The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-03-06

IHE INES Suggests tnal IL "ouiu
be good policy tor the forthcoming
Republican convention to nominate
for Regent Of the University Rev. F.
B. Cressy of Detroit. He is honest,
competent and would be wide awake
Regent. Say what you may fellow
Republicans, it would be nomipa-
ton fit TO be made.
In the Legislature 81 per cent of
the Republicans voted for the sub
mission of the Constitutions! amend
ment, and we believe had it been
submitted as it ought to have been,
90 per cent of the Republicans of the
State would have voted for it at the
polls. Who says there is any need
of a Prohibitory party in Michigan :?
Lansing Republican: The Michi'
gan House of Representatives voted
50 yeas to 20 nays for the Ford bill
to restore capital punishment. 1t is
q step backward into barbarism.
If its advocates could conclusively
show that hanging has ever prevented
a single murder then there might be
some excuse for the people OF this
State to put themselves in the posi-
ton of legal understand The
TIMES believes the Republican is
sound to the core on this proposition.
w. L. Smith has sold the Veteran
to Capt. M. P. Thatcher, of Detroit.
The Veteran under the management
of Bro. Smith has been an efficient,
active and timely friend Of the Boys
in Blue, and we trust it will not be
less so in the hands of his successor,
Speaking of the shameless condi-
ton of politics in Louisiana, and the
fact that the State is virtually under
the control of the lottery managers,
the St. Louis Republican, the leading
Democratic paper in Missouri, says.
"it is not question of politics and
partisanship. 1t is not Republican
against Democrat. 1t is Lottery against
decency."
The present condition OF Democrat
ic politics in Illinois is beautifully il
Illustrated by the following from the
Chicago Times, by far the ablest and
most candid Democratic journal in
the State. 1t says that "W. R. Nor
rison, who is now seeking to be Gen.
Logan's successor in the Senate, with
much earnestness has suggested to
the somewhat notorious Speaker
Haines of the House OF Representa-.
tives, that if he (Morrison) were
elected, he could make it so that his
(Haines) son, in one Of the. territories,
could be Governor thereof The
Speaker replied that Carter Harrison
had offered him that inducement long
ago. Just what Morrison did prom.
Use as further inducement, has not
TRANSFERRED, but the fact stands out in
6old relief that if Haines votes fol
Morrison every time his vote will not
elect him."
Senator II. II. Pulver of this Sena.
torial district, voted against allowing
the people to vote on the question Of
Constitutional prohibition. This shows
temperance men just how much tenn.
perance pledges, from Democratic
fusionists made in anti-election days
are worth. Every Republican Sena
tor redeemed the party pledge and
voted for the amendment.
The Governor has appointed Hon,
lanes Van Kleeck, of Midland coun
ty, State Commissioner of Immigra
ton, and it is an appointment tina,
will be for the best interests of the
State.
Capt. Samuel Wells, of Buchanan
has been appointed Swamp Land
Commissioner in place of John w
Brakeman, resigned. The selection
Is q good one and ensures efficiency
in doing up the affairs of that bureau