The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-08-26

to the heart or every American and repu0r
can-sucn names as Lincoln and Grant and
Conkling and Sherman and Garfield and
Blaine and Harrison and Mckinley But
the mention of the name Ut his candidate,
Joseph W Fordney, was the occasion for
increased applause.
JUDGE DABoLL's NOMINATING SPEECH
Alter Mr.. Cages speech, Judge s. B.
Daboll, chairman of the Clinton delegation,
arose IN behalf of that delegation and nomi-
mated william A. Norton, OF st. Johns.
Judge Daboil grew very eloquent In cham.
pioning his favorlte candidate, and.incident-
ally threw some hot shot into the Saginaw
camp, referring to so-called promises In by.
gone conventions, which he seemed to think
warranted Saginaw delegates breaking their
instructions and voting for some candidate
who did not hail from Saginaw county--in
other words, his own candidate. The elO-
queat jurist took occasion to rub 1t into The
Courier Herald because this paper had pre-
dicted that Mr.. Fordney could reduce the
democratic majority In this county to 1000
or less. He thought that no man should be
nominated who could not carry his own
county. when will the time come when
we may have candidate?" queried the
speaker. echo answers when. Clinton
county has always been in the most loyal
ranks of republican ism. Way back in
1858, when Fremont ran for president, she
showed her true heart. She carried torch
in Lincoln's first parade and gun in his
second She is entitled to recognition !"
He also entered a plea against business
men. because as rule they do not shine as
orators, whereas his man las was after
wards demonstrated), Is a crackerjack as a
"jawsmith." However" continued he,
"Clinton county is nothing II not loyal.
Whoever is nominated, If Saginaw county
can reduce the democratic majority to 1000
or less, the republican majority In the dis
trict will be counted in four figures"
The eloquent Judge was accorded much
applause from all quarters of the hali
THE SUPPORTING SPEECHES
T. W. Atwood, chairman of the Tuscola
county delegation, arose and seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Fordney in few we'll
chosen words, underlaid with lot of good
common sense. He said that his county
had come down to republican conventions
for 40 years and had never yet had con-
gressional candidate and did not now have
one. They were anxious that the party
ticket should be successful, and they did
not see why 1t should be practically sacri-
feed for the ambition of one county. AS to
that 1000 votes referred to- Tuscola alone
will blot them out.
After Mr.. Atwood came II. Fl. Pulver, of
the Shiawassee delegation, who spoke brief
ly and earnestly in behalf of the nomination
of Mr.. Norton. He threw little taffy into
the camp of the Tuscola fellows in the
hopes of breaking their evident solid front.
One of his chiefest arguments In favor of
Mr.. Norton was the latter's unquestioned
ability as a campagner and orator.
Immediately upon the close of the nomi-
mating speeches, Chairman Dewey an
nounced that the chairman of each delega-
tlOu euOulu COliCCt tuc VUtcS VI Ills Gull
patriots and turn them over to the telers in
an informal ballot. The result of the first
and only ballot was as follows:
cOruney-- --------------- on
TOWNSEND
Total 80
The vote showed that at laest three of the
Saginaw delegation broke away from the
instructions of the convention which gave
them seats In this one, and that at least two
members of the united delegations of Gin
ton and Shiawassee counties refused to
stand by Norton.
Immediately after the announcement of
the vote, Judge Daboll arose and moved
that the informal ballot be considered
formal one and that the nomination of Mr..
Fordney be made unanimous. This was
seconded by Mr.. Pulver, of Shiawassee
county, and was adopted by viva voce
vote amid tremendous enthusiasm.
FoRDNEY AND NORTON SPEAK
When the nomination was secured Mr..