Republican Candidates

Krom the Lansing Rcpublioau we tako lie fillowing brief ahcthm ol the candiatüí lor state offices ; DAVID II. JKROMK, epublioan noinince fjr governor, is a n.iive of tho state, lle was bom Nov. 29, l"j, at Detroit, boing in his Mat year. Vhen a young man of 24 lie wont to Caliornia ; he located and commenced working he Live Vankee mine, which afterwards ocame one of the faraous ore producers )f the coast. llcturning to Baginaw City n 1X51, he engaged in business, and soon f ter establishwi the hardware house of which he is now tho head, I). II. Jerome i (Jo. , the largest establishment of its ranch of business in the Saginaw valley. n 1802 he was coraiinsjioued by Gov. Jlair to organize the Twenty third volunoers. After tlie war ho was for eight 'gein member of the state military board, art of the time ita president. During the ;reater part of the war he was a meuiber of the state senate, serving ix years, bcing lmirman of the committue on ntato affairs md oontributing aetivoly to all important egislation during the war. He was an active supporter of Goy. Crapo's opposiion to burdening municipal credit for raiload purposes, but equally aotive as a member of the constitutional coraruissioD of 1873 in opposing restrictions dictated y hostility to railroads, on tbe ground fiat they are indispensible to the business of the state and should not be orippled in heir proper functione. Mr. Jerome is a member of the United Otates board of Iudian commissioners and s oue of the most infiuential of the men o whoin that delicate, perplexing, and reHponsiblc trust is committed. A member of the house conimittee on Indian affairs stated that Mr. Joromo furnished thein more valuable suggestions than any qther ïiember of tho board. His sound business udgruent has been of the utmost servico o the board and ha oontributed greatly to the success which has resulted from the greaer portion of its work. Mr. Jerome is well informed on the interest' and wants of Michigan. He has eontributed most successfully to the developraent of her resources and the building up of' her prospority. Ho has long held mportant stations in the public business of the state and bas the acquaintance neoessary to a successtul discharge of the du;ies of governor. One of the latest of his achieveiucnt, in behalf of the state consisted n the building ol' a railroad in the par;ially developed north, the Saginaw and 3t. Louis road, which opens that región to more rapid settlemcnt and multiplies the woalth of the heart of the state. Those who know David H. Jerome best count on ïis making one of the best, if not the very aest governor, Michigan ever hsd. MOHEAU R. CROST5Y, Doc. 2, 183'J, in the town of Manchester, Ontario county, N. Y. He is a gradúate of the Itochester Univer úty, of' the class of 1863. In 18G7 he carne to Michigan lod settted in Grand Rápida. He has been a metuber of the board oí' education in that city, a trustee of Kalamazoo college, prasident of the youn: tuen's Christian's association of Ghand llaijs, and of the young men's state Christian assoeiation. ín 1872 he was elected to the state senate and was countcd amung ttie ablest. men of that body. Like Mr. Jerome, he ncver traded votes with his associates for the purpose of getting aid on his local bilis. He is now a useful member of the board of state ooinmissioners tbr the general supervisión of charitable, penal, pauper and reformatory institutions. His business is insurancc and real estáte. He is an exeinplary citizen, a stalwart republican, an excellent parliamentarian, and no botter solection tbr the office of lieutenant governor could have been made in the Peninsular state. W.M. JENNEV, candidate for secrotary of state, was bom inPoughkeepsie, New York, June 18, 1837, and came to Mt. Clemens, Miohigan, in 143 where he has sinee residej. lic entered Brown university in 1855 and graduated in 1859. Immediatcly after ho comiuonoed the study of law, but at the breaking out of the rebellion in 18fU he abandoned his studies and rai.-ud a company lor tlie 9th Michigan infantry. He participated in all the campaigns and engagemonts of the Army of the Cumberland. He rosa from the rank oí captain to that of major and his period of army service covered over years. At the close of. the war he commenced the practico of law at Mr. Clemens, but for scveral years he has devoted a greater portion of his time to the management of his farm on wliich he now resides. In 1870 he was elected to tua state senate trom the 20th district eomprising the countics of Lapeer and Macomb. He was chairman of the committee on the Agrioultural college, and his influenee was exerted with good effect for the best interests of the college. He was also an efficiënt member of the committee on education and military affairs. In 1877 (Jov. Croswell appointed him colonel of the state militia and one of his aides-de-camp. Hu has always been a rcpublican, and as a public offioer never found wanting. BENJAMIN I). TRITCIIARD, tbc candidato for state treasurer, was bom in Nelson, Portage county, ühio, in 1835. He was educated iq the contnion scbools and was also a student in the Western Reserve college. In 1856 he removed to Michigan and commenced the study