Henry N. Tefft For Senator

Chelsea, Mich., Oct. 9. -(Special.)- The democratic senatorial convention which met here this morning nominated Henry Tefft, of Jackson county.

He has been prominent in the state politics for the last 15 years, and was elected to the legislature from the second district of Jackson county in 1896. He was born on a farm in the township of Spring Harbor, Jackson county, August 23, 1842. His early days were spent at hard farm labor. In the summer he worked his father's farm and during the winter attended school.

At the outbreak of the Civil war he hurried to enlist in the First Michigan Infantry Volunteers, and served three years and three months. He has always been a staunch democrat, was justice of the peace for 16 years, and between that time and his election to the legislature of 1897-8 he held several important positions of public trust.