The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
TIE NINTH CIRCUIT CONTROVERSY.

TIE NINTH CIRCUIT CONTROVERSY.
THE VAN buren, COUNTY SIDE OF THE TROUBLE.
From The Detroit Tribune:
The result or the convention Of the Ninth
Judicial District OF this State, held yesterday
at Kalamazoo, has already been furnished you.
The popularity OF the thing is this Van Buren,
and Kalamazoo counties form the district. IN
1866 the district consisted of Allegan. Kalama-
zoo and Van Buren, counties, and judicial
committee then existed, with one member in
each county. subsequently, by division Of the
district cutting off Allegan and by the removal
of the Van Buren, county member to the West
the committee was reducedto the single member
residing in Kalamazoo. He assumed to call
this convention at kalamazoo, and also to fix
the number Of delegates that should compose
it, giving Kalamazoo eight and Van Buren, six ;
and this he did ,otdtout any communication
ecen with Republicans or the Republican Coun-
ty Committee OF Van Buren,. Indeed, the first
intimatlon OF the call received in this county
was from the Detroit Tribune Afterwards 1t
was seen III the kalamazoo Telegraph. 1t is
evident at glance that this movement COM
pletely ignored the half OF the district-and l
say " the half" because, as matter OF fact
Van Buren, is very nearly equal IN population
to kalamazoo, and so Is the amount of law
business-in truth, as TO the latter, Van Buren,
pays the stenographer, by Judge Browns as
sessment, over IL, 100 Of his salary, while Kal-
amazoo pays somthlng over $500, and this
assessment is based upon the amount of the
business in the courts OF the two counties. So
we may fairly say, Van Buren, county is half of
the district but II not, it evidently has no
show in a convention called as this was, and as
it became speedily know in the interest OF one
man, veteran politician of Kalamazoo.
Our people, therefore, became somewhat
alarmed at this assumption on the part of the
managers OF this convention. They could not
regard the call as regular, as it certainly was
not fair. They concluded to treat it as an In
vitation to meet in JOINT convention to select
suitable man for judge, but they would meet
only on an equality as TO numbers, and with
that view Van Buren, county sent the following
well known gentlemen and sterling Republic
cans, viz: Hon. Chas. Duncombe, Hon. Joseph
Gilman, Aaron Van Auken, Esq.,, s. L, Con-
way, editor OF the TRUE NoRTHERNER, Thos.
d. Irwin, Esq, DIR. Haskins, John L. Harrison,
Esq, and Col. Henry Ford, to meet and con-
Ter with the Kalamazoo delegates.
At once it appeared that the scheme of foisting
upon the Republican party the gentlemen who
really got up the call for the convention, as a
candidate for the judgeship, was imperilled
the Kalamazoo delegates refused to accede to
the plain rights of Van Ruren county. and after
a long contest over compromise. which gave
the turkey every time to kalamazoo the latter
adjourned to subsequent day and went home;
and the Van Buren, delegates then organized
convention at the Kalamazoo House, nomina-
ted candidate for the iudgeshlp, appointed a
committee (two in Kalamazoo and two in Van
Buren), arranged that the representation In the
convention should be upon the basis of the
census OF the countless and then adjourned
sine die.
Van Buren, county has ever been patient and
faithful in the performance OF her part of no.
litical duties. A certain set Of political schem-
ers in Kalamazoo seem to claim the ownership
OF the county, and without as much as pre-
liminary with your leave" arrange and dis
pose OF things with an offensive magnifcence
which would be ridiculous. il il did not fore
shadow as past results have shown. disaster.
That Van Buren, county should not have been
admitted to an equal participation In the con-
vention appears to be about as short-sghted
piece Of political folly as has been manifested
In these days of political troubles. IL only