of law, comptoting his course in the law department of the university in 1S60. Soon after he formed a law partnership with V. B. Williams, Miohigan's efficiënt railroad oommissioner. He raised company L. 4t.Ii regiment of Michigan cavalry, and the history of that gallant body of men is his history. He was promoted to the lieutcuant colonelcy of his regiment, and he it was who captured the archtraitor, Jeiferson Davis, in 1865, wbile esoapiiiK to the coast with his ianiily. Col. Pritchard was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers to rank frora March 10, 1865, and was mustered out of service July 1 of the same year. He agaln resumed his law practico with Mr. Williams, and iu 1866 was elected on the republican ticket eommissioner of the land office of this state and ro-elected in ISfiS. He was elected state treasurer in 1878, and his duties have been honestly and faithfully pert'ormed. jacob. j. van inruil, oandidate for attornoy general, was bom in Korklund county, New York, Maroh 8, 183S. He went to New York city at an curly day and resided there and at Brooklyn until 1 0 yoarn of age, and then removed to Cass oounty, Miohlgao, Ile reeeived an academie oducation, and was a student K the New York Conforenoe seminary and collegiate instituto. He taught school after his removal to tlns state, and iu 1860 oomuenoed e atad; of law. Ho attendod law loctures in 1860-1 at tho univorsity, and in 862 was admitted to the bar. He commenoed i)raotieo at Dowagiac, where he remained until 1872. He then removed to BuouHaan, lierrien oounty, where he now rosidos. He gained an extunsive law prao uid as a jury advocate has boon cnü nently sueeessi'ul. During tho war ho wan doputy oollcetonil intcrnal revenue oí'Cum ounty, and subsequently that of asi.-tant neaaor of interna! revenue. He reprcsentd Berrien county iu the couititutional commisiiion of 1867, and was the yrasgest ueinber of that body. He served on thfl udieial ootniuittee, and the eommlttee on ill of rights, and was distinguislied for bis trong opposition against the raïlroad aid chemes. In 1H7C he was eloctod prosecutng attorney of Bcrrien county, which posi ion he now holds. A few months einco he was appointcd one of tho regenta of the uni¦ereity. W. IRVIKQ LATI.MER, :andidate for auditor general, w;is bom in )uchess county, New York, in 183C. He wad educatcd in the comimm schools and emoved to Michigan in is.iy. Always a epublican, he has, in the 20 ycars of bis esidence in the state, held the offices of leputy collector of U. S. reyeiiui', postmascr, town-liip treasurer, city treasurer of Jig llapids, also mayor of that city, and for hroe terms treasurer of Mccosta county. iï-Auditor General Huiuphrey once said o us, referriog to Mr. Latimcr, " He is one f the best county treasurers in Michigan. Ie understands bis business." In 1S76 he vtas chosen a member of Uie state central ouimittee. In ]S78 he was elected auditor ;encral, the most important and ïiitricaic lepartmcnt in many raeptotl in the itete ;overnment. He has never been found wanting in any particular, and the varied work of his office ha beeu perfuruicd economically and well. JAMES M. NEASMmi, candidate for commissioner of the state land )fficc, was bom in Jsl'3, in Mancliestcr, ingland, and removed to the United States with hia parents in 182f. He lived most ot' the time in Oenesee oounty, New York, until 1854, wlien he carne to Michigan and jurchased a farm near Sehoolcruft, Kalauia;oo county, upon which he now resides, n 1856 he was elected supervisor of Kalanazoo, and served in this position seven Buccessive years. In 18(,2 he was elected county treasurer an.l wan twioe reelectcd o this office. During thrro year.s of that me he was treasurer of tho "big village." .n 1S70 he was elected state senator trom ialamazoo county and ro elocted in 1 sT2, and is the only man who bas been his own sucoessor in that district. In 1W8 he was electod land commissioner, and the affairs of the office have nevcr been undcr better management. He is one of the most sucoessful stock raiser in Michigan, and his 'arm is one of the finest in the " garden of the state." COKNELIÜB A OOWER, candidato for superintendent of public inKtruction was boruat Abbot, Maine, in 1845. He entered Waterville ijollcge iu 1 363, but jefore graluating carne to Michigan and sntered the senior class in the university in 1867. The samo year he graduated from the classical course, and in L868 was a student in the law department. His tastes inclined him to the profession of a , teacher. He taught four seasons in Maine, one year in the city of Ann Arbor, was lor three yenr superintendent ol schools in uencsee county. He was twice elected to this position without opposition. For four years he was superintendent of schools in Saginaw Dity, and chosen president of the Michigan city school supcrintendent's association in 1878. On the resignation of M. 8. Tarbell as superintendent of public instruction Sepiember 1, 1878, he was appointed by Gov. Droswell to fill the vacancy. He was also appointed to fill the vaoanoy on the ropuhican state ticket for the same office, ouaed by Mr. Tarbell's declinatiuii. Micliigan pever hada better superintendent of public nstruction than Mr. Gower.