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Five Favorite Sons

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
July
Year
1898
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Public Domain
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The republican congressional conven tion meets in this city next Wednesd'ay wheu a battle royal will be on. Eaoh oonnty will present a favorito son and nearly all the íavorite soné have been angling for the Pingree influence. The first ballot can be predioted with certainty exoepting possibly as to two oandidates. Ifc is yet problematic wbether the fall Leuawee vote will go to Henry (J. Smith on the first ballot or whether 8 or 10 wil! break away to the Spalding oolum'n. It is probable however that these 8 or 10 delegates who are strong Spalding mee will give Smith a oomplimentary vote. If they do, the first ballot will stand Smith 27, Townsend 26, Wedemeyer 23, 17, Bishop 13. It will take 54 votes to nomínate and it will be seen that no one of the candidat.es bas more tbau balf enough votes to nomínate. The qnestioa wbiob iuterests the politioians ishow the varions candidatos can swell their votes. Townsend has endeavored to oaptnre the Wedemeyer votes by offering to secure meyer toe JacKson delegación tor state senator, but Wedemeyer will hardly thiow up a $1,500 position as deputy railroad corumissioner for a $500 position as state senator, with no positive knowledge thatTownsend oonld deliver the goods. Neither are the Wedemeyer delégate? apt to allow themselves tbe bartered in tbis fasbion. ín faot it is nnderstood that wbile this delegation is earneBtly for Wedemeyer, iL a break comes and it is olearly seen tbat tneit favorite son has no chance, a majority of this delegation will go to Spalding. In the connty oonvention the Spalding men, and there were a nnmberof them, were hnstling to eleot Wedemeyer delegates. In Jackson connty, Townsend named bis own delegates, the connty conventkra having ootbingto do bnt togratify Townsend's choice. The same was true in Wayne connty where Bishop named the delegates. In these oonnties therefore tbe delegates are one man delegates and were not selected by tbe oonventions for their wisdom in choosing oandidates. Considerable feeling was stirred np in Wayne connty, where Gen. Spalding had a good many friends. Tbe delégate from Plymonth was one who nnsncessfully tried to get on the township delegation, while Northville, whiah fnruishfis a good part of the repnblioan majority, was not given any delégate at all becanse they werenearly all Spalding rúen ont tbat way. It will be seen that no two oonnties oan nomínate a oandidate. Jackson and. Lenawee can come tbe nearest to doing it. Bnt these two connties coald not unite on Townsend, for with Smith ont of the way, the majority of this delegation wonld go to Spaldiug. Townsend might throw bis forces to Smitb, as baving named all of them, it is to be presnmed that he oonld control them and tbis wonld bring Smitb within one vote of the nomination. Bnt Townsend knows that with Smith once in oongress, Jaokson woald not be able to get tbe nomination two years henee, as Smith wonld be praotically sure of a renomination. Bishop will have 41 votes to get, a task which seerua beyond him, espeoially after it is known that he had a hard flght at home and controlled his oonvention by running over the opposition in sneb a rongh shod tnanner as to leave hard feelings. Wedemeyer will have to secure 31 votes. Sheriff Jndnon bas been after tbein aDd tbe sheriff bas sbown that be is a sncoessfnl politieian in tbis connty, bnt it remains to be seen how moch lie oan inflnence 31 men wbo oome into the oonvention with anotber object in view. It will be a pretty fight and will not be aettled in three or four ballots.

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