How It Looks Outside

The Chicago ínter Ocean, :i paper noted for its manly Btrajgbtforward course, ita well written editorials and tlie general high tone of ita Republiean principies, beinif ontside of the state and beyond the heat of the contest, gives in an editorial this caira review of the field of action : Theie are no charges against Senator Ferry. He has serveil the State ac pptably and has taken high rank in the Sjiiate. The simple fact that two or three other men deslrè his place is i matter that does not concern the Republicana of the State or country at large. All these are more interesteil in maintainingthe Republican majority and prestige in the Senate than in the personal ambitions of any man. These aspirants lor place made their campaign hgainst Mr. Ferry laat fall. They knew tljey wei e beaten when tlie ballots ere coanted, and they should have given up the fight. But as they contlnued it In a spirit of petty spitf, with wanton recklessness as to results, it is a pain dnty on the part of the Republicana of Michigan to make them onderstand that their conduct is disapproved of. At the very lowost estímate 55 Republican niembers of the Legislature are in favor of the re-election of Senator Ferry. These are asked by less than half their number to abandon their candidate and vote for some one nained by the minority. The mjority deelining to accept this proposition, the minority ierre notice that they will make no liht in caucus. but will go inlo the joint convention to do all they can to defeat the candidate of the majoritj-. In another column it has the followiug statement of the situation : It has been cliarged by the Post and Tribune that Federal office-holders swaruied in tliis city in tlie interest of Ferry. This charge is substanlially without foundation n faet, Some Federal office-holders have been liere on both sides ot the contest, bat the numbev is lessthan tlieir represen tation has been to gay Senatorial i-le. tiou in the history of tiie Uepublican party in Michigan. The Post and Tribune only mentions tlie names of Federal office-holders who aresupporting Ferry, omitting the names of tlioso upporting Hubbell. The list publislied bv that paper largely componed of ex-Federal ottice-holders- men lionorably retired, but still fiiends of Senator Ferry. Your correspouduiit nolieed three prominent Federal office holders, C. V. Osborn, Collector of Custonisat Marqiiette; Dr. Pundas Postmaster at Grand Rapidg, zeiilously tupportlog Hubbell. Dr. Dundas was a member of the last Legislature, and Hubbell bad him appofuted poBtinaster In place of a onearmed soldier. So Masón county is represented by two Ferry men, Judge White and K. P. Bishop. Auiong the ex-Fecleral ofBce-holderg here In the interest of Hubbell appears the notorlous De Land, of Kast Saginaw, wbiira President Gartield and Secietary Windom retiiud froni the service under clreumstanceg which were lully explained in the Chicago Tribune of Jan. 2(i, 1882. TIIH COMMITTKK OF MANAGEMENT in the interest of Ferry, composed of private citizeng, does not eontaln a single Federal otlice-holder. On this comniittee appear tlie f'ollowing names of distinguUhedmen: The Hon. Rice A. Beal, of Ann Arbor; Gen. Frank IJ. Stockbridge, of KalHinazoo; the Hon. M. C. Uurch of Grand Rap'.dg; the Ilon. E. C. Watklng, Of Ioniii, and otliei's. Au eironeous inipression -revails in relation to the paper said to have been signed by certain Kepublicans agaiust a caucus. It was only a paper binding them to go into caucus wlien sixty-seven names Bllbuld have been affixed to the cali - a msjorlty of the wliole Legislatui-e. They have not signed any paper binding them not to vote for Senator Ferry or binding them not to abide by the caucus decisión. It is simple justice to those gentlemen that this statement of their action should be clearly made, becailM manyof them were chocen as Ferry men, and tliej are, in the opinión of your correspondent, too patiiotic to bolt. and thus break up tlie Repnblican party in Michigan.