The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13
OUR CANDIDATES.


For the following brie. biographical sketche
OF the nominees for three Of the principa
State offices we are indebted to the Lansin,
Republican,. They will be read with interest b.
the voters OF the State who wish to know wha
sort OF men the Republicans have put in nomi
nation for Governor, Lieutenant Governor ant
Attorney General:
DAVID II. JEROME,
Who received the nomination for Governor a
the hands of the Republican convention a
Jackson last Thursday, was born Nov II, 1929
at Detroit. His father, Horace Jerome, dice
when David II. was an infant, and his mother
removed to New York where she remained un-
/ i'll 1884, when che returned to st. Clair county
Here Mr.. Jerome received a common schoo
education, and also attended private school Of
academy taught by o. c. Thompson. He wen
to California IN 1858 and remained there one
year. He engaged in mining, and located the
claim OF tue Live Yankee tunnel and NINE al
Forest City, which has since proved to be worth
millions OF dollars He projected the tunnel
and constructed 1t for 600 feet into the noun
tain toward the mine.
In 1854 he settled in Saginaw City, and soon
after engaged in the business OF general mer-
chandlse, but aIterward changed to the hard
ware trade, He is now senior partner OF ID. ii
Jerome q Co., the largest hardware establish
ment in the Saginaw valley. In 1862 he was
authorized by Gov. Blair to raise and organize
the 23d Michigan infantry.
In 1865 he was appointed by Gov. Grape a
member OF the State Military Board, and con-
tinued as such for eight years, a part of the
time being President OF the Board.
In 1862 he was elected to the State Senate,
and served IN that position for six consecutve
years, receiving two reflections. During this
entire period he was Chairman OF the Commit
tee on State affairs, as well as member OF 9TH
or important committees. He did much in
shaping the policy of all the important legisa-
ton during the war. He was instrumental in
securing the passage OF the bill creating the
soldiers home at Harper hospital in Detroit
He opposed the legislation which authorized
municipal aid to railroads, and after a batch of
this legislation had gone through both Houses,
he freely supported Gov. Grapes veto and the
policy il recommended.
1t has been well said of him as legislator
that he never traded votes with his associates
for the purpose of getting aid on his own local
bills, but treated all measures alike and left his
own to be considered on their merits"
Gov. Bagley appointed him as member OF
the Constitutional COMMISSION of 1873 He was
M ba str mo IN hot hod
although his associates were such men Is S. NJ.
Cutcheon, II. q. Wells, Edwin Willis, solomon
l.. Whitley, Charles Epson, II. II. Riley, Ashley
Pond, and others. In that body he fought
against untettered monopoly, but steadily OPP
posed the insertion in the organic law of re-
strictons that were dictated by mere hostility
to railroad and other corporations. He insisted
that they were indispensable IN the conduct OF
the business of the country and should not be
crippled in the exercise OF their proper func-
tons. He argued that it was safer to leave it
to the legislature to correct abuses as they
might arise.
Among other positions OF public trust Mr.
Jerome has been President OF the Saginaw Val
ley & ST. Louis railroad and OF the Saginaw
street railroad company. He is now member
of the Board of Indian Commissioners and
Trustee of the Michigan Military Academy.
His neighbors who know him best say that he
is keenly alive to every scheme aiming at the
moral, intellectual and material advancement OF
his fellows and ever ready with labor and mon
ey TO bring about these desirable results. He
is Of retiring disposition, but genial with &C
quaintances.
No man in the State is better informed IN
regard to Its great business interests, his knowl-
edge having been gained from practical expert
ence. A native OF Michigan, he has had oppor-
tunties for observing the growth and develop
ment OF the State possessed by few, and his
opinions and conclusions, when given, carry
great influence. He will make q capable and
upright Governor.
MoREAU g. CROSBY,
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was born
Dec. 2, 1889, in the town OF Manchester Onta-
rio county, New York. He is graduate OF the
Rochester L University OF the class OF 1868. In
1867 he came to Michigan and settled in Grand
Rapids. He has been a member OF the Board
OF Education in that city, a Trustee OF Kalama-
zoo college, President OF the Young Mems
Christian Association OF Grand Rapids, and OF
the Young Mems State Christian Association.
In 1872 lie was elected to the State Senate and
was counted among the ablest men Of that
body. Like Mr.. Jerome, he never traded votes
with his associates for the purpose OF getting
aid on bis local bills. He is now a useful mem
Der OF the Board OF State Commissioners for
the general supervision of charitable, penal,
pauper and reformatory institutions. His bust
ness Is insurance and real estate. He is an ex-
empary citizen. stalwart Republican, an ex-
cellent parhamentarian, and no better selection
Tor the Office Of Lieutenant Governor could
have been made in the Peninsular State.
JACOB J. VAN RIPPER,
Candidate for Attorney General, was born in
Rockland county, New York, March 8, 1888. He
went to New York city at an early day and re-
sided there and at Brooklyn until 10 years Of
age, and then removed to Cass county, Mich
He received an academic education, and was a
student at the New York Conference seminary
and collegiate institute. He taught school after