The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
Statement Of Facts.

The article i'm the COrunna Journal of yes
terday relative to the proposed change of the
number of supervisors in COrunna is so ma
lcOusy false and unfair that il hardly
seems worth while to reply. The first state
ment i'm the article that OwossO "hOpes t.
reduce the number of supervisors outside H..
precincts and increase her own by two" j
an out and out prevarication. Owosso j,
not seeking to increase the number of her
| supervisors. No such change in our char
| ter has been asked for, and the time has
| gone by for the introduction of bills in our
| legislature That any supervisor was in
duced to sign the petition by 'false repre-
sentations," Is also wholly untrue. Most of
| the supervisors expressed themselves most
decidedly in favor of the change, and said
| COrunna ought never to have had but one
| supervisor. The Journal does not state or
| cannot state one reason why COrunna should
| have but one supervisor.
Again the statement that OwOssO is seek
| ing to gam the county seat is without fOun-
dalton. No such move is contemplated.
OwOsso prefers to put her money into facto-
ries; COrunna would not have fewer in
habitants today than she had 10 years ago
if she had followed this plan; her valuation
would not have gone down steadily and the
S25, 900 spent i'm fighting to retain the cOun-
ty seat would have been saved to the burden
ed taxpayers. No, OwossO is not after the
county seat. The supervisors of fourteen of
the sixteen townships ask to have the repre-
sentation on the board equalized. OwOsso
citizens believe the move to be right and IN
| sist that justice in the matter be done to the
| townships, OwOssO City and COrunna, and
this can only be done by cutting Co; unna's
| supervisors to one.
The article says, every supervisor out
side of OwOssO, we think, will freely a Init
that COrunna Is equaliZed far above her
neigbbor." All right, If COrunna, is too high
| the showing Is SO much poorer for her, as
she is now $l25,000 less than the average
township. IL OwOssO is too low 1t shows
that our number of supervisors Is not i'm ex-
cess of the representation of the larger town.
ships. Tten again one supervisor in Co
runna represents 461 people, in OwOsso,
21SS according to the census OF 1890, which
is hardly fair by OwossO, as our population
at conservative estimate is now at least
$500 or 5000. Each of the sixteen town.
ship supervisors represent an average vote
of 341, each of OwossO's supervisors an
average vote of 5S7, each of COruDna's
supervisors an average vote of 119. AS a
matter of fact one of COrunna's supervisors
| Is elected i'm a ward that casts 65 votes and
has an equalized valuation of 100000. Yet
he has an equal voice in shaping the affairs
of the county with the supervisor of Vernon
who represents 6S5 votes and valuation OF
$4,000.
The insinuation that the board of supervi-
sOrs last year was run '.puraly for the inter
est of OwossO" is absurd. The report of the
committee on equalization was adopted by a
unanimous vote. What do the supervisors
think of the charge against them?
| Tho Journal i'm all ifa wild faIlr and m
statements overlOoks the facts in the case,
viz: That the average valuation Of the le
townships is S125, 900 i'm excess OF that of Co.
runna, that Corunna has fewer inhabitants
than the average township, and that Corun-
ma casts but 10 more votes than the average
township, yet has three supervisors to one
for the towns. Deal I'm facts next time, Mr.
WEIGH. Don't let your well known dislike
for Owosso get the better of your judgment
causing you to make statements which can
not be verified.