The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-23
Great Rejoicing at Chambers Defeat.

Throughout the state of Michigan. .accor-
ding to kilograms, there is great rejoicing
at the defeat of T. Chandler. The Demo
Gratis rejoice over half victory to them
selves, and the better class of Republicans
rejoice that they are rid Of Chandler
while they all rejoice that SC good man
as Judge Christiancy is to represent Mich
igan in the U. S. senate. A telegram from
Lansing gives the following biographical
notice Of the new senator.
| Judge Christiancy was born in Johns
town. Montgomery county, n. Y, March
u, 1912. He came to Monroe, this state.
in the spring of 1886. residing there until
last spring, when he removed to Lansing.
He was law pupil of Hon. Robert Nc
Clelland, at Monroe, and admitted to prac-
tice in 1885, appointed prosecuting attor-
ney of Monroe county in lS4l ,and held the
position until 1916, In 1913, with other
leading Democrats of the state, he joined
the free soil movement and attended III
Buffalo convention, which nominated Mar
TIN Van Buren for the presidency. In
lS49 he was nominated by the Democrats,
Wings, and Free Soilers for the state SEN
ate. and elected without opposition, serving
through the regular session OF 1890 and
e the regular and extra sessions OF 1851. In
1854 he participated prominently in the
I organization of the Republican party at
s jackson. This movement was in reality
S organized according t. plan previously
r submitted by Judge Christiancy, at con
), ference of Wings and Free -Soilers held il
d Detroit In 1856 he purchased the Monro,
y Commercial, Democratic paper, changed
# its politics, and edited it for about a year
It contributing largely to the consolidation o
J. the Republican party in Michigan. Th'
IS act for the reorganization of the su
n preme court was passed in 1857, and il
the spring of that year he wa
elected to the supreme bench. with Judge
se Campbell, Martin and Manning. In Jan
A. uary, 1865, the question Of the constitu
a tionality of the soldiers suffrage act cam
,e before the supreme court for decision.
in successor was to be elected to Judg
as Christiancy the following spring, and, i
n. i,ining in the decision against the validit
of that act, he incurred some risk of 0
Tending the popular sentiment of his party
which sympathized so generally with the ol
Mt iect of the act He was renominated, ,hov
on ever, unanimously, by the Republican
OF and the Democrats made no nomination
N, In 1873 he was renominated by both pa
,as ties, and again elected without opposition
he Judge Christiancy has never sought al
m official position. His present election
rd- due solely to the unsolicited action of Il
ate Republicans in the legislature opposed
ne Chandler, and the subsequent equally u
en- solicited action of the Democrats. He a
co. cepted the senatorship with much dlt
ley dence., reluctance, and deep feeling.
ere many accounts he would rather have had
lch otherwise. His life and habits
OBJ thought, for many years, have been OF
ons side of active party politics. He loo
and upon the political situation Of the count
the as grave, if not surrounded with danger
rlty Party politics are deranged and chaot
go and in the turbulence that is likely to
tend reconstruction of parties, he fe
). reluctant to be participant. He has
me feeling toward Mr.. Chandler, whose act
ne. he believed to have been governed by c.
tro- vietions of duty Judge Christiancy fe
tier satisfied that the country has and is be-
OBJ greatly injured by extreme partisansh
rat and one consideration that tends to rec
en- Giles him to the choiceof the Legislature
ERIK. that he is placed in position where
the can act according to his convictionss
to right, independently of party. The o
+ in topic on which he is known to have
gsti- pressed definite opinion is opposition
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