Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

THE IN EAI ~ v GhN Oh-
We notice by the newspapers that
the question, who shall be the next
Republican candidate for Governor, is
already engaging public attention, and
several prominent names are mentioned
as worthy to head our next State
ticket. We have nothing to say in
disparagsment of any gentleman nam
ed, but we believe the welfare of the
State at large, and the success of the
Republican party, will alike be best
served by the nomination of Hon.
Thomas B. Scott, of this County, for
Governor. He is possessed Of wide
and ripe experience in the varied fields
of labor and business in which have
been builded, and are building the
material interests of our growing State.
He has worked his way, step by step,
by means of his own determined, un-
aided labor, from the honored but
humble vocation OF farm laborer,
through those of merchant and lum-
herman, to position of opulence and
business influence second to very few,
if any, men in Wisconsin. No man
in the northern part of the State is so
widely known personally, and at the
same time so universally believed in
by all classes of men, as Thomas B.
Scott. No man has received so many
and convincing proofs Of popular con
fdence as he. Of the thousands who
have been and are in his employ, no
man has yet been found to charge him
with intentional injustice. Beginning
poor and friendless at the bottom of
the ladder, he has made his own way
to the top, pressing no man rudely
aside while on the way. Successful in
business even beyond the ambition eff
ordinary men, he has never forgotten
to be just to those with whom he had
to deal, nor to be generous to those in
need. Sagacious, clear headed, frugal,
his we'll directed and unfag9ins in
dustry has made his business life an
honored success.
These characteristics of Mr.. Scott,
it may be said, while they make him
eminently successful in business, do
not necessarily fit him for Governor.
So far as they so. they are superior
qualifications for that high office. The
State should have careful and con-
sciencious business ability at the head
of all its departments. This with ex-
perience is all that is needed. The
once popular idea that no man not an
orator is fit for public life is fast giving
way to the better opinion that practi,
cal and profitable craftsmanship means
intelligent, comprehensive work, rath,
er than exhaustless wind. But the
qualifications mentioned are not the
only ones which Mr.. Scott possesses
He has been long in public iife-is
serving his fifth consecutive term in
the State Senate. Few men have
been thus honored. No man has used
his opportunities with greater credit
to his constituency and to the State
His great influence in the Senate, con
stantly increasing with his years o.
service, is universally acknowledged
His superior Judgment has alway'
been sought after and respected by his
associates in that body. UnsOugh
and andesired, he was made at thu
present session. as also at the proceed
ing one, President pro tenlpore of tn
Senate by the voluntary action of hi
brother Senators. No Senator ha
ever before received the honor of tw,
consecutive elections to the chair O
that body.
Northern Wisconsin has never fur
nished the State a Governor. 1t
vast and varied interests, now reall
beginning to be developed, deserve tn
fostering care and encouragement o
the whole people. One prominently
identified with those interests, CONVEX
SAINT with their needs. possessing tn
confidence of the people because h
has shown himself worthy of tina
confidence, should be our next Gov
ernor. Snch man is Senator Thoma
B. Scott.
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