Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-08-26
PROFESSIONAL AND SENATE
RIAL NOMINATIONS.

PROFESSIONAL AND Senate
RIAL NOMINATIONS
As the time draws near for the as
sembling of the conventions for NOM
mating a member Of Congress for the
6th district, and a State Senator for
the 18th Senatorial district, il will not
be out of place to consider the posi-
Bile candidates for the positions. We
hear of no opposition to Gov. Pound
for the place he has so successfully and
ably filled for four years, and without
doubt, he will be the unanimous choice
Of the convention, and nominated by
reclamation. Mr.. Pound has done
valiant service for the Republican
cause. He has always been found Sin
the field" ready for active work should
necessity require it, and his vote has
always been recorded on the right side.
Though not an impromptu DICTATOR,
his voice has been heard, and always
in behalf of Republican principles,
He is one of the men the party and
the country can bet on, in time
of trying emergencies, with no fear
that he will be found derelict, or luke
warm when the best interests of his
constituents and the nation are at
stake. He is an indefatigable worker,
and by force of character, and that
quality which is sometimes lacking in
representatives, ''push," together with
an address always winning, and never
repulsing he has accomplished very
much for his district, and for the
Northwest as we'll It is not too much
to say that THAD. G. Pound carries
with him q weight Of influence in
Congress, second to that of no repre-
sentative in the Northwest. The best
interests-the most vital interests of
this section demand Just such a man
as THAD. Pound at Washington, and
the district can do no better than to
renominate him, and to do so will be
equivalent to an election, for the OPP
position can bring no man against
him that can draw more than a small
minority vote at the polls. The COM
ing two years will be fraught with vast
responsibilities and hard work. No
inexperienced man can fill the bill.
The enemies of the government are
bent upon victory if within the range
of possibility and if they cannot be
victors, it will be their purpose to
obstruct, delay and even intimidate
just so far as they dare, and to meet
this condition Of things we want tried
men and true. We have just such a
man in THAD. G. Pound.
For the Senatorial position, Mr..
SCOTT stands prominently the man
for the place. We hear of no opposi-
ton to him but rather a unanimous
demand for his reelection. His ex-
perience as a legislator is large. His
four terms are bright record of faith
fulness, and great executive ability. No
man in the state is more popular than
Senator SCOTT, and no man is more
deserving of that popularity,-a pop
ularity which has come to him by no
effort to acquire 1t. He can no more
help growing in favor with the people
than the sun can help shining. His ge-
niality, candor, energy and unimpeach-
able integrity. with an executive ability
of the highest order. haze made him
one of the prominent representative
men of the state, while among his
associates in the Senate he is recog-
nized as a safe and always reliable
leader. 1t were needless to say any
thing which might be construed into
a desire to instruct or influence the
convention in behalf of Mr. SCOTT.
He is the choice Of the district to a
man, and will be nominated without
opposition.
a Boy who knows how to manage