The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-16
The Senatorial Contest.

The near approach of the time for legis-
lature to convene, causes degree of inter-
est to center around the men who are to
compose it.
That many of these men are good and
true, there Is no doubt, but II is equally true
that some of them will he men of uncertain
prOclivities doubtful men. And then again
| there will be some cOnsummate asses, sad
| as it may seem, but it is a fact, and there
| will be knayes also, and | was going to add
| FOOLS but we must draw the line somewhere
on such an honorable body. The men Sc
lected for this position are not as a rule put
there on account of their ability but for
availability and sometimes by mistake. Con-
seQuently one sees heterogeneous mass of
mind that is crude to degree, and about as
untitled for law making as petit jury. |
have been there myself.
The effect of placing some of these minds
in contact with an Office which pays, princi-
pally by putting handle to mans name
WILL If he is unaccustOmed to ii, often tickle
him terribly. He looks at it with wonder
and admiration, and wants everyone else to
Gee it too, and the weight of such legis-
latOrs responsibility sometimes makes him
sway-backed, so to speak. and you may
notice it in his gait. Further, he has a
somewhat pulled up appearance and is a
trifle stiff in the joints as though he had an
attack of the kings-evil.
The principal interest just now however
that centers about a legislator, is the fact
that there is United States Senator to elect
at this session, and the air is full of sickly
rumOrs which sound as though there had a
bumblebee been put into the legislative hat.
Or it may be what the darkey called a
"wassup" or possibly a honey bee which
left enough OF its sweet to flavor the dele
gate. Some of these great men when they
are mixing up their political hash have
something on their hands which transmits
itself to the Legislature and the OdOr fingers
with him as naturally as kerosene to an
oyster cracker. You may think by looking
at him that he is free from it but you only
have to get one taste to be undeceved. For
tunately the representative from this county
was reli we'd from all bother in this regard
by having Luce label tackled onto him at
the nominating convention, which it will be
difficult for him to rub off, if he is an honor
able man-as he is-and intends to carry
out the wishes of his constituents.
OF the two prominent men in the field
Luce and tockbridge-probablv nine-tenths
of the republican voters i'm the state favor
Mr.. Luce, but that is no evidence that he is
going to get the election, although by rights
it should be. AS regards the capability of
the two men, there is probably no man in
the state who knows Mr.. Luce--and we all
know him-whO doubts for an instant his
mental superiority, but that don't always
count in game like this.
There is pethoric rumor abroad that
the good Mr.. Stockbridge intends to succeed
himself, which in the face OF the foregoing
statement would seem to be impossible, but
ii is humiliating fact that such is not the
case. Victory and venliality too frequently
go together in high places; also in places
not so very high, che pathway to success is
serrated with silver dollars. But whatever
the outcome may be- the republican party
of great state, and grand state too, like
Michigan, will undoubtedly take their medi-
cine and put stone in the toe OF their stock
ing for future use if their dose is TOO bitter.
WARD.
Laingsburg. December ~, '92.