The Men of '05

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Excerpt from The Men of '05: Some Pen Pictures and a Few Other Things, Concerning One Hundred or More Gentlemen Connected With the First All-Republican Government of Michigan It was with fear and trembling that the scribe of this volume undertook its publication. A political reporter for a completely independent journal is not usually the auspicious person to compile a souvenir for any political party. Indeed, had it not been for the suggestion of Mr. George E. Miller, until recently editor-in-chief of The Detroit Tribune, and his sympathetic encouragement, such a publication would not have been conceived nor hazarded. The kindly reception of a few "First Impressions of Michigan's Lawmakers" published in The Tribune during the sessions of 1903 and 1905 first inspired the idea that our readers might appreciate them enough to assist in their compilation. A casual canvass among some of the more prominent men in the capitol assured me that the idea was warranted. No attempt has been made to bring together a complete record of all the members of both houses, or of all departments of the state government. It was originally intended to compose only one hundred pen pictures of republican statesmen and officers in the public eye. The number has exceeded that limit - there are 112 in all - and it is only the late date at which the work was undertaken that prevented the sketching of all men holding important places in this year of grace. Here a word may be said of the relation of the reporter to the man of affairs and the reading public. It is a regrettable fact that there is a general impression regarding the personality and work of the reporter most uncomplimentary to the profession of journalism. And it all arises from this - that a higher degree of excellence is demanded from the men operating the public press than is demanded from the men of any other vocation. The banker, the doctor, the statesman, the lawyer, even the preacher, are allowed the human privilege of making mistakes in the daily practice of their respective professions with wide moral impunity. The very nature of their work protects them from much of the censure that follows like the Furies in the wake of a "break" in a big daily newspaper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.