Capt. Stewart Out For Durand

Capt. A. E. Stewart, a former republican candidate for mayor of Detroit and a recognized republican leader of one of the former legislatures, declares that he will not under any circumstances vote for Aaron T. Bliss. "No, sir; not by a long shot will I vote for Bliss, and I don't care who knows it," said Stewart last week. "I could not conscientiously vote for a man who fought equal taxation the way Bliss did several years ago, and I am not making any bones about it either. If I voted for Bliss it would repudiate my four years' work in the legislature, and I was honest and sincere in my work in Lansing. I know hundreds of republicans in the city who will not vote for Bliss. Why, only last night I was sitting at a table in one of the hotels in the city, and there were four other good old-time republicans sitting at the same table, and every one of them stated positively that he would not vote for Bliss. No, I cannot give you names of any of the men as that would betray their confidences, but when the time comes they will vote against Bliss, and don't you let that worry you. I am for Durand."