Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-18
OUR MEN OF STATE
The Men Who Direct Our Laws
and Legislation.
THEIR TRIALS AND IRIUMPHs
Biographical skesches ssA Postsaiss
OF Nichixsa state O0eess ana
Mesnbess oG the Leginlasuro.

The state of Michigan IL veil gov.
eTnei
Tn. statement did not come over ras
HsKsLns special wire. nor Is II. indeed
original enough % h. susceptible Il
copyright To the glory ~ the grand
odd common wealth iet 10 be said tina, the
high character fthe stztegov.rnmens %
Michigan has iong b-.h the subject Of
-elf eoagratul4tlon 10 lis citizens and
regret % the part "a those u l-ss fortu
nate localities.
Nevertheless. believe history does
not record the time when the officers Of
The stat. we're more capable and uprigh;
shen ~ Legislators were more states
manhke and honorable than at the
present tme. True. li,;le more than
hundred dsys have passed. since the
gentlemen elected in l-.. took their
seats. But what cannot has not. in
deed been accomplished IN an interval
no ionger. fFcm the days u old a. the
pres~nt time Why. empires have been
oyeTthrOsn. mountains east lto the val.
lcy-, cities isld IN ashes. and newspapers
printed N a hundredth part - the time.
There - laudablc and natural euri-
osIty 90 the part 81 our people 10 know
more Intimately the histories % their
public servants who they are. where
they came from. how they 10, here. and
how hong they are likely to stay how
they lcc< sct aud think. mans hts
tory II an excellent index to his charac-
ter and accompanied by portrai, gives
the general reader the bes, idea tina, can
h. gained ~ him
Per the purpose 81 INTRODUCING 10 the
people q Michigan TIE honorable gen
tieulen Nho constitute the executive and
legislative branches ~ our state govern
ment. Tux HsHsLp has commissioned
me to prepare biographical sketches %
atou, fifty q the most prominent o. our
state officers. beginning with his excel
lency. Governor Rich. and thus on
through the l-t u state officers. mem
sers ~ the senate and house: not omit
ting our two houored representatives i'm
the United States senate The facts for
these biographies have been obtained at
the expense q considerable time and
VII hs found the most compiete ever
published These biographies are &C
gentlemen written -. and this feature
IN i'-slf - certain a. b. u particular ir
tSrsst IL viii 80 noticed tina, the hand
some men are In the vast majority. This
H. because manly beauty largely prepon-
derstes among the braIny. capahl. men
~ The state. from whose ranks our law.
givsrs srh law enforccfs are chosen.
IL vii 10 deserved. farther that near.
II al the subjects % the sketches that
ftliow started in life with nothing out
eide - native talent and force 90 char
acfer % bring zurcess - their -iie rae
majority EFT IN, farm when lads with
little more than good health and the
blessings - father ard mother Such a.
boys we're The men who today shape th.
destinies % our grand OLD state tnd
u here arr the huSs that came into the
Nor.d smid sc.nes q wealth and luS
ury- Too many ~ then are haunting
the pawnShops - the nation. seeking II
rais small i0ana "a tho silver spoons"
that they inherited Wealth - no DIS
Craze. but 70 takes a bright boy ~ stand
up und.r " and make a name for him
SET among the 7pns q men.