Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-02
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

An Address to the Voters OF Michigan.
p. 7. Van Zils, chairman Of the Re
publican State Central Committee, has
issued the following address to the voters
of Michigan. We ask for it a careful
psrssal and consideration by the citizens
Of ChsbOygan county:
CHARLOTTE, Mich, March 81, 1885.
To the Uoters of Michigan:
In the coming election OF a Justice or
the Supreme Court and two Regents of
the University, it is assumed tfat every
voter in the state, regardless OF party
politics, ID anxious to vote for and see
elected the candidates who are best fit
tod for the several positions. Every cit
izsn Of Michigan may be justly proud OF
/ the high standing of our supreme court.
No court in the United States enjoys a
higher reputation for the s0undDess of
its legal opinions than does the Supreme
Court Of the state of Michigan.
Into whatever court you may please to
90, whether IL be one of the courts Of the
several states Of the Union, or the United
States courts, YOU will find existing i'm
them all the highest regard, on the part
Of both bench and bar, for the opinions
Of the Michigan supreme court. While
our supreme court has for years been
composed Of very able and competent
justices, it is fact conceded by all, not
only in this state, but throughout the
| United States, that to tho Hon. Thomas
NJ. Cooley, our present nominee, belongs
at least full and fair share of the cred
| it.
Judge Cooley has for years enjoyed the
| .faft ~ hal ~ nst nrn
foand and learned jurists in the United
States, and his presence upon the SUI
prsme court bench of Michigan and par
ticipation in its Judicial labors has aided
largely in establishing for our supreme
court a national reputation. Nor is the
fame of Thomas M. Cooley Mined al0ne
/ to the United States; ii is more than na-
tiOnal; it has gone with the able and ex-
: haustive treatise he has written upon
several branches of the law, to the old
werld. and i'm nearly all # not in all OF
the courts where the common law is ad-
Indicated throughout the civilized world,
Thomas M. Cooley il held in the highest
regard M man of great learning and
a reliable authority upon every legal
! question.
Judge Cooley is again nominated for
the honorable position he has so long
! and 50 ably filled. and the question sub
mittsd to the electors Of this state to be
I decided at the coming spriRg election is,
SHALT such man be displaced and re
tired from the supreme sOurt and his
place filled by another, who, to say the
least, is untried, il not unknown.
Our Republican nominees for Regents
OF the Michigan University are men of
high standing in the state and well
known to the voters Of Michigan. They
were selected by the state convention
that placed them in nomination becauss
Of their peculiar fitness for the position
and when that is said what more can be
said for them; for who can he peculiarly
fitted for the position Of Regent of the
great State University and not possess
all tho qualities that go to make up a
man worthy to receive the suffrages OF
his eountrymen?
To the platform adopted by the con
ventiOn who presented to the voters OF
this state these several candidates, W.
desire to call your especial attention
Like all Republican platforms it speaks
for itself and we can therefore do nc
better than to incl0ss it here.
The friends of this ticket are largely
in the majority in this state. The only
chance for its defeat is n the apathy Of
ten exhibited by Republicans at Oul
spring election. We call upon all Re
publicans and friends of the Republican
ticket in this state, to commence tn,
work of organizing for the coming con
test. See to it that every Republican Il
at the polls and is supplied with eul
ticket. Our opponents are already a
work; let it not be said when the battle
is over, we lost where we might have
won.
PHILIP T. VAN ZILE,
Chairman, Republican State Contra