The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-18
SAYS The COP.
WILL SWEEP THE
STATE IN FALL
Lansing Newspaperman Here Pre-
diets Republican Landslide

\ republican landslide at the polls
next fan which will place the q. o. II.
candidate in the governors chair by
one OF the largest majortes in the
history OF the party in Michigan. is
predicted by Donald A. Hayden, of
Lansing, former upper peninsula
newspaperman, who has been a mem
ber of the editorial staffs of the De-
troit Free Press, and The State Journal
at Lansing. for the last two years.
Hayden, who is visiting friends in the
copper country, asserts that reports
reaching Lansing from all over the
state indicate the almost complete
amalgamation of the republicans and
progressives
while Governor Ferris undoubtedly
will receive a large number OF republ-
can votes in the copper country and
elsewhere i'm the upper peninsula, due
to his handling of the copper mine
strike situation that is "A condition
that does not obtain throughout the
state" said Hayden. MANY lower
peninsula republicans when speaking
privately, will admit that Ferris has
made an excellent executive, but in
the same breath they will declare that
below the straits he will not obtain
many votes from outside of his own
party They back up their statement
with the declaration that republican
voters realize that while they may ad
mire Ferris and approve of his conduct
in Office they cannot run the risk of
endangering the party's chances for
success at the national election i'm 1916
| by aiding in the recollection of a demo-
cratic executive. Political observers,
not Interested deeply i'm partisan strife,
incline to this belief as they point out
that it is known that the result of the
| 1914 election will exercise considerable
influence in the national campaign
two years hence.
Governor Ferris also will be on
| trial for the acts of the Wilson ad 81
ministration. Whether or not this is
| just is an open question, but the fact
remains that many will vote against
|
disapproval Of the national admins
tration. Southern Michigan is aname
with revolt against Democratic poll
cies, which apparently have turned
what otherwise would have been Il
prosperous year into a period of lean
ness and depression. The sugar beet
industry, of great Importance to the
| lower peninsula, has been practically
ruined this has aroused the farmers
In the cities work is slack, and there
is a feeling of pessimism in the air
! These factors are contributing to fur
thcr heighten the workingman's mis-
trust Of Wilson and his ideas.
IN the primary campaign for gov
ernor Mr.. Martindale is the favorite
in the lower peninsula, according To
reports brought To Lansing from all
sections of the country below the
straits.
In the upper peninsula, Martindale
sentiment is gaining and from present
Indications, he should carry practical
| ly all of the counties north of the
straits as he did in the primary OF
| 1912. Leaders, who remained in the
! party's ranks at the time of the Bull
Moose revolt and others who followed
Roosevelt, but who now have return
ed, are uniting in advocating the can
didacy of the secretary of state. who
they declare, is the logical candidate
To unite all sections of the party SC
that it will present a solid front al
| the fall election"