The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
A GIANT UNDERTAKING.
The Shiawassee County Republicans Try
to Dictate the Circuit Judgeship.

Under the above headings the Flint Daily
Glooe assails the republicans of Shiawassee
county for daring to assert their political
equality with the great am republicans OF
Genesee county. 1t says:
At the republican county convention at
| Owosso, Saturday, the convention elected
nineteen delegates to the Seventh judicial
convention. instead of their rightful quota
of fifteen delegates
BY what authority does the Globe assert
that Shiawassee's ''rghtful quota" is ''ff-
teen?" Is it simply on the dictum Of the
chairman of the judicial committee? There
does not seem to be another, and that is not
po,cerful enough to deprive Shiawassee
county of its just rights in the convention.
There is no earthly reason why the delega-
ton from the two counties in that conven-
ton should not be equal. To make it other
wise is to give the county having the larger
delegation power to dictate the Circuit
Judgeship," and it seems to us that is just
what the Globe is seeking for the republi-
cans of Genesee. But it is not the purpose
of the republicans of Shiawassee, the Globe
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Twelve years ago, and again six years ago.
the nomination for judge went to Genesee,
first by a majority vote of the delegates
from the three counties and the last time by
a unanimous vote Since the last convention
Livingston county has been set off, thus max
ing it possible for Genesee on the old basis
of representation to absolutely control the
nomination. At both of these conventions
the choice of the republicans OF Genesee
was placed in nomination., and both times
defeated by the votes of republican boilers
i'm Genesee county. And as result we
have had in this strong republican district
democrat for Circuit Judge during the
entire twelve years. 1t is not the purpose
of the republicans of Shiawassee to submit
quietly to the same result at this election.
Hence our demand, and demand on which
we shall insist for equal representation with
Genesee in the judicial convention, notwith-
standing the threat of the Globe that, ut is
presumed that if the Shiawassee delegation
endeavors to seat nineteen delegates instead
of fifteen at the convention, to be held az
Owosso, March LIST, there will be trouble"
The Globe may be assured that if there is
''trouble" the Genesee delegates will make
it. The republicans of Shiawassee ask only
for that which is of right theirs and on that
they will insist first, last and all of the time.
The Globe closes its defence of the at
tempt of the Genesee republicans to dictate
the nomination of the candidate for Circuit
Judge in this district by demanding an I'M
fair proportion of the delegates, in the fol-
lowing classical language:
The Shawassee republicans should re-
member that the tail does not generally wag
the dog.
Well, if Shiawassee is the tail, the repub-
licans of Genesee will learn that ''the tail"
has rights and dares to assert them, and |
that it will not be dictated to by such head |
as the republicans of Genesee county have |
proved themselves to be in the last two |
judicial elections.