The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-09-02
Milan ID. Virgins of Bloosningdaie for
Representative.


Representative.
There has been a great deal OF smoke
recently relative to the age OF Blooming
dale's candidate for state senator, Hon.
Milan d. Virgins, evidently emsnating
from the camp fire OF his opponent, In
some instances even going so Tar as 70
n,isrepresent the facts in the case.
This brand of argument is purely
stuff" and only works detriment to the
party using it. 1t reminds one OF the
farmer who Is breaking pair OF colts.
Does he hitch them up together and
then proceed 20 drive them down among
the fireworks and the band? Not II he IS
wise, not unless be courts a runaway
anu few broken bones He takes the
colts by turns and bitches them up with
a steady old work horse: with horse
that has been to mill and to meetin;'
with horse that has been up and down
the road many times; with an animal
that through years of experience has de-
yeloped horse sense, and the farmer viii
also tell you that for hard days work
the old horse will for many years dis
count the colt.
You v ill have fewer cracked eggs at
the end of your journey IL you hitcn the
old horse to the wagon. No matter how
many years may be piled up behind him,
and man is never old as long as he Is
able to do good work.
Let some of the younger generation,
who cling to the idea that their dads
should be executed at GO, follow Mr..
| Virgins around in the course OF his
business sope day and hen night comes
they will be of the opinion that he still
] sets pretty fast pace. Active and ag-
| gressive at all times, always willing to
assist in working out the knotty prob
lens of life for his friends and his con.
stituents, having the interests OF his
county and state before him at all times,
up to. date on questions of the day. Yes,
the younger generation would think he
was far from ready for the shelf.
No man can fix the age at which all
men are incapactated Some men are
old at 40, some are young at 20, depend
ing great deal upon the kind of life
upon the kind of thoughts each has
chunk"
Mr.. Virgins has large acquaintance
ia both Aliegan and Van Buren, counties,
men who have known him personally for
many years, and to them this "od age
bugaboo" is simply ridiculous; that a
man of Ga should be unfit to pass upon
questions OF the day; man who for 81
years has rubbed elbows with the peo-
Iyla ba IN 70
know their needs 10 The way Of legisla-
ton if anyone. does. No guess work
about that.
In all probability there will be "things
doing" at the state capitol within the
next few years and we want a represent
alive who will command the attention
and respect of all who hesr him, and will
listen To the deeper knowledge which
can only be gained by rubbing up against
the years and such experience as only
the years will bring.
Mr.. Virgins, like Roosevelt, is the
"poor mans friend if the poor man is
straight and the rich mans friend il the
rich man is straight but he's against
the crooked man, rich or poor" and
agreeing that the "only kind of politics
worth caring for is the kind in which
; decency is combined with efficiency"
The Sth district Of Michigan can truly
be termed a farming district, and we
want representative at the capitol who
is in touch with the people, one who has
guided an "Oliver 40' across the fields
when the "Chalmer 40" and Buick 4O's''
were unheard of. However, Mr.. Virgins
is alive to all the vital questions that
confront the farmer OF today; a strong
advocate Of good free schools, insuring
, a lbsral education for the boys from the
farms ind utilizing the new conditions
to develop something better than the
past knew.
Henry Clay and George Washington
were both farmers, men who both lived
J and died in the country, and good
school system in the country districts
J will keep the boys on the farm and at
the same time have influence and ca
: reers ia the affairs of life Education
, builds for the welfare of the homes; the
farm homes where our greatest men
} have nodded sterling characters and
staunch integrity. Mr.. Virgins knows
the trials and tribulationsthat beset the
poor boy who is trying to get an educa
, ton, and while to some extent he over
! came the poverty. be never forgot the
feelings and dreams which the boy un-
derwent, and though his friends are le-
gion, you will find the young fellows who
know him are with him heart and soul,
respecting as they do those years of ex-
perience and hard knocks.
There is something more THAI cam
paign smoke in the remarks cleaned
from his many friends in the two coun-
ties; deeper sentiment that speaks of
lasting liking and respect for a man that
has been Through the MILL" tried, and
not found wanting, and who in a resi-
dence Of 81 years among US has won for
. himself permanent place in the affec-
tons OF all who know him.
. II you want a good, conservative, level
' headed, experienced man to represent
! the 9Th district OF Michigan in the sem
ate, we know Milan d. Virgins of
D Blooming3ale can I'll the bill, and it
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