Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-26
AIM TO HELP AOslT
The Democrat Convention of
Yesterday Decided That
HALF LoAF's BEITtR'S NONE
- rhes VIII Try so save the Half
J.dsss ers.se and Asfsa were
Nominated Unanimously.

The Kent coanfy dehioerary. through
- aathcxizesi delegates. fused ca Judge
Grove yesterday. There eas bus
weak opps=itiea - carrying cut the
proposals Il the county committse. AID
the non partisan iflea finally went
through unanimously Consequently
the Efforts q the democracy all ta
toward defeat II Mr.. Taggarf by at
tempting "a capture republican, voice
for ACi<lt ostensibiy on The ground Il
their newly acquired great moral pFia'
eip'e n strictly 'non PARTISAN "a
diclars.
Chairman Carroll n The county epsn
mitIee called - order and Secretary
IaFner read the cali
Jeha NJ Mathewson - Lowell was
G. led a. temporary chairman. lie
thanked Chairman Carroll for ths
hons,r. and advised harmony 81 action.
r. his judgment there had been tor
many Uraneies among democrats them
seses 70 make theta very strung. Hs
alluded a. Clese.ands taking his scat as
president. saving that ~ left the treas.
ury luil and came back aud found Il
about cnpgy. and the country about to
te bonded a. pay IL debts. The taxes,
be- SAID. eoaid Ia restuced IN every sle-
farfment ander a democratic admins
tgafion. tie said slvo had been taken
out 20 biz - a pocket ~tllIe postmaster
- l.socli f1r clerk hire aud he could
testify 10 the policy II ~retrenchmenf
ari ftfofmp then pursued. The strong
point IN Grover C.cVclane-s favor sail
~. esa thar he - not afraid We have
to- many democrats and tos5 a my dem.
oerafic newspapers that forestail us hs
praizlng the men on the other side sss II
g. infer that ~ have no such men"
Charles - sssaifrov II Grand Rapids
township Was called % act as temporary
SECRETARY.
On motion - l. r. Carroll commit
fees were appointed as follows:
Dn Credentials l. T.. Carroll. l. NJ.
Turner. city. aud J NJ. Whitney ~ Ada
On Permanent. Organization and Or
der n Business j. " Maker 81 Yer
gennes. and W. r. Mcknight and I. +.
Carroll city.
After a recess. the COMMITTEES on Gre
denfials reported authorized delegates
present The COMMITTEES on permanent
organization recommended that the ten
porary organization be masle permanent.
and al-D reported on order ~ business
Adopted.
The PARTS Resolution
y. \. Fletcher offered the following
resolution:
Whereas. IL j. concesled by all cool
citizens that our courts should be ad-
minisferfd on strictly non partisan
basis anil that the judges should be- re-
moved a. far as possible from partisan
influence. and be exempt from any ohl5-
cation PR their election 10 any person
'sho may have business before them.
anil
Wheresa The present rireiit Judges.
Hon W-iarn T.. Grove and Hon. Allen
q A.isif have been tried and have gwen
genera. ,afisfaetion, therefore.
Resolved. That 70 - the opinion Il this
convention thar they Should - conirl
usd as circuit judges q the Seventeenth
Iudscial cifeDit aud that this eouscuficn
conmenas them ~ candidates Tor that
Office g. all gocd eifizena = TINS county.
irrespective - party atll.latlon~. AMI IN
sifes all such citizens a. uuiie In the
work n placing our judiciary nu a
higher Niane Than y has ever before
teen
Mr. Fletcher said a. a member q, the
lar he could fuily appreciate the import
anre q removing the Judiciary from
lt.ifics. Eie uas sure that the lawyer
ard ci.ent fske asuld appreciate iaT
iaz caz.s tried before judge Who wesc
under 90 obligation 10 any persons f1r
services in gs..s camgalgu. On the Whole
Tie county bah teen well SERVED. bat
The iadl,s IT. eas feif. might have &C
clpseti fhair places without having BEEN
rnf.rr otlieaficfs % various persons
throughout the county. The democracy
had lsd IA the rou partisan movement
~ sieefirg q republican a. a ~urrrEle
ludxr Ia <sw York Democrats ~
Michigan ought rur ~ take less hiEh
ground than these q <e~ York. Wis.
s,anein AMI eisee herr. Judges Grove
and Aasit c,,rid have been on all the
tickets IN Kent counfy bad not t1r r.
publican politicians insisted on part san
supremacy rather than nou part
judiciary They would receive a rebuke
such IA they had never received before.
Tie high miadcd republicans would
vcfs fur a non partisan ticket. and y
wpu.d Nin = nominated
III il Stern -aid ~ vas in sympathy
sifh ere tl.rfy n the resolution. but It
neii - Ike casting pearls i@fcre
rsiu,s BE del Dot believe u wOold oe
pffee, lated ~ enough r the opposition
- ~ $40 ~ 'tI' IEittt tttl"Att"t'.
lfr. oanadere. On behalf - Grand
Rapids township. snpportesi the rcs0lu
too.
CORNELL Wa Logical
fleiexase corneii - Gfattan inquired
n the rrtnslfie Eas a, rasld q rs DAD not
the resolution q further and nominate
birth TIE repnbitan- nausnated on IN
das They Rad pat ~ - good man
a. scnii ~ f1Hri IN fhe r.rs.r Il 4.
HamHa ~mith Or scht,li cosall i~si0ner.
Why nos re0inafe him anj carry oaf
ire rieaf a. fnr sre Rss not there
however ~ r,miosfe republicans.
r. p Carroll eaid Tie fier n nine
tfnfhs ~ the citizens bad feen ia msii
nate mrn - - intirrsei - az parttse
kat Nr Ia4~srts and Nr krsprels
trends went euf md worked f,g ihfep
whom The POLITICIANS vscfei eitffi-d
Tie mass e honest I<e Fers wanted she
rcr partisan IDdges There Nere hen
dresis r honest rerphlIcana Nko wasitel
fhs orpnrruniff % ycfe fsr = rcsii f.sr
tan tereh fhe resoiafirn eaz sssn
pTtfti - several townships sod WEfts
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