The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-29

Michigan, G. A. r., comes out strongly II
his paper. the Ionia Sentinel, for the renom
ination of Coy. Rich. Here is what he say
''If Gov. Rich waits denomination he i
EMIT led to 1t and ought to have 1t and we be
lleve will have it. Not one single charg'
can be justly brought against his official rec
ord or his personal character. He is clean
sturdy, honest and able executive. He ha
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 hav'
not been satisfactory to everybody, and thai
is no uncommon thing. 1t always happens
Governors do not all have the tact that Gen
Alger had to refuse 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
have been; who can tell?-but we do n0
propose to erect that fact into grievance
and join the army of common kickers aAt
scolds. Men who go in for Office and dom
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 in 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 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
ernors 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 only republican governor who has
not had 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. He decided not to be a
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 year. We must not swap
horses in md-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 i'm 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 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 his ambition grati6ed, 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
Ionia county, writing with a 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
10 success at the polls, we are clearly of the
opinion that even-handed justice and fair
ness requires the denomination of John T.
Rich.