Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-16
OUR CANDIDATE.
For the LargestsRepresenta Dis
trict i'm the Sfate-Its Growing I'm
pOrtance-ReasOns why it Should
be Properly Represented in the

pOrtance-ReasOns why it Should
be Properly Represented i'm the
Coming Legislature.
From Chippewa County News.
We had barely time last week to make
the simple announcement that the Re-
publican nominating convention had
unanimously named Henry w. Seymour,
of this place, as their candidate for rep
resentative in the State Legislature. 1t
is needless to say that the nomination is
exceedingly gratifying to us, and we be-
lieve that we are giving public utter
ance to the sentiment of the community
at large, where MIR. Seymour is best
known, regardless of political ass0cia-
tiOn, when we make the statement that
no filter nomination could have been
made. tara
The counties constituting this repre-
sentative district are Chippewa, ChebOy-
gan, Mackinaw and SchOOlcraft, four of
the largest counties in the state, form
ing, as far as territory is concerned, pro-
badly the largest representative district
in the state. When it was organized in
to district five years ago it contained
a population of only S,026. To-day the
same district contains a population of
1913. or more than double. When or
ganized five years ago this vast territory
was known to the rest of the state as a
wilderness of forest and swamp, of no
other value than for the pine timber
which was known to abound in portions
of it. To-day the attention of the en-
tire state is directed to the counties
composing this district, for their eXten-
sive natural, and rapidly developing
agricultural resources.
The Legislature of 1875 builded better
than they knew. Here were four cOun-
ties, comprising, a territory larger than
several of the states i'm the union, hav-
ing no representation in that body. How
to dispose of them without encrOaching
upon the claims and plans of old sec
tiOns, was the chief attention paid them.
They were organized into legislative
district. And this was only five years
ago. To-day, we see in these same cOun-
ties, an era of deyelOpement and pros
perity equaled by no other section of the
state. We see lands which were then
considered to be practically valueless,
sought after as among the best for agri
cultural purposes. We see immigration
pouring its wealth of labor and capital
into its borders. Through every county
i'm the district railroad is under con-
tract, or in the process of construction,
and during the coming season, the will
derness of five years ago, will be i'm di
rect commercial relation with the older
and more developed sections Of the
state.
Within the borders of this district are
three of the most promising towns i'm
the state, Sault Ste. Marie, st. Ignace
and ChebOygan, towns which are destin-
ed by all the principles of Development
to become cities. Taken all in all, there
is not to-day, Legislative district i'm the
state of more relative Importance than
this. There is no other district in the
state which is in every way, both i'm
town and country, developing as is this
one.
This very development renders it
necessary that it should be fifty repre-
sented by man who fully understands
the nature of this growth, and the prin-
ciples of political economy underlying
the prosperity; man who not only un-
derstands these things, but who possess
es the ability and influence, to grapple
with all questions of interest to this
section of the state, which may arise i'm
that body; man who will see that such
laws are enacted as will place the cOun-
ties composing the district, in such a
Without saying anything in dispar-
agement of the candidate named by the
Democracy, without being biased by
partisan feeling or partisan prejudice,
we advance. the opinion most emphatic
ally, that Henry w. Seymour can do
more than any other man who has been
to advance the interests of this
district. Mr.. Seymour is peculiarly
qualified for the duties of the position in
which his friends desire to have him
placed, He is man of broad and eX-
pansive ws,pOssessing liberal educa-
tiOn, both literary and legal. Since his
early manhood he has been engaged in
large business enterprises which emmi-
nently qualify him for the advancement
and management of public affairs,
while his being versed in law, cannot
be too highly valued as a qualification
for legislative position. Mr.. Seymour
is also an able, fluent, and convincing
speaker, which would enable him to
clearly and distinctly place before the
body of the state, the wants
and necessities of the district. This is
a qualification which no previous repre-
sentative of the district has possessed,
and one which cannot be too highly es-
timated.
Mr.. Seymour has an abOunding faith
in the future of Northern Michigan. He
has shown his faith by his works. Years
ago he saw, or thought he saw, the flu
ture capabilities of this section of the
state, and came and settled at this place.
Then his views regarding the great de-
which was to come over this
country, were call visionary. Only a |
few years have elapsed, and nearly his
every prediction has been verified. To-
ward the accomplishment of this, his
energy, his labOrs, his faith, have done |
much.
During all this time Mr.. Seymour has
never sought public preferment. At the
position, however humble it might be, |
Dr how much labor was attached to it, |
in which his fellow citizens thought he |
might be of service in the advancement |
Of his town or county. He manifested |
by his acts, his belief in the democratic |
doctrine, that no man has any right to
leCllue Responsibility pldceu upon him
Dy the suffrages Of his fellow citizens. |
But he has never been placed in any
position of emOlument. They have al
ways been those of labor, the reward be-
ng the knowledge of having advanced |
;he interests of the town.
The position of representative i'm the
state legislature he did not seek, neither
lid he desire it. Should he be elect
ID, the position will be one of pecuniary [
Oss to him. Still, when the nomination
.ame to him, unsOught, showing him
hat in the opinion of very large num-
Der of prominent citizens, interested in