The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20

standing I'm the particular lines specified.
He was chairman of the republican state
convention in the spring of 1879 and the
spring of 1891, and chairman of the sena-
tOrial caucus In 1881, when Mr.. COnger was
elected United States senator.
In 1890 Secretary of the Treasury Foster.
recognizing Mr.. Rich as an authority on wool
matters, appointed him member of COM
mission to revise the standard wool samples
of the government, work i'm which he is
still engaged. He has recently been APP
pointed as member of committee to clas-
sify the wool sample for the Worlds Fair
Both OF these positions are technical, and
honorable and responsible rather than re-
munerative. Governor Luce, approaching
his ripe experience as public man and his
good sense and judgement, voluntarily APP
pointed him state railroad commissioner i'm
1887 and reappointed him two years later
The duties of no position he was ever called
upon to fill were executed more credtably to
himself and satisfactorily to the state and
all parties concerned than those of this very
important Office. His thorough and con-
scientious administration of the responsible
duties of the Office won him the respect of
the railway arrangements of Michigan and
the confidence and regard of the employees
of the lines. He made himself particularly
popular with the men by his thorough per-
sonal investigation of all complaints and his
kindly treatment of all offenders. Many in
stances are known of his quiet, personal
mingling with the men, of unObstrusive
visits to places from which had come com
plants of violation of crossing rules and
others and when convinced of the guilt of the
offenders Of his gentle admonition which
usually had more wholesome effect in cor
rectlng evils than If he had arbitrarily re-
ported the men and secured their discharge.
His habit of thus per onally making nvesti-
cations and assOciating with the men and
faculty of remembering them afterward
made him so popular that delegation of the
employees went to Governor Luce in 1889
and requested Mr.. Rich's reappointment.
At no time was there ever a complaint made
of any unjust decisions or of any that favor
ed the railroads as against the people.
Mr.. Rich Is i'm the prime of life, of gen
ial and sunny nature, atfable and approach
able. He is just feet tall, weight i'm the
neighbOrhood OF 200 pounds and is picture
of splendid physical manhood, the result of
a thoroughly temperate and happy life.
His commanding presence and we'll knit
figure, a ford complexion, bright eye and
pleasant smile, make him an attractive fig
ure wherever he may be. And yet with all
his strong individuality no characteristic is
more pronounced than his retiring dis
position, his modesty and his plain, unas-
Stunning manner of both dress ana speech
He is easy as conversatonalist and pos
sessed of fund Of good humOr that makes
him exceedingly agreeable. Mr.. Rich is a
friend to his friends, honest and straight
toward in all his relations with his fellow
man, and no one ever charged him with
duplicity in the slightest degree, A man of
simplicity, sincerity and integrity, double
dealing and faithessness would be entirely
foreign to him. These qualities of perfect
honesty and sincerity in all his dealings are
the corner-stones of his unbounded popu-
larity.