The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-19


he can to restore harmony. II Mr.. May will DO
as much, the difficulty will be speedily settled
A dispatch to the Detroit Tribune OF the 10Th
INST. says May will not decline;
LAYTON, Mich, March IL.
To the Editor of the Telegraph;
DEAR SIR; A friend has mailed to me a
COPY OF your issue OF March 9Th, which re-
ceived last evening. | extract from IL, with
some surprise, the following sentences con.
tanned IN your editorial entltieu ihe ouuic'ai
Nominations" VIZ:
And that the delegation from this county
NAV stand as it ought to stand, we will put
upon record what is well known, that the per-
sons here from Van Buren, County on the 10Th
of last month, we're gwen repeated assurances
| that their eight delegates would be admitted II
they would present their credentials.
Nothing would do, however, but resolution
which would have reflected upon Mr.. Read,
who had simply done his duty, and this the
Kalamazoo delegates would not pass. The
| Van Buren, County peopl thereupon refused
! to come into the Convention at all or show that
they represented any body whatever, and with
drawing, nominated Mr.. G.. w. Lawton In a
hotel in this place. SO far as regularity, there
fore, ID concerned, Mr.. May stands much better
before the Republicans OF this circuit than Mr..
LawtOn."
i udu buppOSeu inc Idcts, WHICH cdubeQ tue
disag reement between the delegations, to be
in the main otherwise and call your attention
to the following taken from the leading ed
itorial OF your issue Of the 26th Of February
last, viz:
The truth of the matter is, that the per-
SONS who came here were not prepared to do
anything but have their own way.
The Kalamazoo delegates did all in their power
to conciliate them and offered to do all that
honorable and just men could demand. They
conceded all that was demanded except that
Van Buren, county should have the privilege Of
changing the basls OF representation by its
own volition, holding that the properly called
convention alone had that power It was
simply an attempt to force the admission OF
two more delegates than the call permtte
under threat to bolt unless the demand was
allowed 1t was more than this-it was de-
mand that not only should the proper number
OF persons decide upon the justice OF the claim
to equal representation, but that the two
claimants should vote. Ten or twelve might
as we'll have been presented as eight, and the
wonder is that anything short OF majority
was demanded. Six was the proper number,
and demand for more than that number was
not what ordinary men call honorable"
l see no allusion to any resolution " that
would reflect upon Mr.. Read in your article
OF February Goth, nor in your published report
of the proceedings OF the convention or the
same date. II seems 1t must have been over
looked in February.
But also find in your article OF the Sth inst,
the following, which / take to be sincere
words:
Above all things we would nominate
good Judge, but we would have harmony also,
and if it could not be secured by the nomina-
ton OF the person preferred by either county,
we were in favor OF taking third candl-
date. ="
Now was not present at either meeting of
the delegates and have to depend Upon reports
for my information. | may msap prehend the
situation, but to make all clear, and, so far as
/ represent III this controversy the Republican
party OF this county, to remove any appear
ance even OF the blame in its action through
its properly chosen representatives at kalama-
zoo on the 25th ult, which YOU are assiduously,
and it seems to me, without good cause, labor
ing to cast upon it and further, because |
hold the interests OF this Judicial circuit to be
OF greater moment than its honors, and as |
have not asked for the Office, | here express
myself willing to adopt the spirit OF the sug-
geston made in the closing sentence OF your
last article, and Internationally decline the
nomination awarded me by the Republicans OF
this county. provided the candidate whose in
terests you advocate shall do likewise and the
committees OF each county shall jointly call
convention in which each county shall have, as
you now say was offered on the 25th inst, the
same number OF representatives.
duuIcSs tulb piOpOciIiOu " NOu. d5 10
lieve you will make such use OF it as will bring
about prompt decision.
With great respect, 1 am your obedient
servant. GEO. W. LAwToN.
In commenting on the above. the Kalamazoo
Telegraph says
We consider this offer eminently far, and
one made In the interests of the Republican
party. We believe the acceptance of it by Mr..
May Is the only thing that can restore that
harmony to the party without which we will
meet with defeat as sure as election day comes
round. 1t Is patent to every man in this cir
cult that neither Mr.. lawton nor Mr.. May can
be elected. If both continue to run. the cleo
ton OF Mr. HAYES is ensured beyond a doubt.
The only chance OF defeating the Democratic
candidate, therefore, Is to bring about union
between the Republicans of Van Buren, county
and Kalamazoo county, and this can only be
accomplished by the withdrawal OF the two
candidates now in the field, the calling of
new convention, and the nomination OF third
man.
We feel it our duty, in view of this, to re-
quest Mr.. May to accept Mr.. Lawton's offer
and withdraw from the contest. He cannot
possibly secure his own election, and the dis
cord and dlsunion which exists now, and will
continue to exist so long as there are two Re-
publican candidates IN the field, will weaken
every Republican township ticket in the two
counties. 1t is entirely, therefore, IN the in
terests OF harmony and concord that we urge
upon Mr.. May the necessity OF yielding his
own desires to the best interests Of the circuit
and the party. Ii rests with him to-day.
whether or not we shall have a Republican
judge. 1t rests with HIM, whether harmony or
discord shall exist between the Republicans OF
the two counties who must act together both
in judicial and congressional elections. Con-
sidering all the interests involved, we must IN
sist upon it that the plain duty of Mr.. May is to
accept Mr.. Lawton's suggestion-a suggestion
very commendable to the Van Buren, nominee
and withdraw from contest which will leave
the party legacy OF bitterness--a bitterness
that will be felt in every coming election in
which the two counties are Jointly interested.
II Mr.. May has the interests Of the people and
OK the Republican party at heart. he will not
insist upon course which will injure both.
ana he viii leave the field open to candidate
with whom both counties Will be satisfied and
wno can succeed in defeating the Democratic
nominee and adding strength to the rest of the
ticket. whatever is done, OF course. should be
done Immediately, and we hope before long to
DC able TO announce that a new convention
VIII be held in which each county shall have an
equal representation.
TIE REPUBLIC MAGAZINE for March opens