Show ALGER FOR SENATOR Michigan Republicans Indorse His Candidacy for Senate Grand Rapids JNIIch Sept 25Aft r ri S long and laborious aeuslon In which i more oratory and enthusiastic partisan par-tisan strife wore in evidence than has been seen In the councils of the He publican party I in tills State for many years the Republican State convention today IndorttQd the Senatorial candidacy candi-dacy of Con Hussell A Alger former Secretary of War and nominated Judge William L > Carpenter of Detroit for J us11ce of the Supreme court to 1111 the vacancy caused by the death of Justlce Charles D Long Gen A Igors frlcndn won a great victory vic-tory over the supporters of Dexter M Ferry of Detroit the test of fcirength having been made on a motion to adopt the minority recommendation of the committee on resolutions to the effect ef-fect that no expression of sentiment on the Senatorial candidacy of any one betaken be-taken The test vote by roll call of counties rejected the minority report by a vote of 5SS nays and 4 Ti yean The majority report which Indorsed Gen Alger was then adopted without an opposing vote amid loud applause from the Alger bupportcrs Congressman Hamilton of Nile temporary tem-porary chairman marc an address devoting his time chiefly to the tariff and trusts He predicted that a reciprocity reci-procity arrangement between this country and Cuba would be perfected by the flftyaeventh Congress The report of till rcsolutloiiH committee com-mittee eulogized the late United States Senator McMIIIIn and Juallco Long antI commended the State and national nlmliilHtrulloiit This portion wan I I unanimously adopted The great Htrug I filc of the Alger and Ferry forces followed fol-lowed over the majority and minority reports of the mullet of indorsing Gen Alger for United States Senator |