The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-20
For Governor.

Several times during the past three
months we have spoken Of Hon. Geo.
A. Smith, Senator from the 9Th, as a
very suitable person to be selected as
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, and on the eve of the meeting
of the convention we desire 10 EN-
phasize this expression. Upon his
record his name will be presented to
the forthcoming Republican conven
ton, called to name the State officers
of Michigan for the ensuing two years,
and his nomination will be strongly
urged for many good and sufficient
reasons, among which are the follow
ing:
First--Becausc he. is Republican,
always and everywhere and at al!
times, by conviction and habit; be-
lieving that by the continued ascend
ency of the sublime moral Republican
principles the interests Of thepStat
and Nation are best promoted and
rendered most secure. He does not now
first become active as Republican,
and has no boiling to apologize for
in order to be a candidate for Gov
ernor, but he has for a third Of a
century given his time, speech and
ablest efforts to bring about its sue.
cess; and he will continue to do SO
whether or not he shall be the guber-
material candidate. No man who
knows him but will attest that he is
as true, earnest and valuable a Re.
publican as there is in Michigan. No
man disputes his peculiar qualifica
cations for the exalted position OF
chief executive of this great State, or
that as the candidate of the Republi-
can party he would be found exceed
ingly popular, and it is principally
for these reasons that he will be
urged for the nomination.
Second-Because he is an un-
flinching advocate of practical tenn
perance, being both in principle and
practice a devoted friend of total
abstinence, and he is we'll known
among the true friends of temperance
throughout the State as sincere but
unpretentious worker in behalf of his
convictions Notwithstanding the
hostile blows which some pretended
. friends of the temperance reform,
especially in the Presidential cam
paign Of 1884, have inflicted on the
Republican party, which is the only
political party which has ever done
anything for temperance, we believe
the Republicans of Michigan propose
to stand by the position they have in
the past taken on this question, and
will in the forthcoming convention
reaffirm their faith in that principle,
and will demand a more vigorous
enforcement Of the laws regulating
the rum traffic. While doing this
they can in no way more fully prove
their good faith and zeal than by
nominating Mr.. Smith for Governor.
In fact it is doubtful whether they
can in any other way SO perfectly
demonstrate their sincerity and earn
estness.
Third-Because he is friend of
the laboring classes and will be every
where recognized as representative
of genuine labor interests. A self
made man, worker every day of his
life, a farmer in full sympathy with
the agricultural interests, his heart
and soul is in unison with the just
demands Of the laboring classes,
whether in the factories, in the ma
chine shops or on the farms. While
the Republicans of Michigan will wage
no war on capital and will use every
just method for its protection from
communism, or communistic ideas
in whatever form they may be pre-