Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-15
a NEW CONGRESSIONAL CANDI-
DATE.-JoHN p. SANBoRk
NAMED.

The following letter from one of the
staunch old Republicans, who have
done their full share of party service,
contains many suggestions worthy of
consideration Ed.
To the Editor:
As am republican, and am inter
ested in the future welfare OF the
party, | want to say that am much
pleased with the course that your
paper has taken in connection with
the nomination of republican can
didate for Congress for this district.
Your omen announcement that the
republican party will expect las candi-
date to give it chance to win in the
ensuing contest is very appropriate,
and the suggestion that the principal
i'm the contest that disrupted our party
should not again be foisted upon the
people TO again be burden that cam
not be successfully carried through the
campaign is one that should be needed
by every republican in the district.
cannot see why the friends of Cen
eral Hartsuif should insist upon his
being II candidate. They asserted and
insisted that he would add strength
to the party in 1888, but such asser-
tons did not prevent the people from
voting against him to such an extent
that he ran over 1000 behind his ticket.
| No one doubted that he was man OF
considerable ability ut that time, and
no one doubts it now. But that Is
not the question. lie was weak cam
didate in 1888, and he is just rs weak IA
candidate today. Hon can he 1cho
has demonstrated the fact that the
DeopIe ito not rant him to represent
them be as StrOHg u candidate tCith the
Deople after he has been dcfedted as
before hc hes been tried and JoUnd
1Canting.
| Now, as matter of good politics,
! want to suggest that If either General
Hartsutf or John L. Sanborn were to
be nominated, large number OF re-
publicans would much prefer To sup
port Sanborn. While Mr.. Sanborn
was also defeated candidate, yet he
is II man who has always been close
to the people, We know him TO have
been a liberal. whOle-sOuled man, who
has made and still retains host OF
friends throughout this district. The
writer knows of large number OF the
people who re sted the sins of the old
Port Huron & Northwestern difficulty
upon the head of Mr.. Sanborn, and
some of whom voted against him on
that account, but who now know thai
he was innocent of any wrong doing
and should not have been punished
for the sins of others as he was In ms
ran for congress. This fact should bt
taken into consideration, and if either
of these two men are TO become the
candidate by all means give us asa can
didate John =. Sanborn who is recog
nized throughout the district, the state
and the nation rs being one of the
ablest, most progressive republicans
that the party could honor.
Upon the conditions named / name
him as the candidate most entitled tC
the nomination, for all who know any
thing at all about the politics of this
district, know it to be Il fact that John
T.. Sanborn has done more for the
party than any other man in the dis
trict; while the fact that he has held
federal office for considerable period
can be no more successfully urged
against him than against Mr.. Hartsutl
who has also held the Office of col.
lector of Customs and was Post Master
at Port Huron for long series OF
years. An Old Line Republican.