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A Good Local Ticket--washtenaw County

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
October
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wc find the foüowing notice of tlic various candidatos of the Union Courity ticket in tlio Pcoplc's Union Prws, tyctroit, and as we don't beliove the Editor wou!d do niuuii bettcr ïf he wcre on dufy, we hive no hesitat.on in transfering it tq our columns. The fact is candidate will Lear scrutiny, aud if any or all of tliem are plectod the people will be Burc of good offioers. The Prat says : The importanee of good local noininatious to a general cause in a political cainpnigri, cannot ho overeatim,ated. If the caiididates ure popuhr. they add strcngth to the general ticket; if they are truc to thcir assneiates, tlioy will see that (heir interest aro not nuglected ; it tliey are thoroiigh md cnergetic, their bust L-fforta will be put farth to advancu iba cause in wliich they are culisted. In ail these raspéete oup friends of Wnsbtenaw county have been peculiarly forturnitc. For the offico of Sheriff they have nominatcd Mr. Philip Wineoak. It would be but the partial truth to say thnt Mr. Wincgar's ijualilications for this office are good - thoy are erjual to any executive or ministerial dutius in tiis own or any otlier county. Ho ia a farmer of the " rough and ready " stamp - uever abovo his business, and always oqual to whatuvöi iii.s liaijd tïiitls to do Jle bas , fur saveral years represented bis i ship on the Board of Supervisors, and atwaya to tle satisfactum of his coustituen's Mr. Tkaoy Root is the oandidata for Clerk. Mr. Rout lias been a praotisliig attorney at Aun Arbor for soinu thing like twenty years, and is thuroughly familiar with all the forma and rules of the circuit eourt, and with the other dnUM pertaining to the clerk'a office. - For such a positiou his superior cauuot be found. HoratIO G. Siiei.Don is the candidate for Ilt'gister. Mr. Sheldon held the office lor ono term, closing with January, 1861 No person ever held the offiuo who gave more universal satisfaci.io.i. - Any newspaper ootomundatiou would but obscure the popularity which he 80 justly enjoya. IIdracb Caiipenter is in comination for Tieasurer. Ho in a farmer ; one of tlio early settlersof tho oounty, bas held many posiiionsof honor and trust in the county. and haa every qnalitícation qf ability, imegrity, and repousibility to be the custodian of the funds of tho county. For Frosecuting Attoruey, Albxandsr D. Ciiane is the candidate. Mr. Craue wns oleetod to this office in 1854, reelected in 1850, retired from the can'ass in 1858, aiul was again elueted in 1860 - lie lus beeu oue of the most thorou"h And efficiënt proijecuting officers the oounty has ever liad, always keeping in viow, in the dischargo of his duties, the welfuie of society, ud, the interests of tbc county. Thomas L. Humpiiuiíville is up for Circuit Court Commissioner. Mr. ÍI. u a thorouj'h lawyer, and an honest man - two qualifiuatious vory esseutial iu thia position. For Senators, William Jay in the seventh, and John J. Rubison ia the eighth district, are excellsnt uominations. Mr. Jay is a farmer, a genilcinau of ineans and culture, and conservativo aud just in liis views Mr. Itobison belongs to the class of vigorous, tbrifty and solid farmers which it does oiie good to meet il h in the older parts of tho county - His district, the State, aud the country, will find nono more devoted to their interests and welfare. Fur Uo.preiaciitativeg, Oiiester Yost in tho first d striet, Hiram J. üeakks in the necond, Lovatus C. Allen in the third, aud Hlisha Congdon in the fourth, are all gentlemen who will do honor to tlicmselvos aud the:r coustituoutj. Mr. Yost is oce of the leadiug business men of Ypsilanti; i a man of much moro than ordinary ibility bas been a mem. ber of the State Sonate; and in politics has been a llopublican, but not of the ultra stamp Mr. Hcakes is a leading member of the JJar of U'ashtenaw county, and resides at Ann Arbor. Ho is a ynung man of üne abllities, and will leave bis impresa ou the legislation of the State. Mr. Allen is a subs'antial and intelligent f;iriner, in every way fitted to nrike a useful, vuluatile and ijteliigent legislator. Mr Congdon has lonr bi'i'ii tiiö leading business man iu bis part of the country. There ia no m;u who will atteud to his official dutie- with

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Old News
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