Depends On Wayne

The following Is the quota of each oounty in the Seoond district in the coming Republican convention to be held in this city July 20: Lenawee 27 Jackson 26 Washtenaw 23 Monroe 17 Wayne (part) 13 Total 106 Necessary for chcice - 54. Of these counties that portion of Wayne which is tacked on to the Second district is the only one which has not yet held its county convention to elect delegates, but this will be done next Tuesday. Jackson is solid for Townsend, Washtenaw's deleg-ation is in Wedemeyer's vest pocket, and Spalding has an immortal cinch on Monroe. There is some dispute about Lenawee although Hank Smith' is ostensibly the favorite son. The Lenawee converition decided in favor of him against G-rant Fellowa by a vote of 75 to 72. But it is said that Spalding has at least eight of the 27 delegates who will go to him as soon as there is any break in the convention. In Wayre coun.ty the fight is warm enougrh to result in a knockdown argument and is simply a contest as to whether Spalding or Bishop will get the delegates. Bishop is to Wyandotte what Frank P. Glazier is to Cheisea. He runs things to suit himaelf generally. Spalding turned down Bishop's candidate for the Wyandotte postofflce and gave it to his enemies, and now Bishop is flghting Spalding for revenge. He says now that he wants the congressional nomination. On the other hand the Spalding men claim that Bishop is not in the race for himself at all; that he has no hopes of securing the nomination, and but seeks to play even wltü Spalding and his oíd local enemies by securing congressional delegates to throw to some other candidate who is believed by them to be Charles Townsend, of Jackson. ín corroboration of this they exhibit circulars from Bishop in which he says that he would appreciate more the honor of eojng to the congressional convention with his county delegation back of him than he would the honor of securing the nomination for congress itself. These are the main aJlegations, stripped of personalities. Now supposing Bishop gets the Wayne delegation solid. The first vote in the congressional convention will stand something as follows: Smith 27 Townsend 26 Wedemeyer 23 Spalding 17 Bishop 13 Lenawee has never been very big potatoes in the Republican congressional conventions for the reason that it never imites its support on a candidate, and in the Lenawee delegation will be the first break. There is also liable 'to be a break in Wayne's delegaüon on the seoond ballot, but it all depends on how solid Bishop gets the convention next Tuesday. Without counting Wayne, the second ballot is liable to show aii increase in Spalding's vote af eight delegates from Lenawee. This would show the following strength: Townsend 26 Spalding 25 Wedemeyer 23 Smith 19 Bishop 13 There is no doubt but that Townsend and Smith have an understanding to do up Spalding. Townsend goes to De troit and gets himself interviewed, in the course of which he says: "I think Smith has as good a olaim to the nomination as anyone in the district." If that is not flirting with Smith we do not understand the code oí signáis. The old-time war between Frank P. Glazier and Billy Judson is healed up now and both these politicians are well satisfied with this state of affairs. Neither would do anything to precipítate a flg-ht again. Spalding appointed the Glazier candidate to the Chelsea postoffice and Spalding ia entitled to Glazier's support. Spalding is trusting Glazier to see that Washtenaw does the right thing and Glazier is trusting Judson, who heads the delegation. It may be concluded then that the combinations which will come together eventually are Jackson and part of Lenawee for Townsend, and Monroe, part of Lenawee and solid Washtenaw for Spalding. This would make the vote stand, provided Bishop still holds nis thirteen men in line: Spalding 48 Townsend 45 Bishop 13 Bishop, who is rabidly anti-Spalding, must have nine vates in his pocket to keep the nomination from the Monroe man. Can Mr. Spalding capture flve Wayne county men? A person looking over the field of battle cannot but see that a great deal is going to depend on Wayne in this coming convention.