Hon. Henry Howard

Hon. Herjrj Howard, who was nominnted bj acclamation by the Heiubliean convention it Jackfoa for reeent of the Uuiversity, is one of the most active and infiuemial busiiiDe$s men m St. Clair countv. He wan bom In Detroit March 8, 1833, but ha npent most Df bis hfe In Port ITiiron. At the nee of 20 he went into the umi, er business there witti hls father, John Howard, and Jneob T. Batchellor, under the flrra name of John Howard & Co. After g short timo Mr. Batchellur retired, the name of the lirin then ebantrine to Howard & Son, who eonducted the business unti! 1879, when the father retired, and the son has siuce alone earried on the laree business. Mr. Howard hus thus been identified with the important lumbor interest of P.jrt Huron and ihe country" north of it for a period of nearly 40 years. He has also bad Dtber extentlrs business assocmtions. He was Innr interested ie the dress yoods Brm of Willlam Snnhorn. He was an incorporal or of the Fir-t National bank and bas tor 17 years been its president. He was one of the enenretic Port Iluron busine men wbo, under rather unfuvorable circuinslaiices, ! pushed to completion the Port Huron & Nor.hwenern railroad, thus oiienini; up peedy fommunicatlDn wlth the irneiior portions of thoee counties whiuh confiti'ute "th Ibumb." He wa6 for two yenrs president of i ■ this company. He is ]o president of the Fort Huron Gas Co., of whieh his fatber was tbe oriranizer and fir6t president. He is president of tbe üpton ManufacturiBg Co., and the Howard Towing & Wrecklnj Co., and wn, nntll he clfspoccl of hls. ït, president c.f the Sur line of stfc.mers. He was also very active in di:elopiuL the Datura] gas Bapply in Port Huron. ilh all Lis nclivity in business Mr. IlnwarJ has fnund time to give attentlon lo political and public aflairs. Always an active Republican, he has been a number of times honored with nominations to office, and bas ahvays, hen acniildate, shown excelient vote-jreitins q'iulities. He surTed two terms in the legislatura, in 1873 and 1875, and durins; thilaiter term ha w as piominently mentioned for tbe speakership, but refused to be a candidite. He hns beea an alderman of Port Huron for 15 years, and has been mayor, president of the board of estímate and president of the board of educatfoo. Mr. Howard has done eood service in every puHfc posltlon he has held, and wlll make an active and usefui member of the board of reeents. The Port Huron Times in speaking: of Mr. Howard'8 nomination, eaya among otber tilines about him: "In all respects Mr. Howard Is a citizen whose work, infiuence and example are good for a poniniuniiv or a stilte, and whom to know i-i td n'ppect and tumor. The University of MichffCftn need8 business men to direct its Snancial affairs, and Mr. linward ha eminent quallHcatloai for th) work; and the (iiitins whiuh devolve upon the reeen'g of tl) t ireat iristiuuion of learriinïf. He should be earnestly and enlhusiastioally supported by resldDts of 8t. Clair county and the eeventh coneressional district, where hs Is ktiowQ by everyboiy; while in Port Huron his majority should becounted byhundred6."