The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-05-16
should be made aud the people OF this
section seem to be making it in favor
OF Mr.. Ferry.
From-the South Haven Tribune;
THE MAN FOR 1900 AND FOR 1902.

THE MAN FOR 1900 AND FOR 1902
The controlling considerations in pick
ing man to head the republican state
ticket this fall should, of course, be the
peculiar conditions under which the APP
preaching campaign will be conducted.
However, possible conditions that may
prevail in 1902 should by no means be
lost sight Of
This is presidential year. Desperate
attempts Will be made by democrats to
divert attention from national issues and
to make the prominent questions in the
campaign certain questions arising out
of events i'm late state history which are
known To all. There is no possibility of
a repetition of those events in the case
of the nomination and election of any
one of the half dozen republicans who
are prominently mentioned in connection
with the governorship, but still the dem
ocrats may be depended on to utilize to
the fullest extent the opportunities pre-
scented for the manufacture of state
political capital.
Michigan sentiment on the issues
which will be uppermost in a national
sense is, however, too pronounced to
render the result of the election in any
alarming degree doubtful. With proper
effort and watchfulness on the part of
republicans, victory will be certain. This
state will cast its electoral vote for the
republican nominee for president, as it
has for every republican nominee for
hat Gin In
the full republican state ticket.
There is no manner of doubt that the
burden which, as a result of the acts of
individuals, the party as a whole will
have to carry, would be greatly lightened
and the certain victory rendered vastly
easier of accomplishment, il there should
be placed at the head of the state ticket
a man of the stamp of ID. Nj. Ferry. An
elderly man of conservative tendencies,
mature judgment and deep set views on
the limitation of expenditures of tax
payers money, is the man of the times in
state politics this year That is the kind
of man, too, who will be the man of the
times in 1902. In that year, the demo
cratic attempt to capture the state, which
will be failure in 1900, because of the
paramountcy of rational issues, may be
expected to reach its fiercest stage. In
the "of year." they hope that renewed
aggressiveness will bring them success.
Under the party usage, the republican
nominee this year will be the nominee
two years from now, also. Mr.. Ferry is
good man to nominate in 1900, because
of all those who are prominently urged
for the honor, man of his temperament
and his association in the public mind
prove the strongest at the polls. His
ability, sound discretion and conscien-
tiousness are not greater than those OF
thousands of other citizens, but he has
become associated with those qualities
in the public mind, because the magni
tude of the interests over which he has
presided have made him conspicuous
and brought him widespread recognition
for the possession of those qualities.
1t can be predicted at this time that
Mr.. Ferry would be strong candidate
in 1902, because it is possible TO tell in
advance just what kind of an admins
tration he will give. 1t will be strong
careful, consistent, commanding, econom-
zeal administration of which the state
can be proud.
A man of Mr.. Ferry's strength, with
the prestige of such an administration
back of him, will make the result as Ger
tain in 1902 as in 1900.