The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-07
For Congress-.

tiOn. III DclIcScS the tltnc mas COthc
when the people Of this district will
demand the election OF a Represen
tative who will represent tho indus
tries Of his district, who can exert
an influence for good on the legisla-
ton of the country.
OF our nominee the Saginaw Her
aid spoke as follows the day after his
nomination.:
The Colonel will make a strong
candidate. as he is popular with all
classes OF the people, and has an &C
quaintance which extends throughout
the district. He has always shown
himself to be good runner. In 1882
he was elected State SeLaIor from the
Saginaw district, running SEQ ahead
of the State ticket, and in 1884, when
he ran the second time against the
fusion nominee, Geo'g Davenport,
though defeated, he again ran several
hundred votes ahead Of his ticket.
Col. Bliss is an active, energetic and
clear headed business man, one who
has risen from the ranks Of the toll
ing masses, and one whose svmpathies
have always been ON the side OF those
who earn their living u labor. The
unapimity OF the convention showed
that he is recognized as candidate
whose record as a brave soldier, as a
public spirited Cllizen. AS a successful
and broau-minded business nan and
as an honorable, clean and consclen
tious man is such that it will make
him tower Of strength before the
voters Of the eighth district. 1t also
showed that the convention had con-
fidence in his good sense, fidelity and
ability as a representative man. one
in whose hands the. vast industrial in
terests of the district can be safely
left, and one who will never betray
the trust his constituents will place in
him in November next.
No bourbon Southern free trader
will influence Col Bliss TO vote
against the interests of his State and
district; nor will he ever sit idly by
and witness the slaughter of Mich'.
gan industries without even protest.
He is not that kind of a man. When
he goes to Congress he will never
permit Northern hating Southern
Democrat like Roger q. Mills and
his colleagues from Louisiana, South
Carolina and Kentucky to say what
kind of legislation is best for the dis
trict he represents. He will repre-
sent the district himself, and in a
practicable, honorable. sensible man
ner, so that every interest, lag or
small, shall have its needed share of
protection at the hands of Congress.
"Horizontal Bill" Morrison was first
delegated by the Democratic party to
legislate for Michigan interests, and
Mr.. Tarsney hung onto his coat tail
and voted for his bill in the face OF
the protest OF his constituents. Then
came the next Democratic tariff de-
stroyer, Roger Q, Mills, land he has
been representing this district with
the silent consent of Mr.. Tarsney SO
long and with such disastrous conse-
quences that the people are demand
ing change; desiring a sound repre-.
from the district itself in
preference to the gentlemen from the
South, who, if they would only follow
ex Congressman Horr's advice, and
"rase more cotton and less H."
would not now be disturbing the
business interests of the country by
trying to foist upon the people legis.
lation designed to benefit the people
of England more than the people Of
the United States. In the face of
this condition OF things the Republi
can convention yesterday declared in
the most emphatic manner that the
time had come when the interests of
the eighth district should be placed in
safer hands than at present, and in re.
Spouse to this demand nominated by
reclamation and with great enthusi-
asm Col. A. L. Bliss.
The convention did its work well.
1t adopted a sound platform in favor
of protection to American industries
and American labor. and placed a
man on the platform who will never
dodge a vote, never shrink from his
duty to his constituents, nor PROSTATE
himself before the Southern Demo.
cratic bosses and humbly ask to be
kicked. Col. Bliss had stood before
the bullets OF the same gang who are
now running the Democratic party
bravely fighting that this nation
might live, and when he goes to Con-
gress he will tell these gentlemen that
they must keep their hands eff Mich
igan industries, as the wages OF the
Northern laborer can never be re-
duced to that measure Of degradation
which characterizes Southern labor
and European pauperism. Col. Bliss
can be trusted. He is not a political
deceiver, nor violator of public
,iad,yec He will carry ouf faithfully