The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-16

vENoM.--George M. Dewey, editor
of the Owosso TIMES, last week pub
lished what he termed an open letter
to Mr.. George w. Loring, of Owosso,
in which he characterized Mr.. Loring
with being anything but an honor
able man. The venom Of the editor
of THE TINES eliminated in his de-
feat as delegate to either the county,
congressional, district or state con
ventions recently held, hence his at
tack upon Mr.. Loring as the source
of his discontinue, as Mr.. Loring was
one of the many Republicans of
Owosso and Shiawassee county who
exercised the privilege of free Amer
lean citizens in opposing Dewey in
his aims to lead the Republican party
in this county and congressional dis
trict. Mr.. Loring is an honorable
business man and an active Republ
can, too we'll known in the county
to be injured in the least by such an
attack.
The above from the Shiawassee
American is characteristic of the
Loring clique. In my open letter to
Mr.. Loring said nothing about his
business qualifications. cared moth
ing about them. l was dealing simply
with the corrupt political methods
adopted by him to dictate the party
policy of the Republicans, and we
had thought that Mr.. Owen was too
honorable a man to be the tool of
such political scapegraces, or to
apologize for their action. But for
the information of Mr.. Owen l desire
to state that he cannot find man
to whom l intimated any desire to be
delegate to any of the conventions
he names, and for reasons perfectly
satisfactory to myself at least, l could
not have been induced to have been
a participant in the work some of
those conventions had in hand, for
the reason that with my personal
views as to the obligation imposed
on man who participates in the
work of convention under all cir
cumstances to endorse its action, |
did not wish to be in the conventions
as delegate, and at the time of the
Owosso city caucus was not in the
county of Shiawassee. But if had
had any desire to have been a dele
gate to the county convention l
should have been at the caucus. Nor
have l at any time made the slightest
attempt to lead any body. That
policy l despise, and I despise any
man who attempts to dictate the
action of other men. The right to
independent action on matters OF
state policy is the inalienable right
of every American, and no, man or
set of men have any right to attempt
by dishonorable practices, such as
Loring & Co. adopted in the Owosso
city caucus, or by lying and misrep-
resentation-the policy of the Loring
clique-to accomplish any such pur-
pose, and the people should set down
most emphatically on any who at
tempt such action, and when they
know it there is no question but what
they will do just that.
1 am a little surprised that Mr..
Owen should attribute my letter to
venom or jealousy--for he knows
that / am not candidate for any
Office in the gift of the people, and
that my sole object in that letter was
to aid the people in annihilating that
little clique in Owosso described by
the poet when he said:
''For while the rabble, with their thumb
screw creeds,
Their large professions and their little
deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife; Lo! freedom
weeps.
Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice
sleeps
GEO. M. DEWEY.
THE TEACHERS UNION MEET