The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-07-18

The cut accompanying this sketch il n
more or less faithful likeness OF the
familiar cOuntenance al the popular and
able gentleman who in the falls of 1888
and 1890. WAS selected 10y the people of
Delta and Iron counties as the tittest in
dividual TO represent them In the sta te
legislature for the sessions az the follow
ing years. lie needs no introduction To
the people OF either county. Hon. A. X.
Northup Is a resident oil the county OF
Delta hut Iron no less than Delta claims
him for it's own. Both counties acknow-
ledge his worth and are proud as well as
gra teful for the valuable and efficient
services which he rendered To them in
the sessions OF the legislature al which he
was member. He il man OF whom
any district OF this state might well be
proud. His services TO Iron county rem
dered in the two sessions Of the legisla-
ture i'm which he sat ARE such IA would
cause any county To be thankful and
even IA tished. Hon. A. X. Northup did
his duty and when this is said, what
more IL there to add There WAS moth
ing that he could do and should do, that
lac did not do. There was not measure
i'm which the county ~ Iron WAS espec-
ially interested, that did not receive his
Immediate attention, and nothing could
influence himJn a direction which was
not beniiicial. to the district he repre-
sented lie was always successful in the
Republican legislature 81 1889, while in
the Democratic legislature of 1891 he
was unsuccessful ia onlyn singleinstance,
but in both to the hearts 81 the members
az all political faith he cndeared himself
by his stcadfast adherence to AL that is
honorabl open and Just, and his no less
persistent opposition t., and adherence
Of an that savors 81 trickery, bad iithnr
unkindness lie IL man that attracts
attention and commands respect. When
bill came up Reconsideration in which
he took nm active interest, the closeness
with which his fellow members listened
To the words OF eloquence and wisdom
that fell from his lips testified in re-
markable degree 60 the entire absence 81
tediousness that too often characterizes
the delibera tions ofour state legislators
His statements upon questions OF Tact
were no sooner understood than accepted
as true Ills utterances upon questions
Of Judgment were received with respect
that, il cqunlled, were excelcd by those
OF no other member al the bodies i'm
which he sat When Mr.. Northup arose
from his chair and said that "A measure
was "a just one, every one knew from the
earnestness of his manner and the fear
lessness Of his diction that i'm the judg-
ment OF the speaker the measure was
Just. When the Dickinson county bill
came up for it's passage the first time il
was defeated by the eloquent and mast
erly speech OF Mr. Northup. Those OF us
who listened to him on that occasion,
were impressed no less by his reasoning
than by his eloquence, hut by his SINGER
ity more than either. The result is seen
in the defeat 81 the bill by an adverse
vote OF forty-six to twenty-five. The
same bill was then by the questionable
schemes 81 the Democrats, made a party
measure and enacted into law. Mr..
Northup took from the table the bill
detaching eight townships from Mar
quette county and attaching them TO the
county OF Iron and succeeded in securing
it's passage 10y vote that would have
been unanimous but Tor one dissentient
nay. Iron county has much to thank
Mr. Northup for. He is a man that has
richly earned all honor and all the graft
tude that Iron county has bestowed
upon him. and when the time comes, AZ
surely il will come, for the people Of this
congressional district to select MIR.
Northup ~ their representative ut
Washington, Iron county will cordially
second aud support the nomination for
that position of the man who has so
faithfully and ably performed the duties
devolving upon him IA "A member of the
legislature for this district.