The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26

year. and having general supervision
over the schools of our state; they
have "a regent of the university; q
member OF the state board of educa
ton and a member of the state board
OF agriculture-six elective officers In
single congressional district, with
a population equal only to one-hali
that of Wayne county. and now that
section presents a candidate for the
governorship and in addition TO a jus
tice of the supreme court, the auditor
general, the superintendent of public
instruction, members OF the state
board of education, regent of the uni.
versity and member of the state board
OF agriculture, they ask the people OF
Michigan 90 give them the governor
ship also, with all the power and the
prestige of that great Office over legis-
lation and involving the appointment
OF tax commission, with power TO
supervise every assessment in the
state, the appointment of a railroad
commission, with general supervision
over the transportation business of
the state, involving as IL does the
$215,000,000 of railroad property, with
power also TO appoint banking COM
missioner, with general supervision
over the banks of the state, and an
insurance commissioners, with general
supervision over the insurance com,
panies and business of the state, thus,
if carried out, putting into the hands
of a single congressional district with
a population equal to only one-half of
Wayne county and dominated by a
single interest, namely, mining, prac-
tically all the vital executive powers
of the state government.
And all this is at a time when 1t
is sought to find the value of the chief
industry of that section. | leave it TO
you to say whether either now or at
any time, it would be wise or prudent
to concentrate in single section, dom
mated by a single industry, all the
powers of our state government which
touch most closely all the leading en-
terprises of our state.
Government by "All" the People.
What would the people of the
country say if some one suggested that
all the powers of the national gov
eminent should be concentrated in the
New England states, or in the south
ern states, or in the Pacific states?
No We want all sections of our
country, and all sections of our, state,
evenly and fairly represented in the
government and then no section and
no interest will be left unguarded.
1t seems to me that ii is only good
common sense and leave ii TO you TO
decide for yourselves between now and
September 6. This is your govern
ment These are your offices. You can
fill them just exactly as you wish. You
will do in your honest judgment what
will be the best thing, not for any
particular section of the state, but for
all the sections of the state-for the
Upper Peninsula, for the farmers, for
the factories, for business men, for
laborers and for all sections and In
terests alike and if you do that no one
will have cause for complaint Your
verdict on the sixth day of September
will have to stand. No one can set il
aside. No one can or will make an
appeal from it, This is the court of
last report and what you say will be
the end of the case and everyone will
have TO be satisfied with that judg-
ment, whatever it may be-"