The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Governor Jerome's Speech OF Acceptance.

Governor Jerome's Speech OF Acceptance.
Mr.. James H. Stone of Wayne, moved that
committee be appointed to inform Gov.
Jerome of his nomination and invite his at
tendance at the convention. The chair APP
pointed as such committee, James H. Stone
of Wayne, Ezra Rust of Saginaw, and Fran
els B. Stockbridge of Kalamazoo. The COM
mittse soon returned with the governor, who
addressed the convention as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
CONVENTIONAL duly appreciate the. very
distinguished honor that you have conferred
on me by again nominating me for the very
high office of governor of Michigan. Zap
plausel
1t is no empty honor to receive nominal
ton at the hands of Republic
plause.] For nearly % years the
people have ratified at the polls the action
of Republican conventions in this state,
and, if mistake not, that practice is going II
be continued. [Applause.] During all thes
years Michigan has had
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS IN EVERY STATE
OFFICE.
They have held these positions continuously
for % years, and whatever of wrong has
been committed in administering the public
affairs of this state is chargeable upon the
Republican party. But on the other hand,
whatever of success has been attained in the
discharge of these public trusts is to
[Applause.I When we took charge
of the state we found only the crude ele-
ments from which to construct common
wealth. We had according to the last ma
tional census before that period less than a
half million of people, They were poor in
institutions They were commercially poor.
They ranked away down in the scale ofv
states. But to-day
MICHIGAN HAS PASSED TO THE FRONT,
and stands among the very first states in the
American Union. [Applause.J When the
Republican party took charge of this state
small as she was and poor as she was in state
institutions, she had large debt already
contracted. Since that time we have
discharged every obligation that honor de-
manded the state should discharge. We
paid the great burden of the war debt. We
have kept pace with all improvements, of
the age and we have paid every dollar of
the debt that remained save the trust funds
that are owing to the school institutions of
the state. [Applause.] We have done
more. During these years when we had this
debt TO discharge and these other obligations
upon us we have not forgotten to build up in
our midst those institutions that mark
THE HIGHER CIVILIZATION OF MANKIND.
We found in the little village of
Kalamazoo, where we ara now,
the beginning OF an asylum for the care OF
the insane. Since that time we have enlarged
it and reappointed it until to-day it ranks
among the first institutions of the country.
We have founded other institutions. We
have built the asylum down here at Pontiac,
also for the care of the insane, that ranks
among the very best. We have done more.
We are now building up at Traverse City one
of the most complete institutions Of that
kind that can be devised by modern skill
We do not stop here. We have en-
larged and improved the school for boys
at Lansing. We have established a
reform school for girls at Adrian and we
have built one of the institutions. that, when
it was built had no precedent, for the care OF
all the unfortunate children of the state, at
Coldwater. [Applause] We have cared for
the deaf and dumb at Flint, and kept theSAsei
stitution there on a par with the progress Of
the age We are now building and equip
ping at Lansing school for the care Of the
blind. We are charging the prison at
jackson, building new shops and putting it
at the very head of that class of institu-
TONS We have also built a model
prison in the city Of Ionia for the reforma-
ton of younger prisoners.
THE CAPITOL.
We found that the old capitol at Lansing
did not become the dignity of the state
when IL had blossomed out into its
present proportions, and so we built q
capitol there that is q credit to the
state. When we set out to construct il we
built IL for cash, and we put men in charge
of the construction Of IL to whose fingers
never stuck one cent fApplatIsel We got