MICIIIGAN. 



with the rebellion closed and the Union saved, it 



1 tlio world by it masterly management 01 its 



. ii-.l arum-*, uiul in tin- exliibitiun of an un- 



I f amnesty ; that it gave to a racu liberty ami 



:isliip ; tlmt tin- magnitude of the national 



di-bt it has reduced in nine years nearly one-fourth ; 



time it has steadily lessenea the burden of taxation ; 



that its record \* its diameter, and it proudly points 



to it as a sure guarantee of future fidelity to ita 



trusts. 



The third resolution invites the cooperation and 

 support of all fair-minded and patriotic men in so- 

 curing tlio election of our candidates, and the con- 

 tin iu'd ascendency of our principles, until the civil 

 and political rights of every citizen, native or foreign 

 born, black or white, shall be respected and main- 

 tained in every part of the Union. 



The fourth' declares that the able, honest, and 

 faithful administration of our State affairs by our 

 pivsi-nt State officials entitles them to the gratitude 

 of the people, and that the record of their adminis- 

 tration, with that of their Republican predecessors, 

 cannot fail to challenge the admiration of all fair- 

 minded men. 



The fifth is as follows: " We present to the elec- 

 tors of the State the ticket this day nominated, and 

 earnestly commend each name thereon as worthy 

 of the united and hearty support of the people of 

 this Commonwealth." 



The Democratic Convention to nominate 

 candidates for State officers was held in De- 

 troit on August 9th. It nominated the fol- 

 lowing ticket : 



Governor, W. L. Webber ; Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, Julius Houseman; Secretary of State, 

 George H. House; Treasurer, J. G. Parkhurst ; 

 Auditor, General F. M. Holloway ; Commis- 

 sioner of the Land-Office, C. W. Green ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Zelotus 

 Truesdell. 



The following platform was adopted : 



1. The Democracy of Michigan, in convention 

 assembled, affirm their abiding faith in the tradi- 

 tional principles of the Democratic party, namely : 

 Strict construction of the Federal Constitution; 

 local self-government ; the strict responsibility ot 

 public officials to the people ; hostility to sumptuary 

 laws and to undue protection, by Federal legislation, 

 of special and local interests. 



2. We declare that the supreme object of political 

 action at the present time is to bring about such a 

 reform in public administration as shall remove 

 from office the men and the party whose corruptions 

 have dishonored the republic at home, and disgraced 

 it in the sight of foreign nations, and shall restore 

 to the people under a Democratic Administration 

 a just, honest, economical, and constitutional gov- 

 ernment. 



8. In the declaration of principles adopted by the 

 National Democratic Convention at St. Louis, we 

 recognize a just and explicit statement of Democratic 

 principles, and an unanswerable presentation of the 

 necessity of reform in the administration of public 

 affairs, and wo hereby declare our unqualified assent 

 to the same. 



4. The Democracy of Michigan demand in our 

 public servants, both State and national, honest 

 capability and fidelity, as guarantees of good gov- 

 ernment, and in our national standard-bearers, an 

 well as in the candidates for State offices nominated 

 by this convention, we recognize men who possess 

 preeminently these qualifications, and we pledge 

 them our cordial support to the end that, in their 

 triumphant election, may be inaugurated the reforms 

 demanded by the people and so essential to the 

 very existence of good government Uself. 



5. We declare our devotion to the Federal Consti- 



tution, with all its amendments, and insUt that it is 

 the paramount duty of every State guvi-rimx-nt to 

 protect in the enjoyment of all their righto all luw- 

 abidinfl citizen*, <>t uhatuver nationality "T color, 

 and to bring to conviction and punishment all per- 

 sons guilty of the violation of the laws. 



At the general election, held in November, 

 the following was the result: 



PRESIDENT. 



Hayes (Republican) 160 001 



Tlldfii ( I (emocratic) 141,606 



Cooper (Greenback ) 9,060 



Smith (Temperance) 7GT 



" Anti-Secret society " 75 



Republican plurality 25,800 



GOVERNOR. 



Charles M. Croswell 166,926 



William L. Webber 142,498 



L. Sparks (Greenback ) 8,207 



A. Williams (Tem[>erance) 70 



Croswell's plurality 28,484 



The following were the other State officers 

 chosen on the Republican ticket : Secretary 

 of State, E. D. G. Holden ; State Treasurer, 

 William B. McCreery ; Auditor-General, Ralph 

 Ely ; Attorney-General, Otto Kirchner ; Cojn- 

 missioner of the State Land-Office, B. F. Par- 

 tridge ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 H. S. Tarbell ; member of State Board of Edu- 

 cation, Witter J. Baxter. 



The following is the vote for members of 

 Congress : 



FIRST DISTRICT. 



No. ofVoUi. Plurality. 



Williams (Democratic) 14,471 2,054 



Duffieidi Republican) 12,417 



Euehle (Greenback) 1,786 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



Willetts (Republican) 19,211 2,187 



Robinson (Democratic) 17,024 



Granger (Greenback) 60(5 .... 



THIRD DISTRICT. 



McGowan (Republican) 10,876 2,658 



Livermore (Democratic) 1 7.2-_'-S .... 



Thomas (Greenback) 1,025 



FOURTH DISTRICT. 



Keightley (Republican) 18,716 2,886 



Chamberlain (Democratic and 



Greenback) 16,880 . . 



Scattering 6 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



Stono (Republican) 21,903 8,862 



Harris (Democratic and Green- 

 back) 18,644 



Scattering 50 



SIXTH DISTRICT. 



Brewer (Republican) 28,856 1,741 



Durand (Democratic) 21,615 



Scattering 8 



SEVENTH DISTRICT. 



Conger (Republican) 16.818 2,641 



Chad wick ( Democratic) 18,1 77 



Whiting (Greenback) 889 



EIGHTH DISTRICT. 



Ellsworth (Republican) 16.098 888 



Potter (Democratic) 15,760 



NINTH DISTRICT. 



Hubbell (Republican) 18,224 668 



Kilbonme (Democratic and Green- 

 back) 18,656 



At the same election three amendment* to 

 the constitution were voted upon: 1. Strik- 



