Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-03
STATE CONVENTION

Of the Supreme Court, Ex-GOvernOr
Blair, for the Full Term ana Thomas
j. OBrien, Of Grand Rapids, to sue
ceed Judge MarstOn.
The Republican State Convention met
at East Saginaw Wednesday, with
large attendance Of delegates. The
meeting was very harmonious and the
result was strong ticket nominated.
Ex-Governor Austin Blair, Michigan's
well-knOwn war governor, receiving the
nomination for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court for the full term, and
Thomas j. 0Brien, the well-kn0wn at
torney of Grand Rapids, being nominat-
ed to fill vacancy caused by the resigna-
tiOn Judge Isaac MarstOn. Mr.. Harry
b. HutchiDs of Mount Clemens and
and Joseph c. Jones of East Saginaw
are the nominees for Regents.
- The following sketches OF the candi-
dates we take from the Post and Tri-
bune.
Austin Blair, nominated associate
justice OF the Supreme Court for the
long term, was born at Caroline, TOmp-
kins county, N. Y, February 8, 1878. He
He Is therefore now 65 years old, and a
remarkably vigorous man, physically
and intellectually. He was admitted to
the bar in 1881, and in the same year re-
moved to Jackson, Michigan. In 1842
he removed to the new organized county
OF Eaton, where he was elected county
clerk. In 1874 he returned to Jackson
and resumed the practice of his profess
sion. He was elected to the Legislature
in 1845 and again in 1847. While in the
legislature he introduced and earnestly
advocated measures for abOlishing color
distinctions in the elective franchise.
In 1852 MIR. Blair was elected prose-
cutting attorney of Jackson county. In
1854 he was electedtO the state senate. In
1860 he was member of the convention
which nominated Abraham Lincoln, and
in the same year he was nominated and
elected governor of Michigan, and he
was reelected in 1862. Thus he was
governor during the four years of the
war-the most dramatic and memora-
BILE period of our history. In this posi-
tion he acquitted himself with rare dis
tinctiOn. He had behind him people
full of courage and loyal to the Union
and they found in Gov. Blair fit execu-
tive, who massed the resources and pro-
lection of the state on the side of the
imperilled Union. -.s
In 1857 Gov. Blair was elected to con-
gress. and was reelected in 1859 and
1871. In congress he soon assumed a
commanding position, and as member
of the committee of ways and means of
the 41st c0ngtess he exercised large in
fuence in mOlding and passing the
public credit act" which played an
important part in the return to specie
payment.
Two years ago Gov. Blair was elected
one of the regents of the university.
Gov. Blair has had unusually large
experience as lawyer and statesman. He
is vigorous thinker, an incisive reason
er, and above all he is an honest man.
His admirable fitness for this high ju-
dicial position will not be questioned
anywhere, and the people who remem-
ber his eminent public services will
surely ratify the nomination at the polls
as they did his nomination for regent.
Mr.. Thomas j. O'Brien of Grand
Rapids, who was nominated for the
short term to succeed Judge MarstOn,
was torn at Jackson, Mich, July 30, ,1843.
He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and
he has been in the constant and active
practice of his profession during the 10
intervening years. In 1873 he removed
to Grand Rapids where he soon after be-
came member of the celebrated law
firm of Hughes, O'Brien & Smiley, of
which that distinguished advocate Dar-
win Hughes is the the head. Mr..
O'Brien is a gentleman of impressive
appearance, and attorneys in Grand
Rapids and elsewhere on the west side
of the state say he is one Of the most
thorough and conscientious lawyers jim
the country.
REGENTS.
Mr.. Hutchins graduated in the liter
ary class of the university in 1871, pre-
viOus to which he was regarded as the
leading thinker of his class. Afterwards
he spent year or two In studies and
travel in Europe. After his return he
took the usual course of law lectures at
the university, and settled at Mt.
Clemens, where he has since practiced
his profession. He is man of affairs
and possessed of sound judgement.
Mr.. Joseph G. Jones graduated in the
university class of 1870 and since then
he has been a teacher. He was princi-
pal of the Pontiac high school several
years, afterwards he became principal
of the East Saginaw high school, which
position he now occupies.
Statement.
The following Is statement of the
cost of the new uniforms for the band,