The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-29

says;
Gov Ferris will get all of the votes
ol The people here this year or next.
whether he runs on the Republican,
democratic or Prohibition ticket"
Solid Support.
Another iioughton county man, of
an opposing faction, confirms this
view and says:
With the exception Of the radical
labor union element-and by next cleo
non This element will be entirely neg
hslble-Ferris viii receive practically
the united support OF the copper coun-
Try. We all realize now, even some who |
SynpathiZed with the miners when |
They went ont that if Gov. Ferris had |
not sent the troops in when he did, |
lawlossness would have run riot in the |
county and the loss of life and prop
erty would have been enormous"
similar view comes from the iron
county.
Ferris helped himself here says
THIS man, by his action in sending the
troops into the copper country. No one
| except those on the inside know how
near the strike came from being gen
oral throughout the whole mining re-
| giOn, II Gov. Ferris had not sent the
troops into loughton county and held
the wild strikers in check we would
| have suffered here. For that reason
| q h.
support Ferris, particularly as none Of
his other official acts have been such
as TO make ms afraid that the state
isn't in pretty fair hands"
| "Moosers" Slipping.
| From these same men come, too, the
news of the passing Of the Bull Moose
movement and il can he seen from the
FOREGOING quotations that they are not
lunduly rabid Republicans.
Saws the Saginaw man:
THE Bull Moosers have lost their
local organization almost entirely and
II is doubtful whether they viii he
able Ia do much Of anything next
fall without Roosevelt AT their head"
The same news comes from Grand
Rapids. The letter says
The leaders Of the Progressive
; party declare that they will not return
To the Republican party. In many in
stances the rank and file will droT
back To- the old party they came from
Along this same lin" a Port Huron
man writes:
, The Bull Moosers are gettinE
scarced every day. although / believe
r they will keep their organization II
2 this county"
An Alpena correspondent throws
new angle on the situation by callini
: up the national condition, saying:
1 IL business continues poorly for tn
? next six months there will be an aw
4 full Republican landslide, because Their
is Il constantly growing spirit
' discomfort"
Commenting on the Bull Moose sit
= ua,ion, this man says:
an The towns the Bull Mooser
seem Ia be getting back into line. tina
e is. among the working class: but
' don't know how the country Mooser
I feel"
\ This same man voices the genera
/ sentiment about Ferris being stronge
= through the northern part Of the Stat'
Are Uncertain.
y one Grand Rapids man believes ina
% the union labor men viii be so unite
ara;nst Ferris that he will he SER
{ IouSly hurt in the Furniture town. tn
Y same man. who was a Roosevelt SUP
g porter, SAYS anent the Prosressl|
Il situation:
G I'VE hear very little of the Moosei
q and think most Of them will he pa'
IN the fold"
d So far as the Republican situate
o is concerned. all of my correspondent
s are apparently much mp in the air
g IA lust which candidate is strongest
}. Nartindale is conceded son
Is strength because OF his campaign
4. last wear and because of his ma
Is working organization and much pc
J. gonal respect is expressed ior ave
% Croesbcck. although n big majority
"a ,ho writer's seem TO feel that the o.
,e noeItion To Mr.. Groesbeck is so stroi
that he cannot he nominated. the
,e are men, in many instances, VINO kh'
te the state chairman and VINO eApre
N ,he belief that ne would make a go
I'd governor. even though the! doh
q" lieve he could he nominated or eiecte'
~ Comments on the others run ike u
IN from Grand Rapids;
NJ "Iohn Ross would be looked on WI
i'll much favor"
c. From Port Huron;
o. Il think Martindale ana ROSS
n the strongest candidates.
c. 4 Saginaw man, after eiimha''
NIusselman. Martindale and Groespe
as says:
r. mcleod and Ross both have F" III
T. personal following here.
ne Hurting His Party.
n. bringing IN the bitterness Of
ii fight between Secretary OF STATE Nj
nv ,indale and Mr.. Groesbeck. one II
he says.
,r- az Nortindale continues in ms pr
-. oouree we may as we'll retire
mt our holes next fall and stay there'
cir knoy that I'm not for Groesoeck'
r.. irrespectiye of who the man is MARI
da,, is only hurting himself ana
Republican party.