi
2ance, because this is an on year po-
itically. but some of the speeches de-
ivered may represent the admins
ration policy in regard to Cuba. the
'hilippnes ami other live issues
The annual convention of the Mich.
gan league of Republican clubs will
le held also In this city tonight. Of
icers will be elected and plans will be
nade Tor Strengthening the club move
ng the Lincoln and Young Mems Re
publican clubs of this city will unite
n giving their annual banquet with 4
arge state attendance expected. Gov.
Shaw of Iowa, James r. Garfield of
lleveland and General Otis are among
he speakers promised, The address
IS will particularly bear on the taxa
inn uttnctinn NJ OF 20
The Republican state convention to
dominate justice of the supreme court
md two regents of the state univer-
ity will be held in this city Feb. 2S
me day after the banquet
The Democratic state convention
will be held in this city March 6 and
the matter of nominations 1t is con-
eded almost anybody who will accept
l place on the ticket can have the
domination. The chief interest In the
onvention will not be in the nomina.
ols so much as in what may. be done
reorganize the party on something
ike the old lines. The attendance
will be small, but there will be lar
er representation in the convention
y.
I is pretty certain the convention
will decide to abandon the hyphen-
ted name which came with the fu-
ion effected in '98 with the Popu-
ists and Silver Republicans The
,resent party name is Democrat Peo-
lies Union Silver Party, which rec
,gnizes the three elements going in.
n hfpn hs, win.
ette placed at the head of the ticket
IN the official ballot shows Bryan's
Jrofile in a disk the size and shape
# "a silver dollar. 1t Is expected the
onvention will resume the old name
IF Democrat party and reclaim the
party emblem OF the barred arm and
lag
tits possible efforts will be made TO
ormally repudiste Bryan and some
If the planks in the Kansas City plat.
orm, but it is more likely that the
cpudiation, If any Is done. Will be
Effected by an eloquent silence on
liver and no eulogies for the Ne
braska man. Chairman Dan ]. Cam
pau, who is the personal representa-
tive in this state of Bryan. and the
Michigan member of the national CON-
mittee, may be retired from the chair
manship. but one difficulty in bring
ing this about would lie in the scar
ity of candidates for hts place.
The return to the old name and
party vignette would do much to bring
the sound money Democrats back In
to line. and would pave the way for
the more complete reorganization OF
the party next year. The state went
Republican in the November election
by a plurality of 100000, and under
he circumstances not much hope Ia
entertained of the Democracy max
ng killing In the election, which
viii be held in April. but start Will
De made toward doing something In
he state election Of 1902.
The election will be held April /.
md in addition to the state election
viii be held the municipal and town
hip elections for local oficers.