The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-01

there seems 10 be no opposition to
his candidacy. In the second dis
trict, Hon. Ossian Ray has concluded
to retire, and enter the Senatorial
contest for the seat now held by SEN
ator Blair, the candidates for the
nomination thus far announced, are
Hon. ]. H. Gallinger, Chairman Of
the Republican State Committee,
Hon. Levi w. Barton, of Newport,
and Daniel Barnard, of Franklin.
Well informed politicians say that
DR.. Gallinger's nomination on the
first ballot is already assured. OF
the candidates, Mr.. Barnard is a law
yer, has held many Offices, and for
several years has been an aspirant
for Congressional honors; so far as
can learn he has very little support
in his own county, his only hope be-
ing to secure the support of the law
yers in Grafton and Coos counties
which he is endeavoring to do through
Bar Association, which exists in
those counties, but that / think will
not amount to much. Mr.. Barton
also belongs to the legal fraternity and
for more than IS years has sought
nomination for Congress but his sup
port has always been small and will be
this time. DR.. Gallinger's candidacy on
the other hand ispopular throughout
the District and his nomination is ex-
pected on the first ballot. This will
be in recognition of his abilities and
the great services he has rendered the
party, and from what is known of DR..
Gallinger I regard him as the one man
in the District to whom the nomina-
ton by right belongs, and the party
will do itself great credit by bestowi ne
it upon him without serious contro
versy.
If mistake not you have been on
, the stump with DR.. Gallinger and
, know his ability as speaker and
, political leader. DR. Gallinger is
somewhere between As and 50 year:
/ of age and his services to the Repub'
. lican party are so well told in recent
, editorial in the Concord Daily Mon
E itor that I will make extrcts there
! from.
The Monitor said:
ri DR.. Gallinger has been so promi
. nent and active in politics during the
last few years that it seems almost su
: perhuous to call attention to his ser
n vices to the Republican party. HI
;. was elected to the lower branch of TIT
Legislature IN 1872, and immediatel,
took his place among the leading
q members. He was reelected thu
!, next year, and also represented hi
e ward in the Constitutional Conven
!. ton Of 1876, taking prominent par
in the debates of that body, and being
the author of the plan tor re-organiz
q ing the House of Representatives OF
: the basis of population, which wa
adopted by large majority. In 1877
, he was elected to the State Senate
}, was Chairman of the Committee o.
Education, and displayed in this bod
n the same distinguished ability whic
=" had marked him while in the Hous
as one of the leading Republicans c
the state. He was reelected to tn
Senate the following year, and wa
chosen President, filling that ofie
with great credit to himself and
the entire acceptance of the gentle
men over whom he presided. l
re 1870 he served as Surgeon Gener
I'd on Gov. Heads staff; has been
of member of the State Committee fl
:. several years, and has done much e
;" fective work on the stump. Perhap
ne however, his greatest service to II
i'll party has been performed in his cap
w city of Chairman of the Republica
). State Central Committee positio
which he now holds, and which, v
nc hardly need say, the party will requi'
*. him to retain. The fall of 1882 "
ire long be remembered. 1t was so
,st of perpetual "Black Friday for Il
b. Republican party. The spirit OF di
" satisfaction and boiling seemed
pervade the air. State after stat
OF whose Republicanism was considert
his assured, caught the infection, and q
it'll result was great Democratic trump
n In New Hampshire, for reasons whl'
=. are so recent and so familiar that
III need not recite them, the campaiI
IA was fought under exceptionally a
AN verse circumstances. Surely, not
nv many years has the Republicanism
-, the Granite State been put to such
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