Telegram-herald., 1890-09-01

h0n. James NJ. Turner, tue NOMINEES
t0l GOVERNOR, - Z product 81 Aich s-A-
Hls T9Eceu and Progressive tAiast
bulg tac hrst Toad, tAe hrst plank foa@
and tie ursl TaAroad cut ~ L~Ae-i~'
ana gave tO his sOn asa substantial ali@
money making heritage the qualities
l4al make INN prominent anu success
ful Ar. turner Was born lu Lansing
Ia s54, was educated IA tAe schools
taege ana as an academy ln cakenoF4a,
". g., from Wnleh town hls father
moved 10 Michigan. When a very
Young man he went INTO general
Store and afleIWard became land
i00ker in both peuinsalas OF Michigan.
Tne experience thus gained brought
Mr Turner into close touch with lie
progressive mcu ot the state. 40 ne
so0u found himself deferred 10 10y them
IN matters ot luaginent. lie Is now AT
tae head OF a number OF mineral ana
pine land concerns, ls the chief owner
and manager OF manufacturing com
panlos, and has a 1900 acre stock farm
near Lansing. He Is a large man IN
body, heart and soul, has hosts OF
friends and phenomenal amount oil
good Yankee get there. He has served
one term ID the legislature and one term
as mayor OF the democratic city OF
Lansing.
William :. Linton, of Saginaw, the
nominee for Acknowledgements, IS
also Michigan product. lie was born
al 81. Clair IN 1856. His parents moved
to Saginaw when he WAS 1 years old
and he mas resided there continuously
since. After receiving an education
I'm the Saginaw schools he entered the
lumber business and III 1879 engaged
with his brother IN the lumber and
planning mill venture OF their own at
Saginaw. Mr.. Linton has served ms
county and town in various minor ca
pacitles, and was sent to the legislature
in 1857. Like Mr. Turner, he IS a
hustler.
Rev. Washington Gardner, the nomi-
nee for Secretary of State, Is diamond
that has never sparkled in Michlgan's
political coronet. But before he goes
into Office next January the people of
Michigan viii have a chance 10 see
him as brilliant political speaker az
well as minister and soldier. Mr.
Gardner WAS born in Morrow county,
Ohio, in lS55. lie enlisted in Company
u, Sixtv-lifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
IN 1861, st the age OF 10 years. lie was
the Youngest OF five brothers, all OF
whom served III the war OF the Union.
He never missed an action IN which
his regiment was engaged from hls en-
listment until May, 1864. He was ut
Shiloh, Perryville, stone River, Chick
amauga, siege of Chattanooga, Mission
airy Ridge, Rocky Face and Resaca,
IN which last engagement he was badly
wounded. His entire service covered
q period of three years and two months.
Returning home at the age OF 10 years,
he first studied law and was admitted
to practice in New York and subse-
quently in Michigan, but for the past
ten years he has been a minister IN
the Michigan conferences OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church. He served as
! pastor at Jackson, Albion and other
places in Michigan, and for long
time did ministerial work in Ohio. He
has served az department commander
of the Michigan G.. A. r., and is very
popular with the soldiers. lie IS a born
orator OF very high abilities Mr.
Gardner is at present a member Of the
faculty of ALBION College.
Hon. Joseph 3. Moore, represents
Detroit on the State ticket and Will be
/ Michlgan's next treasurer. Mr.. Moore
was born IN Detroit in 1916 and sprung
/ from good revolutionary stock on the
| paternal side of his family tree. lie
/ graduated from the Detroit High
| school n 1862 and at once entered upon
/ n mercantile life. But after few years
! he decided that banking WAS hIs forte
I and left Detroit to enter the First VA
tional bank Of Milwaukee. He returned
( to this city two years later and for i
wears was connected with the First Nj
/ tional bank here. Next he went intC
the manufacture of fertilizers with Jar
I Wis Il Hooper and under his manggc
T ment comparatively insigniiican
business grew into mammoth one. II
1857 no assumed the treasurship OF tbs
newly organized Peninsular Saving
hank and under his management OF
| that department the institution ha
grown to It's wcll known hIgh pogtioI
among Michigan's financial institutions
For four years Mr. Moore has beer
chairman OF the Wayne county Repu5
lican committee and has worked caril
and late for the success Of his party.
Theron +. Giddlngs, candidate 10
Aud general, Ie native of kaia
mazoo county. and son OF Hon. O.. y
Giddlngs, who was Quartermaster-gc
cral of the State during the adm.nistra
ton OF Gov. CraDO. Mr. Giddlngs Wa
educated az Kalamazoo college aud ha
always made that city Ms residence
he was for some years engaged in mcr
cantlic pursuits. but Tor the last j
I wears b8s been clerk Of kalamaz0
county, IN which position ho has proves
/ himself an unusually able and eiiiccn
I officer. Since he attained his majoTlt
ge has alwavs been active in p0iH.cs
I serving for many wears a. CHAR
man Of the Republics Comfy commit
tee. sud since lsS2 has been q moin
Der Of the Republican State (entrs
f Committee. Tle IS \ man 81 thc hra
est integrity. and his popularity amon
h.s eGai1rs has been attested ev hi
remarkable running qualities when c
t.e county ticket. Re was the entars
fastc cnoice Of the Fourth Congress on
al district. ald & q remarkably eneIEe
ic or-ar reT. He sdds decided s.rsugt
~ tie ticket in Southwestern hilch gsr
RE was az oue iimc q clerk in TIE 0i-Ic
of the aud t0r-ceneral. and sthoraug
v faminsr with the business 0i TIA
Office. He 3 f5 wears at age
Tire candidate for comu ss1ouer e
the st8te .aia of5ce. John - Berry g
0tseEo. was born in New York Ctv 3
1888 and wheu toe civil war hrose o
BE n4s suEa1ed Sd the peaceful parsai'
of i1ra z and miarE a the Hppc
peninsula lie dropped re riew 50
nug pcs. joined Company s.
teenfa siicf. gan irtsntrY, iu 1se3. ser
e. t7e ront. and a. tre expiration G
psnv sd regmenf. ffe sereet as
private, fcrporai. scre Cart. Frst lel
tenant a8e t2rfa7 7 wFe n fro ff
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