The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-07-06

zen. j. IL. KIDD, or iona, Idst beP"'-
ment Commander of the Department OF
Michigan, G. A. r., comes out strongly ~
his paper. the Ionia Sentinel, for the renon''
ination of Coy. Rich. Here is what he say:
IF Gov. Rich waits denomination he II
entitled to it and ought to have 1t and we be-
leve will have it. Not one single charge
can be justly brought against his official rec
ord or his personal character He Is clean.
sturdy, honest and able executive. He has
done his duty under the most trying circum-
stances, without fear and without favor
Not single questionable act can be traced
to his door. Some of his appointments have
not been satisfactory to everybody, and that
is no uncommon thing. 1t always happens
Governors do not all have the tact that Gen
Alger had to refuse a request for an Office
in way so pleasant as To make the appli-
cant feel as though he had received favor
Gov. Rich has made some appointments
that the Sentinel would not have made
maybe he is wiser than the Sentinel would
have been; who can tell?-but ne do not
propose TO erect that fact into grievance
and join the army of common kickers and
scods. Men who go in for Office and don't
get 1t must submit with smile If they ex-
pect to retain the respect and good will OF
their party friends. The man with griev-
ance. in politics as in private life, is a
nuisance.
This is somewhat of depression, how
eyer and there is nothing personal in it.
We simply propose to discuss this question
on its merits.
The unbroken usage of the republican
party III this state is to let the governor
have denomination IL he wants it. I'm
broken, we say, because it has never been
departed from in a single instance. Strange
ly enough papers like the Detroit Evening
News and Grand Rapids Herald have in
cluded Gov. Jerome in the list of two gov
errors who went without denomination.
The fact is he was nominated and elected
in 1880. served two years and was renomin-
ated at the Kalamazoo convention in 1882;
was defeated at the polls in November, but
the people who did it long ago found out
that they made mistake and regret it to
this day.
The ony' republican governor who has
not had a denomination in the more than
thirty years of its history in Michigan was
Russell A. Alger. He could have had it if
he had wanted it. tie decided not to be
candidate and his second term was given to
Cyrus G.. Luce, who, like all the others ex-
cept Jerome. served four years.
Now it is wrong in principle and would
be bad in practice to make an exception of
The present incumbent He Is the logical
candidate this gear We must not swap
horses in mid-stream. If, after full dis
cussion it is deemed best to put the one
term principle into practice, then embody
it in the declaration OF principles sent out
by the convention and pledge the party to
that policy in the future.
The Sentinel is not thoroughly converted
to the one term idea, however, as applied to
the gubernatorial question. just at this
time we are inclined to wait and see Pos
sibly it will be well to adopt it, but we are
going to have q soldier for governor in 1896,
and may want to have him stand on guard
to see the old century out and the new
century in.
In conclusion, the Sentinel would be de.
lighted to see Col. Bliss governor. We
hope to see lis ambition grat6ed, and eX-
pect to, but not this year. Personally we
are bound to him by many ties that bind,
but as editor of the republican organ of
'lona county, writing with full sense of
the responsibility that rests upon us to be
the true exponent of the sentiment of Ionia
county republicans. and to advise that
which, setting aside personal feelings and
preferences entirely, will be, at this time,
most productive of harmony and conducive
to success at the polls, we are clearly of the
opinion that even-handed justice and fair
ness requires the denomination of John T.
Rich.