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

ton that organized at the Kalamazoo House
ami put IN nomination a candidate for Circuit
Judge
ksthe proceedings of that convention was
wide departure from the usual practice in such
case, some explanation may not be out OF place
in thie connection as to the action OF the Van
Buren, delegates
Some years since this Judicial district was
composed Of the counties OF Kalamazoo, Ale
ganau1 Van Buren,. In the district. as 1t then
existed, il mattered not what the basis OF repre-
sontatiou was neither county had majority
and consequently could not nominate without
some assistance from one or both the Others
subsequently, the legislature had broken up
chat arrangement and placed Kalamazoo and
Van Barren counties IN one district, which so
changed the previous condition as to require
equa representation in future Judicial Conven-
t.oHs, or give to one county the absolute con-
10. nui mastery i'll the matter OF nominations
II the representation should be placed on the
basis Of population that county having the
largest number Of inhabitants would OF course,
ho,dthe majority and control the convention.
That Kalamazoo was entitled to such majority
ia tie convention by reason OF excess in popu-
iaten - denied for the reasons set forth else
where IN this issue Of the TRUE NoRTHERNER
Van Buren, CLAIMS that when the proper deduc-
tons are made from the census OF Kalamazoo
for the patients in the Asylum for the Insane
aad the students in attendance at the College
and two large Summaries and the Commercial
ald Business College, that it is quite probable
tdat Vau Buren, County may actually exceed
the population OF kalamazoo. Now, this view
OF that matter, which must commend itself to
ALTAR thinking and candid men, certainly en-
titles Van Buren, to en- equality with Kalama-
zoo Anything less than an equality gives
Kalamazoo an unfair advantage and renders
VauiBuren powerless to prevent the nomina-
uon OF III Objectionable man. This brings us
60 tho very thing that gave alarm to Van Buren,
and brought On the collision between the two
sets OK delegates.
II became well known TO Van Buren, County
taa tde kalamazoo caucuses and the County
Colvsntioa had been run IN the interest OF
Dwight May and that, to use the language of
Kalamazooue that thing had been fixed.
The same result was sought to be brought
hJpu' III Aul7 NOuAts. lLIOuSu Iuo
atty OF cmessarles sent here from that County,
20 al Us in running our caucus and securing
the rlght kind o: men to attend the Judicia
Convention and help Kalamazoo promugate
the edicc they had already prepared, by which
a maa Objectionable to Van Buren, should be
talust upon them for their unwilling suffrages.
Ia the caucus held at Paw Paw, this matter
cams up FOR consideration, ana the sense of
that meeting was, that the delegates from this
township should insist on the County Con-
vensions, eleoting eight delegates to the Ju-
dc.ai Convention.
When the County Convention convened, tina
body was very unanimous in the opinion that
Van Buren, County was fairly entitled to, and
shouid be admitted to the Judicial Convention
on equal terms ana be represented by an equal
number OF delegates with Kalamazoo and that
sentimeu. was carried into effect by the
adoption o: the following Resolution, viz
RESOLVED. That the number OF Inhabitants
aad amount OF legal business Of Van Buren,
County demands an equal representation with
kalamazoo County in the 9th Judicial Conven-
ton, snd that unless admitted to such repre-
sentatcn ls requested to Withdraw from, and
refuse to participate N, the deliberations OF
Che Convention.
Ia an editorial in the Telegraph of the 10th,
the editor asserts that the action by the
people from Van Buren, County is without
authority. He also intimates that those same
people" we're there without authority and
calls on the Republicans of Van Buren, County
to disregard their action and join Kalamazoo,
who has always had great affection for their
votes, in putting on the judicial wool-sack of
this circuit man Of Kalamazoos own choos-
ing, and denying to Van Buren, any voice in the
mattor, except to quietly submit to their dcta-
dson.
The Resolution quoted above is complete
refutaton OF the assumption Of the 7elegraph.
and shows that the people from Van Bu-
rem but carried out the will and wishes of the
people who sent them. 1t also shows to
the "people OF Kalamazoo who running this
matter counter to the will and wishes Of a very
large proportion OF the best representative
people OF that County, that Van Buren, had
once at least, sent men to represent Them
who had sufficient backbone to stand for the
right.
AS TO the assumption Of the Telegraph that
dit Cdl5 TOT COnVeDtlODS OF tnlS KIM are, and
should be based on the county's representation
in the State legislature Is not tenabIe as is
shown by The new superintendent bill now
pending in the legislature That bill, as we
understand It, gives Van Buren, just as many
representatives as it does to Kalamazoo. But
when 1t comes to State Senators, 1t gives Kala-
mazoo with population of thirty-one thous-
and one Senator, while it gives to Van Buren,
aud cass counties with population of over
hfty-two thousand. one Senator. Yet the Tel
egraph man has the hardihood to insist that
this basis OF tar representation should prevail
IN convention where two counties compose a
district and where If the enumerations wers
fairly made, there would be but slight dispaitv
1t is only necessary to allude to this proposi.
ton TO show its preposterousness.
The above are but few OF the reasons vbv
Van Buren, is entitled TO equal representation
with Kalamazoo. Turn the question over and
took at it from any standpoint you choose and
any fair man will admit the justice of the claim