, 1873-09-15
MICHIGAN.
Tho State Constitutional Com
mission.
Sketches Of The Members Of Tho Con-
ClnVc.
Sptcial Correspondence n The Chicago Tribune.

Special CorrcspondenceG n The Chicago Tribune.
LANsrNa, hlicl Sept. 9. 1879.
Tho Constitutional Commission ID fairly
launched upon tho task imposed upon It by tho
Joint resolution Under which 1t waB croatcd viz:
$40 examine into and ropurt such amendments
and revision of tho Constitution as, LII their
Judgment, ,uay DO nocoaHary for tho bost intor-
osts Of tho State and the poopo. 1t Ia at proHont
i,.tlul;,ng In m informal rooosa Of two or throo
tnys which afforda an opportunity that may bo
protlitably scized for hasty portraituro OF tho
gcntIo,non who compose 1t. Tho difficulty Of
selecting them may 10 guessed at from the fact
TINT tho clloico was loft wholly to Gov. Bagloy,
without even "thc advice and consent Of tho
Scnato," md with no revising authority Whit
ever to ahnro TINT responsibility for tho rosults
Of their work which must inoyisably creep back
to the appointing power, whether or not thoso
results accord with his individual viaws. Tho
Governor himself llaB boon 1onrd to nvor, in
substance, that ho wouldn't, undor my considers
atiou. undertake such another task as the om-
barrassing ono of choosing thcso 'toighsoon able
and dBcreet mon" in such d manner ns to gtvo
political divisions parties, and local interests, an
impartial showing III tho mako-up Of tho Com
n,ssion. His BuccoBs, hownvor, hns boon such
that 1t llas received tho crowring tribute TINT
could be asked for in sloh mntters, nAmoly:
tho tncit or expressed acAuioBconco Of tho
''Opposition prose-" as shown in tho absence Of
growing, and occasionally III guarded COM
mendatlon. This lottor aims to givo something
OF an itlon Of tho character aud characteristics
Of the Commissioners choson.
SULLIVAN II. uuTcNEoN,
Chairman OF the Commission, ia lieaVily-built
Yptanti lawyer, Of suavo mannors ind dignitled
bearing. Ho IL Of Now Hampshire birth, ia q
Dartmouth graouate OIL oo' aa'a III Inc yeals
1855 GO l,o waa Superintendent OF Schools in
Springfield, III. Ho camo back to Michigan IN
time to bo eloctou to tho Lower lioaao OF tho
I,erlslaturo lust before tho War, and lo sat in
t,at bo1v until taG5 bcinr made Speakcr at tho
nSe , ol ~ s." r.n ~ ,,raoid;n" tSroret rom,ar
~ t"u n' r. pnxt.a s6,s;on o. 1hnse trTnn1a
,"., 1So1 ana vnor In waa Rank -Eram;nor nj
1i;',a,, ~ a,,i ~ Ta,a and. for anvon mnrc ~
M!csan NJ tEn sOto toe' ,r;1;ierv "Ag nonrd for for
.a,rs ~ .A'o r., 1sGa ho ,cd tho M,ch,pan
ys1as..,an yeIas. ,oou tho o National no,mhliea,.
Nsnp'na,;no Gonvcnt;on at C|I;copo, ai,d. fo,1r
ronra mftnpworI ho wns n sturdy stnmI,-auu-
cate ortor ~ Gon Grant Ihrouehont Tia Rocon
rcn,,na;cn fJ;a fra,n;n.r in In Suonkerehin ja
'1GS'a 5a1S a.ma,,a;i,,n r. thn dao9ial NJ inrtu
o "l on to IN fnrma boot for thu Glairnnn.
.I;, nr tI,a Con,m;ns;on,
tt; " 1.;xst n;utrct :" ronroaor+od hv A.h1ov
po,I ,,,I E1iinl, ~ ModI.n,h hntb !nwvora
i,om, ln,,' ~ H"w vorl. mi ewcd rcsnoctivnlv
49, a. n,,1 IL ~ n ,.a.ra "oN"'
~ 1i" Urn. rorn
80 no,o,rot ,v,,o u''I ,xn ,avo hal tba annnort
naraiooa ~ nnrtv in tIn n0ninat;on tn the
ff,..onl;n ~ thc gnnor;nr Court nj thnt city.
n osI snr;nr Il he ro,1l nnlv beyo decided wheth.
aaa ar ~ ,ot F, wad nianj for tho n1nco For two
ss,;,, T"w ~ tne Ifn;vors;tvof hinhiran and
al.'p " am .af, !" ,,,I ,1 wao connsoiIor hn Inn
~ f3rst ,clnss ronutntion' Terson-
aiv I'll La is n aIrut. dark man, with refractory
.i .i4 a.I naac,, iat ia more nervous than
elegant.
Mn. MEDpAuon,
On the other hand, iB placil as r. summer morn
ing and speaks c0Bfly with 1lot-nfrcUucnt
tosich Of cnroicsH banter that must be narrowing
to less sorone antagonist. Tho two gentlemen
appeared in tho lists hero last winter to argue
Tie 's Dotroi. Park question before tho Legis-
lature,-Alr. Pond sNeRkinE earnestly in tho ill.,
tcrest OF tho taxable public, aud Mr.. Moldaugh
lnXily defending the Bpcculatora and mOnOpollsts
OF tIo Park Ni1]r, lii, Motldaugil's nnlne an
penrs on tho back Of tho thirteenth volume Of
this ho has not hoon officially before tho people
to any extent, and IL known manly MS busy
lawyer OF excellent standing.
slr C1ltchcon's colleague from tho Second
District il tall, cycn-tompered lawyer from
EDWIN w1LL17s.
For twelve wears ilo has bcou mombor Of the
Btata Board OF Education. President Lincoln
made him Postmaster Of Monroe; but his head
went into tho basket along with those Of other
luilexiblea when 4, johnson passed through that
place while awugn round tho circle" Ago,
a3; nativity, the he.nloels-hills of Cattaragua
County, NY; education. classical graduate
from tic University Of Michigan III 1866.
The Third District CONTINUES the list Of law
sors. The Hon.
CHARLES upsoN,
Of Colilwater, III Branch County, is an ex-State
Senator, MI ox-Attornoy- General Of Mchngan,
an ex-Inember OF three Oongrosses,- -sittlng in
Tho Thirty eighth, 1hirty-ninth, and Fortiet-.
and an ox-Judgo of tho Circuit Court (rotiring
!ass fall. when tho people refused to raise Ju-
licial Balariea). He was born i'll Connecticut ia
81 years old, aud combines au odd, slouching
manner with tendoncy to toll droll stories aud
joviat appreciation Of everything humorous: