The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-06

| GRAZ CouVcutionS dS nc NAY tnlnk can
do most to promote the interest and
welfare of the party and the people,
no matter what other mensmay think,
and he should use his influence, be il
muchor k,tle, as his best judgement
may dictate, independent of the &C.
ton of any other man or set of men,
and he who does not do that is less
than true man. Again, did not
at Saginaw or elsewhere indicate to
anv man any opposition to Mr.. Horr.
l said nothing there except in answer
TO a direct question put by an inter
loper into the committees meeting,
and then | did say, for would not
say that which l knew was untrue, that
Mr.. Horr would lose some votes in
this county on account of his action
On post office appointments, and there
is not we'll informed Republican in
the county of Shiawassee who does
not know this is true. ] have, since
the American was printed, received
several letters, three from men with
whom l never passed word on poll.
tics. saying that if I said just what
was reported, / did not say any more
than was true, and commenting my
honesty in telling the facts about this
matter. But did at the same time
tell that political sneak, that so far as
was concerned / did not sympa-
thize with the opposition to Mr..
Horr, that / believed he could do
more for Michigan in Congress than
anyother man who could be sent there,
pending the settlement of the tariff
question, and that should do all in
my power to secure his renomina-
ton and reelection, and never any
where expressed any other opinion,
or intimated any other purpose to
any man, and any man who says l
did is deliberate liar, and knows he
is lying with malice aforethought, for
personal ends. Finally the Ameri-
can scribbler cannot point to any act
of mine that will not stamp his state
ment that con the contrary, knowing
his propensity we supposed he was a
standing candidate for anything he
could secure" as libel. We have not
sought office. In thirty years of ac-
tive political life, during which time
have been an answering Repub-
lican, working necessarily for the par
ty in the press and on the platform,
have never sought Office; on the
contrary have done all my work
for others, willing they should enjoy
the honors, and reap the rewards,
provided they would be faithful rep
resentatives ofthe principles of the
Republican party. My belief has al
ways been that the office should seek
the man, not the man the Office and
that ordinarily the men who seek the
Offices are totally unfit to discharge
the duties of position after they
have succeeded in getting it. And
have ever acted up to my convic-
tions, and hence have never been an
Office seeker.
The charge that the Owosso Re-
publican caucus to elect delegates to
attend the Republican county con-
vention was packed, was true, and
every man there knows it, knew it at
the time, so bold and unblushing was
the fraud, that Loring read from
printed list the names of the candi.
dates for delegates, and no man
whose name was not on his list stood
a ghost Of a chance Of an election,
though three of the very best work
ing Republicans in the city, we're
SUCCESSFULLY placed in nomination as
against some one on the Loring list,
and were successfully voted down.
Yet these men were the peers in abil-
ity, honesty, and unhinching Repub-
licanism, with any man or set of men
who stand up in Shiawassee county.
Why were they defeated Simply De-
cause they were not the tools of Lor-
ing and his clique, who had packed
the caucus, packed it to such an ex-
tent that the Mayor of the city rose
in his place and in derision moved
that all the men on Loring's list be
declared elected. Does the Ameri-