The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-09-10


too bad as the address was really fine one,
earnest and we'll thought out The address
OF welcome was given by City Attorney s.
s. Miner.
Pres. Parker called upon Senator Had
sail to preside at this part of the exercises,
and he did so with his usual ease and good
grace, introducing first City ATTORNEY s. s.
Miner, who delivered the address, Of well
come. Mr.. Miner welcomed them not as a
m ere idle ceremony but as welcoming the
men from whose ranks had sprung a jack
son, Lincoln, and Garfield, and from
among whom many of the greatest states
men and divines had come. The speech
was filed with good ideas.
Senator Hadsall then introduced Judge
Daboll. of st. Johns, the speaker of the
day, who gave an earnest address on the
great labor problems Of today. The ad-
dress was one full Of food for thought for
both laboring men and employers. Natur-
ally the legal side Of the matter was the
side kept prominently in mind, and the
judge illustrated the way in which the la
borers were protected by law and cited in
stances where the employees are practically
made the preferred creditors. No man. he
said, had SO many laws for his protection as
has the laboring man. The statement that
the rich are getting richer and the poor
poorer is not true so far as the poor are con-
cerned. They too are becoming better oil.
He believes that when consultation between
employee and employer cannot settle differ
ences, disinterested third parties should be
called In to arbitrate the matter. The
recent much discussed ipjunctions were ex-
planned at some length and their true pur-
port was shown. They had been greatly
mlsrepresented he said. Free speech was
not threatened by them. The courts were
not arrayed against the laboring man and
In Michigan especially the laws relating to
labor are credit to the state. The speech
was fair and able throughout and was de-
livered in clear voice which was easily
heard by all listeners. 1t was an appeal to
laboring men to keep within lawful bounds
In their efforts to better their condition,
showing that only by SO doing can labor in
general be really bettered.
THE SPORTS.
The crowd which filed the streets and
edges of Fayette square to see the water
battle evidently had no thought that as
there are stray bullets on real battle field
there might be more or less water which
would 60 wide of its mark. The result was
that number Of people were quite unex-
pectedly soaked. The battle proper did not
last long and comparatively few could see
what really was taking place. The solid
phalanx formed by the Owosso fremen
withst00d the stream of the COrunna fire.
men, while the latter were In short time
routed, quite unable to face the music. 1t
may be said incidentally that the Owosso
men did not try to literally face the music,
for Ed Wiswells big back and big rubber
coat caught the most of the water and the
Owosso boys advanced behind this SHELTER
formed typical phalanx and won the day.
The boys were all drenched however and
had quite enough of the fun In a short
time. The Owosso Silsby was stationed at
the old cistern, corner Williams and Wash
ington Streets, and the Corunna engine at
the cistern, corner Oliver and Saginaw
streets.
The sports and games on East Exchange
street attracted big crowd, but the trouble
Is that there is no opportunity for any ex-
cept the few in front to see the fun. The
hundreds and thousands see nothing at all
of the contests. The games were quite well
contested nevertheless, though no one was
found foolish enough to attempt to climb
the creased pole.
The balloon assensions were both sue
cessful and were what was advertised.
The ascents were made from the vacant lot
east of g. j. Stuart's residence, on East
Exchange street. A large crowd observed
both flights into the air and the succeeding
parachute drops. The one at six o'clock was
an especially pretty ascent and fall.
and an Owosso nine resulted in victory
for the visitors by the close score of 10 to IL.
Senator Tillman has told the people Of
New York State that they are mistaken If
they think there are any signs Of prosperity
throughout the country. He speaks of the
wave of business and agricultural activity
now sweeping over the country as a ''hot
balloon affair."" and that when the reaction
comes the country will be worse off than
ever. He predicts an early collapse.
Wheat, he admits, has risen, but he says II
Is simply due to speculation, and that the
market has been manipulated for the pur-
pose of furthering the political ends Of
Mark Hanna. In any event, he says the
people of New York are made to suffer by
paying increased prices for bread. Such
statements might be amusing IL they were
not simply idiotic. Does the senator sup
pose that anybody will believe him? The
wheat crop Of last year was 2,430, 600, O0(
bushals and tha NCorn Trade Naus - n,