The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-12-04
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fIl the vac ,ncy caused by the death vi our ial
lanented Senator, kinsley .. BinghAm, ID
Senatorial quesiioa has BEEN very geueraii
discussed by the Repiblican press tarousuol
the 5, Ate. S,ns of the leading papers expires
no G io.ce, osl.r. than that We snail DC repre-
sented ny q IN Al OF ABILITY, Judsnent, AID u.
htnch.ug u-r se, wno snail give iorce AID expire.
si,l il tn. present CRISIS, 10 The 10y ally oi IT,
People OF Mich. gan, and ettic.euily AID Ia
government la crusllng The r.beiiiou. OthcI
express a choice Ior Candidates Oh the groaL
OF locality, making that tiie arsuinent, and !.
noring Otl,r AID more Important question:
connected wlta tLs eicctiva. O.her Jour al.
ia a straight forward, na.iy way, nave iovAe,
through tue SAFE. aud cOui- to tue same cou
clIsioI that We nave expressed, that ills I,
spJnsiJle pOsitioa reqiires pro.ouAd J.r.si
an indefaIi gable patriot. alu d oIiiia-.. UratVi
in sho.t tae BEsI Nan, ami ".thout h,s.t.tio..
say, jacob NJ. Ho, ARD rs, ABOVE any other
the I. sht man for tbe place"
Tue following Candidates have been name,
for the pos t.Oa IJa. jacob II. Ho"ard, lo-
Gs,rss hLrsiL, HJI. I,aic 4. CLrlsl.a4cy, Ho.
Heury Waldron, Gov. Austin Liar, Hon. Jas
Biraey, Hon. r. ". .iiogg, hoa. heze "a.
q Weiis, and Hon. Moses Wlsaer. Ma,
others have been meul.0Ied, bat We beiiev,
on. vi tic genllcinea nam-d Will Receive III,
nOnlnaI.oa. Ine LAns..y ksP@tl.ean, Ga"
to" hsYaoIacIn, Lt0s"ysson Aep"tlsta an AM
Gra"d lIaSerse Hsrala, directly support Mr.
Ho"ArJ and We Jadse ,he De.1oit -1des,t..s,
" NC tAs0,avie ~ III, election. Inc N.UayyO
keps6IseG~ e.Idorses Mr.. B.ruey; tue ST. .v-
stFA IrSselsr nau,rs r. W. Kellogg; tue Pom
tsse Oas.tts, Gov. " isaer; the Kalamazoo IL.
eyreph aAd HIG.ngs Ban~sr, HezsXiah u
Wells. Tn-se are the 0uly direct endor.- mems
that We have scea. The u.c0io rso"eer lays,
"oar ouiy wish II Relation u tnis matter l.,
that the r,gh. man, r,csp Give OF locality, b.
elected" Tue 81. clair Republican is afraid
Of iAjLr,ns Senator Caand.er's prospects, and
says: As = matter Of locality has some iufu
ence, Detroit will not furnish the mau, because
abe already has Senator. To select one irom
that CITY wolid disAppJlnt the erpset0tioHs Vi
the present Senator aud his friends. The Le
gisisture, iheneTill look to the country" The
Flint Citizen endorses the same question o.
locality as expressed in the Bay CITY Pres d.
zsass, a. follows: As the matter OF locality
always has some influence, Detroit will NO.
furnish the man because she already has one
Senator. To select one from that city would
dlsappoint the expectations Of the present
Senator and his friends. The Legislature,
then, will Look to the country" In both vi
these extracts we have italicized "expecta-
tiona"
The s.. Joseph Traveller brings the same
question Of locality to bear, in favor Of Hon.
F, W. Kellogg, as follows:
"We are well aware that for years past in
fuences have Deen brought to bear for the pro-
motion OF men in the eastern part of the State.
to this position, and that with magnanimity
the people of the West have acceded to their
demands. We trust, however, that at this time
when so much Is at stake-when the interests
OF our Country demand so many sacrifices, that
the mere fact of Mr.. Kelloggs being q Western
man, will he no impeachment in the way Of his
elect on
The Neaayyo Republican supports Hon. Jas.
Birney. but believes that if Mr. Howard was
not unfortunately located, he would be success
full. We quote:
ALREADY there are many speculations as to
who will b. the probable successor of the late
Senator Bingham. Conspicuous among the
asprsnts is Hon. Jacob NJ Howard. OF Detroit,
who is man Of undoubted ability, and who.
but for his locality. would doubtless be the
successful man. But it is not for moment to
De supposed that the people will be Content
with both representatives IN the Senate from
Detroit"
The hastings Banner, which supports Hon.
Hezekiah G. Wells, uses the same argument OF
locality, and says:
We expect in the present instance, as in all
former cases. to be met with the pleas Of "pe
cul.ar fitness" and "prc eminent qualiica-
Gols; )" but what looks most strange to one
OUTSIDE OF he ring, is, that all these pre- EN- n
ent qualifications should be the growth OF |
particular locality, or, at most, of a small cir
Gle OF Counties. Bnt so 1t has appeared for .ne |
last ten years. 50 far as all the CHER Offices in
the gift of the State are concerned.
1--WE have no disposition 10 dsparage the
nsness OF any man wno-e Eams is iikely to be
pres~n aud much less - the one ud Gated
oy our Lansing Cont, myprary TUT We must IN
Q 81 That tn; idea VI tue agricultural State ul
Michigan tax ng 5oti It's repr- sea- at,ves IT, the
highest brancs Of the National Legislature IRON
one cOmmsrc al city "a u tina. city as nrarn
out of enc state a. Were possible to place II
lis preposterous."
Let us look nom mt at this argument of To-
cality. The residents at tue CAPT al and tn
members of the Legislature which elected Mr..
Chandler to The Senate, we'll know that it Was
the influence snd votes OF members from the
Western part Of the State, that placed him in
the position that be now uccnpies. Though
, resident OF Detroit, be was elected by
the representatives of the Western portion Of
The State. and to al int n's and purpose,
should be Consider a Western man. The
Representatives and Senators from the Easter.
part Of the State vot, d almost unanimously
FOR NJ. Howard. Mr.. Chr stiancy. Gov wisner.
md Gov. Blair. Mr.. Chandler has filled tn.
position Of Senator admirably. and fully me,
the expectations Of his friends and the propl.
of the State, and we trust will receive re-elec-
lion at their hands. But be is not candidat.
IN the present election. and it would be better
Tor the Republican party Of Michigan if bis ex.
psctations in the future were not brought for
ward to control the Legislature in its choice of
! 1T representative Of the people.
Who are the prominent ec~,situtio~al candi
aates before the Legislature! We say eonsti
'xtiessI. because, by provision of the cousti-
tution, certain persons are ineligible to the
Dmee. Article 5, section Is, Of the eonstitu