Telegram-herald., 1890-09-03

la Ills ge@L ttftaing, na~A1tts..iti IS
and caann.ere.sl district we need = Hi&n
No j tn seianAsny elth the farmers,
vie believes h tue greatest good %
TIE greatest humber of oar peopie'
= 10 knows CE their neeesslges And
taeir WAats xl.0 wlll oo everything -
Tar IS Eezi,lafln cAa - advance IA ~
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7 present 10 ta.s convention Nils the
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Gentlemen Of the convention, my
friend wzs
E0ES r8E s9N oF FARAER.
Al the age ol lb years he cams With his
Widowed uoghcr and her three oAlld-
rem 10 Leighton, Allegan county. lie
there worked And foiltd IS a pov oa .
farm, ard durmg al thase years ~ ns
liie has becn acquainted With taer Ne
ca ss.tles ald i4as ever been ready 10 do
what he coulh for taem- Ine great
farming lntetests or ih.s country re
quire no ass stance: AL they ask is that
they shall have far legislation ana
that everything shall be dope by legs
iat0n 10 advance their Interests, aad
tnat my nominee vii DO.
"6entiemen Of the convention, do
YOU say that yoa want man that
sympattizes with the wants Of all. Who
knows from hls own experience what it
is 10 carve Out days work FOR dol
lar a dayg Then | refer you 70 my
candidate. AT the age Of l6. without
a dollar IN bis pocket, without dollar
coming 70 linn from any source except
as II Was knocked ont 10y the blows OF
his own hand aud his own stcong BRAN,
ne went forth seeking las fortune,
and worked as a boy of 10 al day
wages OF a dollar a day.
''GentlemenOf the convention, do YOU
say that IN this district that We want a
Representative who Will sympathlze
with the soldiers, who SnOws OF their
necessities, who feels for the sniferings
of the poor and wouilded, who would
do what he could 10 advance their IN
terests, and therefore want man VINO
has himself been upon the field OF Dat
tie? Again, / point you 10 my candi-
date. When the war of the rebellion
broke out, when Father Abraham cried
out, Men of the North, come 10 the
rescue of the Government three hun
dred thousand young men rallied
around the flag of the country, and
my candidate at the age of eighteen, as
a private IN the ranks, swore allegiance
10 MS country and went 10 the front.
AS q young man of eighteen. as cor
poral, rs a sergeant, as lieutenant, As
a captain for bravery upon the held Of
battle, heIwon THE honor OF hissuperlOrs
aud the approval OF good conscience
"GentleInen of the convention, do
you further say that you want man
in the balls of Congress VINO has had
legislative experience, who knows what
laws should be, who is adapted for the
business, who has a capacity IN that
direction? Again / refer you TO my
candidate. At the age of 25 the citi-
zens of Allegan chose Tim as their Rep
resentative, and upon the floor of the
Legislature of Lansing he did what he
could to advance the interests OF his
people.
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention, do you say that we need as
a representative in Congress business
man, a man VINO understands and COM
prehcnds the necessities Of the business
interests of this great commercial dis
trict? Again point you TO my eandl-
date, a man who has worked from moth
ing up 10 mans estate, and now IS mt
representative Of the Commercial
INTERESTS OF THIS DISTRICT.
"Do you say, Mr.. Chairman and gen.
tlemen Of the convention, that we
want a loyal man, a man who IL season
and out OF season is ever ready TO ad-
vance the cause of the Republican
party, a man who does not have 10 be
enticed from his home TO east his bal
lot, but who in the dark days, when the
flag must be carried through the dark
ness Of the night, is ever ready TO pro-
clam the doctrines of Repuohcansm?
Then ] ask YOU again 10 behold my
candidate.
The man whom shall name as n
member of the ward committee, as
chairman of the CITY committee, as
chairman of the county committee, as
n member of the Congressional COM
mittee, as a member Of the State COM
mittec, has for these many years past
done everything IN his power, working
and t0iling for the advancement OF the
Republican party. / speak earnestly
on this subject because ] know the dli-
ference between the tOllers and the
men who would like TO be carried 10
the honors OF a political party on
"flowery beds OF ease" / speak of the
men who fight and who work for the
advancement OF the Republican party,
and know OF no man who has done
better work than the man ! snail name.
Gentlemen Of the convention, 90
you say that you want man who is a
strong man. who Is 2 popular man, q
man who can get votcs2 Then again /
point YOU 70 my candidate Bat two
years ag0ip this stronghold Of Democ-
lacv. hem our lead carried the lag oi
Bepublicao.>m, snd Only lost the cleo
ton by three votes, ana that, as we be-
iiove, 10y fraud.
"Gentlcmen Of the convention. ~ sll
81 these qualities, as q farmers 10y. as
soldier. as 3 legislator, as A political