Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-30

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Louis, Mo-, June 10, 1895; also for the purpose
OF selecting chairman OF the state central
committee and two members thereof from each
congressional district and the transaction OF
such other business as may properly come for
ward. JAMES MCMILLAN Chairman.
DENNIS f. AWARD, Secretary.
lonia county Is entitled under the call To
fifteen delegates.
Among all the candidates for gov
ernor on the Republican side, none are
more widely known or admired than
Colonel A. L. Bliss, of Saginaw, whose
name his county will present at the
coming state convention to nominate
state officers. Splendidly equipped by
his long and successful business career,
possessing a wide knowledge of men
and affairs, endowed with frank and
genial spirit, which makes him favor
tie with all classes Of people who know
him, he has all the gubernatorial ele-
ments which would honor Michigan.
Colonel Bliss has a military record
which any one might envy. In 1861,
at the age of twenty-four, he enlisted
as a private soldier in the Tenth reg
iment, New York Volunteer Cavalry;
continuous and active service fell to
the lot OF this regiment, and so faith
fully did he perform his duties that at
the end of three and one-half years he
had won the rank of captain.
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Hon. VIM. Alden Smith arrived at
his home in Grand Rapids from Wash
ington last week and will remain few
days before returning to congressional
duties. During his brief legislative
experience in the halls of congress he
has won the admiration not only OF the
new members who entered with him,
but has also gained the confidence and
friendship of the old wheel horses of
the house, who find in him a man of
mettle, ready debater, and "a foe
man worthy of their steel" Mr..
Smith has already made his mark in
congress and it is such good one that
the convention OF the fifth district re-
publicans in session today at Grand
Rapids will renominate him by accla-
nation, an honor which his constitu-
ency throughout the district will ratify
by electing him with an overwhelming
majority this fall for second term.
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After the new scientific X rays have
been applied to the presidential situa-
ton, it reveals something like this:
M anderson
& ullom
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The discovery is made that the X
ray is so powerful it will kill off tuber-
culosis, diphtheria and cancerous
disease germs. There is money in it
for the scientist, but there would be
millions in it if it could be utilized by
the Cleveland administration to knock
out the disease germs very prevalent in
the Democrat party, known as free
silver.
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Prof. j. w Ewing, who was sixteen
years superintendent of the schools of
Ionia, and who is now and has been for
nine years Professor in Alma Col
lege, was at the Presbytery meeting.
He is candidate for Superintendent of
Public Instruction and would make a
good one. Midland Republican.
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ut seems to me, " said a philosopher,
"that there are no entirely good men
in the world and none completely bad
Single out your best man, and you will
find that he lacks pefection in some
part of him, and examine your worst,
and you will see that he has at least
one redeeming quality"
Information For the Teacher.
The teacher was asking questions
teachers are quite apt to ask questions,
and they sometimes receive curious an
swers. This question was as follows:
"Now, pupils, how many months
have 30 daysP'
"All Of them, teacher" replied the
boy on the front seat.-Utica Observer.
Expects the Worst
I always expect the worst in all things
and all cases, because know the worst
IL possible; therefore IL is natural for me
to expect the worst, and as IL lie the un-