The Early State Convention

The Michigan Democratie congressmen are opposed to the early democratie state convention. Interviews with several of them were published in the Washington correspondence of the Detroit Evening News. Congressman Gorman said: "It's a great blunder. June 28 might be a good time for the outs to hold their convention. I can see very great disadvantagc to the ins from meeting so soon. The history of the first congress under full democratie control in a third of a century will not have been made up by June 28. Even the tarift bill is not likely to have become a law by that time. Everything will be in uncertainty, the croakers will still be at it in full swing, and the feeling of resentraent at senate delay will be at is height. That the convention should be held at such a time is a matter of great regret. What the committee should have done is to wait until the end of the session, or, at least, until the end is in sight. Then the record would be complete - and it is going to be a record, too, from which every democrat can draw satisfaction and one that will give the pai ty strength with the people. The little friction attending the legislative process will havepassed. The democracy might then assembie with old time enthusiasm and begin the campaign with a whoop. As it is now arranged, I am afraid it will drag for a while. " "These are the views which I expressed to Chairman Campau while he was here," continued Mr. Gorman. '-Mr. Weadock and Mr. Richardson were present at the time and expressed similar views. The position of some of those back in Michigan who fear that the populist list may make great accessions in strength, seemed, however, to have made a deep impresston on Mr. Campau. He seemed to have taken seriously the rumors that Mayor Pingree might take the populist nomination. They were afraid the populist convention, if held first, might steal good democratie thunder. If the populists should meet first, adopt a ripping old free-silver platform, nomínate Pingree and start in with a rush, Mr. Campau fears the democracy would not be in it. So he seemed to think an earlv convention very desirable, although we did not agree with him. No, nothing was said about fusión. The idea seemed to be to avoid the possibility of the populists taking the wind out of our sails. Perhaps the tariff bill will make more rapid progress than we think, and that things will be in fairly good shape by convention time. I shall continue to hope so. According to our present light, however. the early date selected seerns very unfortunate. The middle of August seemed to us here the very earliest date that should be selected."