The Methodists

Sílice David Preston was nominatcd for governorby the prohibitionists there lias been considerable pains taken to publisli the factthat he is astaiinch Methodist and lias done a great deal for liischuich. Tlie ffldefit circulation oí this, signiíicantly enough, comes tlirougli the democratie prew. Henee tlie scheme is plain to be seen that they hope thereby to draw off the large Methodist vote froni Alger to Preston, and thusto allowthe Ilon. Free. Pass IJegole easily to slip back into the gubernatorlal ohalr. The fact is well known that Preston cannot be elected. The next goveruor will be either Alger or Begole, and every vote for Preston taken from Alger i half a vote for Begole, and Begole with fusión does not need many half' votes to elect hini. lícpublicans aud prohibitionists alike despise liiá course on the free-passqnestion, as on many others, and the Methodists especially being taught better principies every Sunday, will be very cautinug about voting for Preston. Tlie d( inocratic monkey is shrewd, but he will not pret the Methodists to burn their paws pulling chestnutsout of the lire for h i ín. Senator Henry B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, died at liis home in Providence, Tuesday afternoon, ajfed 09 yoar=. Tiic rcpublicaim ot lUü Sevenili 0OD gressional district huye placed th Iíon. Edgar Weeks, of Macumb county, In nomlnatlon tor Congrega. He wlll raake h good coiiffresunan. lolm C. Fitzgcrald, of Kent, has Úeen noniinuted by the republleaDB of the Flfth congresdonal district, md it is devoully to le hoocd 'tliat lic wlll ivc 'ein Filz next November. Il.is the star eyed goddeas of reform been int'onncd ol the charges agaiust Cleveland? - Hoston Traveler. No. She's blind and deaf and diinib. Bilt the cock-eyed sou of destiny has got hold of tlieiu. Just as good. Al was anticipated, the democrats 110111iuated Col. Eldridge atAdrian lastWednes day. Well, he belongs to the party that believe in a one-term candidato, so his difappolntment will not be so very great. The proliibition party expect to expend $10,000 in tbeirendeavor toelectSt. John. What in the worldare they goingtospend so much money for i Of course they will uot " set 'em up for the boys" Perish the thought ! They wouldn't buy up votes with it, aither ! Ten tlionsand dollars is a great deal of uioney ! Geo. Win. Curtís, as a delégate to the republican uational convention at Chicago, said in a speech that the democratie party was "a party of Iningry wnlves who only seek to appease their appetites upoii the substance of the country." And just because Mr. Blaine gave the publishing of his book to another publishing house, Mr. Curtís bas turned wolf. And stil] the cry comes up from the poor deluded iiidepeudeuts for u change of head. lïev. Washington Gladden believcs that Thurnian should rjplace Cleveland upon the ticket, and makes a threat: "If sucli 1 cliange is not made within B fortuiglit, another conference of Independente ought to be called 'it New York, to nomínate candidatos for whom 110 apologies will Deed to be made. We might not elect them, but we could show our good will." The New York Independent, whicli hauls down Cleveland's name, gives a few reasons why, as follows : "Thcattenipt now to forcé suoh a candidate upon the puople woukl, in our esllmatton, disfrace tiie party whlcn nominatcü hiiu,anü tbe whole naliou if he were elecled. Governor Cleveland shoukt positively decliue to bea'andidate and wltbdraw iiainediatcly froin Ihe canvass, and be oompelled to dono If necessary. To go blindly forward wilh the present ticket, would in our judginent, be au insult to the Kuier ol nations, sure death to the Democratie party aud au everlastiug üisgrace to the Republiu.'' Put thal in your pipe, genta, and see liow you enjoy the llavorof the Sinoke. The temperauce people say tlmy want to defeat the republican party. They know that thereby they put in power the democrats whose record has always been for free whisky. If they should elect Begolc, no matter what he now professes,he would only be a tooi in the hands of the democracy. We have ulready had from Um a ])ioof, where he professed consclentious scruples against free passes; theti wrote to various railroads for them for himself and family. Sucli dupliolty otight to be a warning. In looking over the piohibitiou state ticket we have concluded to voluntecr a little advice, which is to have McKeever put on his Dickie and compel Kev. John Russell to Chase the Brewer out of the field, (tor it doesn't look well to have a Brewer in a prohibition crowd) and use a Stone if necessary. It lie goes to Waring over it, get the Qranger to let the Steeie out after hivn, and have David Piest-on to the stuuip, providing "Barkis is wiüing,"' and it looks as if lie was. If all this is properly done, it will be Tatem-ount to a glorious Halleiujah campaign. Capt. J. C. Bontecu, of the Putoskey Record, who lias been at the front of the tempeiance movement for years, comes out in this way : 'We shall cordially support Gen. Alger aad the Kepublicau state ticket. We shalt do so not only, and least of all, because we are a republlcan, but because we belleve the election of that ticket is the best thing we can accomplish this year in the interest of prohlbltiou. We are well aware that soine of our temperance frlends haveuttered llarsli crlticisms because we have not given the support of the Record to the Union party niovement. We know that a few of them hold us as recreant to principie because as an avowed prohibitioniyt we do not deern it wise to divide a vote which can be utlllzed for prohibition with the result of giving a vote directly against prohibition. Now while we concede the right of these brethren to taUe sucb action as they deern bent, however unwlseit inay seem to us, we claim the right to do Mkewise. And we shall support the Kepubliuan state ticket."