The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-28

in the history of the 31st Senatorial
district there is a prospect of the SEN
atorship going out Of Marquette county.
Our big neighbor has clung 70 the
senatorship like pup TO root and it
is only because she has favorite son
that she wants TO send to congress
that she is willing to let Iron have it.
Until this year she has always had Il
clear majority in the senatorial con-
vention over the other counties and no
matter how hard fight or how much
scrapping there was amongst the
Marquette county fellows, they never
lost sight of the fact that the senator
ship was very important position
and they always managed TO get to-
gether when it came 70 a vote in the
senatorial convention and centre on
some fellow with the Marquette smell
to him for that position The last
legislature added the county of Baraga
and the other counties OF the district,
Dickinson Iron and Alger increased
their representation to such an extent
that Marquette lacks one vote of having
enough 70 dictate but she is always in
position to get that from some of the
other counties in the district because
of her great influence and Importance.
This year she has a candidate for
congress and Iron county is the county
that will decide whether her candidate
the Honorable II. o. Young will be
nominated for the position, or whether
Congressman Sheldon will be returned
for the fourth time.
If Iron county does her favor
she is willing to do Iron county
favor That is the shape the matter
stands in at the present time. What
the Iron county voters want to ask
themselves Is, :" Is il more TO the in
terest Of Iron county TO have a senator
and the good will of Marquette county
than co return Mr. Sheldon from
Houghton county, county with
which we have nothing in common.
ON the answer to that question the
voters of this county should cast their
votes in the primaries soon to be called
to elect delegates to the county conven-
tion that will send the four delegates
70 the congressional convention.
That is the only intelligent way to
decide Ii
We have noticed in our short time
on earth that IL is self first and others
afterward. We see Hougnton county
allowing Mr. Sheldon the privilege Of
getting the delegation from that
county, although her prominent citi-
zens went on record with every other
prominent man in the peninsula two
years ago. chat should Mr. Sheldon be
returned once more they would pledge
themselves that he would not be a
again. When you ask them
for a reason for so breaking their
pledges they say, Why, we want
Houghton county man We see the
papers of the county urging the peo-
pie of Houghton TO give Mr. Sheldon
the delega tion that Houghton county
may keep the congressman. Each
county in the district argues the
same way and it's perfectly proper that
they should do so. Each county
looking out for its own people Shall
Iron county do as other counties are
dong or throw away its one chance in
twenty years to get state senator
Gentlemen, it's mp to you.
The candidate whom Marquette and
the other counties Of this district are
willing 10 centre on is NJ. II. Moriarty,
of Crystal Falls. Now, we re not 80
shallow as to intimate that the very
close friendship and business relation
ship Of the writer with Mr.. Moriarty
would not in any event bend his en-
ergies towards his prospects and his
We allow that But, in
this discussion. which we intend should
be fair statement Of why the writer
thinks Iron county should vote for Mr..
Young, we have endeavored TO 70
out side of all personal interest and put
the matter in plain business light.
Look around you and see how many
public institutions or favors have been
bestowed on this county. We see in.
experiment stations etc.
scattered in almost all the other
of the district excepting
Dickinson and Iron We're never in
IL because we have no man on the
ground at the proper time with the
tact and influence to pull these things
out, Iron county is small and has been
showed aside She wants recognition
and feels that Mr.. Moriatry, because
Of his great state acquaintance and
natural ability Is the man to pull o