The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-20


deliberations of congress-" The TIMES
endorses all the good things said of Mr..
Towne and hopes that the predictions may
be realized.
From the response of Hon. w. M. Kilpat-
rick at the editors banquet last week, we
take the following extract the sentiment of
of which met the warm approval of those
present:
Mr.. POSTMASTER, am not unmindful OF
the fact that among our honored guests to-
night we have the chief executive of this
our own commonwealth of Michigan, who
has been forced into unusual prominence
and discussion by events at Lansing con-
corning us all and calling for unusual and
unpleasant duties by the executive, and to
his credit be it said he has met these extra
ordinary responsibilities with steady and
unfinching hand, that will be upheld by
every patriotic republican and by every
well-wsher of his state of whatever party.
No man can make a stand for honest gov
eminent when it involves the removal OF
political friends without opposition and
severe criticism, but the great mass OF the
people will be found with what they believe
to be the right. Michigan upon the whole
has been fortunate in the honesty and the
official integrity of her state officers, and
the republican party is strong enough and
honest enough to remove the incumbent OF
any Office, willfully or negligently falling
short of the full measure of his official duty,
to the detriment and disgrace of the state.
But whatever the governor may do to
correct the mistakes of his party the nom-
mating convention cannot escape the re-
sponsbility of the powers entrusted to it.
The men who pull strings at political con-
ventions may know what they want, and
what they want generally is to further
their political interests, but the representa-
tiyes of the people who are to be held re-
sponsble for the men they name for the
suffrages of the republicans of Michigan,
should assume the responsibility with an
eye single to the welfare of the party and
the state, and put forward none but men
whose known competency, integrity and
faithfulness, to positions of trust, are full
and sufficient guarantee that they will per-
form every public duty imposed upon them,
as required by the constitution and laws
of the state and shall be fit Representative es
of the great party that must be responsible
for their official acts.
No excuse can or should be accepted for
gross or corrupt neglect of public duty.
Every man must answer for his own public
acts and no man should be named for public
places by any constituency, who is weak
enough to be persuaded that wrong is right,
and nominating conventions must be held
to more strict account for their doings and
especially is this duty to be emphasized in
the convention of the predominant party,
in the state where nomination is equiv
alent to an election, for the people are ready
and anxious to vote from sunrise to dark
for any good ticket named by the republican
party this fall. In 1892 some of them
thought they wanted change in national
affairs, they all know they do now.
From this representative body of repub-
lcan editors and speakers here tonight from
all parts OF the state, who are largely the
moulders of public opinion and do hard,
honest and effectual work to promote the
interests of the republican party and to ed
ucate the people in the same economic
principles that prospered the state and
nation and all the people while governed
by its chosen representatives, comes the
assurance that the party to which you
belong is strong enough, honest enough
and fearless enough to correct all its mis-
takes, and retain the confidence of the
people of this great commonwealth, and
that you will upheld the executive to whom
has been intrusted the duty of maintaining
the majesty Of our laws.
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