The Senatorial Struggle

Ou;' o:' the most impo.tün! mattírs wliU h tin.' coming leglslature w il! h ive fco decide upon is Hm' selectie oí a senator. Natwally, the p.-e-ini worlhy oceupaat oí llic place wonld be given i renomination, not especially on account of eourtesy, but chielI,v be -aiiiS ■ lie lias made shcIi an excellent record. But ex-Governor Luce having once luid an oflice has beeome seized witfa t lie olflce-aeeiei's itch, and finding llic Riena.toi'8h1p the test thlng in siglit has Jeciöed to go for it. Tt is not clalmed y hira that he voul:l mak' a bet(?er senator thun Hion. P. B. StockBrídge, but lie is trying to get votes simply besauee lie is a farmer. It is an a m tu? ing jilea, jnst non-, but for tlic offiee-seekers everytJiing goes. Two yeara ago The Coiirier favorGovernor-elect Iiu-h's nomination, not only beca-use lie was nu abler man than my of the otliers mcntioned foi' the piai'e, and beeause he Had always Ijeen so niaiily about it, but because we thought it wcll to give the pvopte of the country the ene they wantod. Tlite Fuiumei1 we M"ers greatiy p'eascii to ee liiiu nominated and triurnphantly elected. JIc was chosen as the farmers' candidate, Xow done juistice to one aection o; our party supporters it is only íaiV to honor the other side. Inere should be no antagronism, for it takes both si des working karmonlouely toücthrr to win. We need lx)th t'he farmers and the heavy contritn utors Knviird eampaign expenses, of which latter gection Senator Stocklni'iif' has been foremost-, always iontriliuting beyond lii.s share. .S.'iiaítor Stockbridjge has made a iiist-:lass ipns. nlative oï Miehlgan's interests. He has always been on duty and none of his votes have been against .the interests of lus eonstituents, trat were cast just as Mr. Luce's would llave been. He has a largo influencie Ín t!h senate, .a thorough knowledge of titoe rules, a valuable acquaintance aniong liis colíeagues, ■n-Jiich no new man cauld get without loss oí several years .time, and great taét in igetting his tills passed. What more can,l8 deslred in a senator, and ■vh.v olíanse iim ofr after one term, to try ,an experiment, just to give another man a place ? There is an effort l?im? made, it is umie: stond, to prevent tlu' republiian nu'inlK'is of thíe I; nisla.ture (rom go':i.; into oaiieus. Tliat sclieme was su.cessíul several years ;iíí'(). and resnlted in tlie defeat of Senator Cliandler, rnutli to the detriment of the party. We hope that the efforts of the anti-Stoekbridge people' to that end wlU not meet with succefs this time. Tlie cauens is the place lor the party to settle Buch questions.