The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04


The labored effort of the editor Of the Courier
to make a facetious report OF the late republi-
can convention was partially successfully, but
il he gave any thought to truthfuness and ex-
pected the results to manifest themselves, he
made signal failure. The county was unusu-
ally we'll represented, as to numbers, for a
spring convention, aud the different townships
were very generally represented by their most
prominent republican citizens. twas the pur-
pose OF the convention to select delegates TO
attend the judicial convention. Early in the
clearly defined when the motion was made to
yield, in advance of the asking, the question Of
equal representation in the judicial convention.
Those who favored Van Buren, county man
voted to stand by the report Of the committee
favorlpg equal representation. The battle was
fought aud decided there The lines were hence
forth drawn on that basis and the maj oIity, and
large majority, too, voted only for men who
it was known would stand by Van Buren, county
10 the coming contest. II was believed by this
majority that the county possessed the material
out OF which to make good judge, and they
thought the county fairly entitled to it. II that
decisive maj ority, in carrying out their belief,
exhibited trickery, we fail to observe it, and we
believe the candid republicans Of the county
will ignore the insinuations to that effect con-
tanned in the Courier report. There was fac
tous opposition on the part Of very few of
the minority to every proposition springing
from the majority side. These few, it is GER
TAIN would have favored Van Buren, county
man, provided that man was the one OF their
choice. The others were unpledged to any man,
the statement OF the Courier to the contrary
notwithstanding They may all have prefer
ence, aud undoubtedly have, but the people
will have little reason to regret that preference
should II prove to be Judge Mills, as it is gen.
orally supposed 1t will be. There is only one
point further in the Courier comments which
seems TO require attention, and that is the ex-
pressed fear that the judgeship will become
mired N "the dirty pool Of politics" We shall
not stop here to question the source from
whence this fear springs, for most people in
Van Barren county know the political purity OF
the editor of the Courier. lie has tried all the
pools there are aud emerged from none with a
superabundance of cleanliness. But we do as
sert that none OF the gentlemen announced as
candidates for the high position in question
were in Lawrence at the time of the convention,
and we believe took no other than an honorable
part in the contest beforehand. Should the ju-
dicial convention bestow upon either OF them
the honor OF a nomination, and an election
should result therefrom, there is no probability
that the judicial ermins would be soiled BY their
wearing.
Tho Vaa Buren, delegation should, and I'M
doubtedly viii, go into the coming convention
and urge in all fairness the claims of this coun-
ty, and when they have been successful, as we
believe they will be, the people OF this county
will be able to act lntelligeptly on the verdict
without aid from the paper which has a spas
modic fear of "the dirty pool OF politics"