Telegram-herald., 1888-07-29
THE SENATOR TALKS
palmer Tells wHs ze wIrHDs.ws
Not Oss nsssoa. but aSsy- Neatly Per
soa@l- rae is an fsli synaP4thy With
His Party james neMttiss
A Candidate.

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contains The following Washington special
senator T. ". Palmer withdrs~s. and
tie Republicans Of Michigan must seek ar-
other name 10 oonieFe with Ihis Fall, for
ne himself hath said IL
Excepting only the Presidency. there Is
no pr0uder position sttaiBAbls 20 Amer
cans than d seal IN the nited States Sen
ate and instances Of the reliDQulshment Of
such honor and power ss Il eoniefs have
been So rare that Il is not strange that oc-
cAsionzi Tumors that senator Palmer OF
Michigan. would not De candidate .or .
second term. should have been received With
marked incredibly. That senator, IA iuli
mental and physical ylgOT. kn0wn TO have
bis fortune well ia hand and beyond the
reach OF embarrassment in full accordance
with his parry popular with his fellows
here and his people al home recognized As
one Of the most sdTCt managers in Con
gress and holding the personal good will
OF both sides OF the chamber. should de-
cine 10 rest ia the hands of bis friends.
is passing strange. and yet Is certainly true.
Last evening the Journal representative
called Of the Senator'S residence and found
him ready 10 talk through the Journal TO
his friends in Michigan. In answer To the
direct question as 10 whether he expected.
or wished, TO be returned 10 the Senate. he
said:
NO. do not and in no probable event
shall / be candidate Tor reelection"
When pressed for his reason for with
drawal from public life, he unused awhile
and replied with deliherstion.
There is no single reason. perhaps,
which would seem adequate 10 my friends,
but number Of reasons. taken collectively,
have sufficed for the conclusion. They are
chiefly personal and not of present interest
TO the public. / am 5S years of age with
many life dreams unrealized and unst-
tempted The recognition of the unimport-
ance of my stay here. and the fact that /
have never become so infatuated with
official life a. TO find In IL n compensation
for the restraints and depriystions which II
entails, make IL easy for me 10 believe that
/ might be of greater use 10 my fellows In
private life.
In reply to q suggestion that his with
drawal might be construed as due TO q fear
that he could not be reelected. the Senator
said
AT the risk OF being misunderstood, or
at least of appearing egotistical, j will say:
First regard a Republican majority in
| the next Legislature 10 be as certain as any
| future policticsl situation can be. Second
The unwritten law Of our party in Mich
| 10 its elective servants. Third--Neither Isy
action nor votes in the Senate have been
| subject TO adverse criticism at home. so far
| as | have learned. FOURTH may be
warranted in saying that in addition 10
| general friendly expressions which have
reached me from every quarter of the State
| have been assured directly, or indirectly
| by each and every gentleman whose name
| has been prominently mentioned as a Sen
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enter the lists next Winter if / desired a re-
| election.
And just here is a good place. TO say
| that the position Of these gentlemen, any
| one of whom would do honor TO the state
| in the Senate, not only justiies but seems
| TO require me TO make this early public
| announcement OF my wishes and inten-
tiops.
The last representative assembling ol
the Republicans Of the State, prior TO the
choice of my successor. will be on the sth
and 9Th proXimo and q comparison of the
| opinions Of that time should be aided by q
knowledge Of the coming vacancy. Again
the information should be given oct before
| the district conventions meet to nominsts
| candidates for the Legislature. The some.
| times discussed election of Senators by q
| direct vote of the people has much TO com.
| mend it, and under the present system the
| nearer the selection can be brought
| TO the people the better. While
| would not counsel ironclad instructions tc
| Legislators-which sometimes embarras,
action under circumstances not contem.
| plated al the time of their giving am
sure thorough, intelligent consideration
| and understanding should be had by the
| people at the primaries.
| In view Of the Senator's well-known ad.
| vanced views on suffrage, temperance, gov
| ernmental control OF railroads and restric-
| tion of immigration. he was asked whether
| anv dissatisfaction with the position ol
| tendency of the Republican party had con-
| tributed to his desire TO retire from its ser
| vice.
| Il am glad you asked that, said he, "fol
| ! want you IN say most empbaticsl!y that ]
/ never was more fully in accord with OF
| prouder OF. the Republican party in m
| lise than j am today. In face of tn,
| deadly assault which IL being made upor
| American Labor and enterprise. II has me
| the hopes of its friends and the fears Of ia
| its foes The Issues are as clearly drswr
now ss in 1861. and the patriotic of al
| former shades of opinion in the North vii
| rally now. as they did then. TO protect thei
| homes. AS Governor Stewart, OF Vermont
well said the other evening. J should a
| soon think Of leaving my house in fame,
| 10 90 10 a temperance meeting a. 10 think
| OF leaving the Republican party this yea
| in bootless pursuit of the abolition OF th.
| liquor traffic
The Republican party can Re trusted
70 resch and deal with all these moral, 90
cisl and economic questions lust as soon A
| popular education will warrant These re
forms are coming. bat not through Demo
cratic success. ] shall coniribute more Q
money time and effort toward the success
| Of the Republican party this Fsl than
have ever done before, and perhaps NOR,
| than Z shoulc feel warranted IN cOntr5ut
| ing were ] in a position 20 reap personal 90
| vantage thereby. ] am not one OF those
| who can consider Michigan 20 be q doubt
| ful state. whore Der every vital interest i
| threatened. as Is y today By the Presidsu
and House of Representatives. n is to b
. campaign Of education, sBd ] canno
| think 80 meanlv Of the intelligence of th'
| American people "a 70 doubt the result.
u believe that General Harrison will b
elected the House turned over 70 RepD5li
can control. snd the very ghost o. free
trade aid for many yesrs