The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-24
HUME FOR MAYOR.
wall Head the Best City
Ticket Ever Put Before
OWOssO Voters.
Wiley and Ash Nominated for
Treasurer and Clerk by Ac-
clamatiOn.
w. d. Royce. of Street Fair Fame.
General Hustler and All Round
Good Fellow for Justice of
tho DAuro

the Peace.
The republican city convention began
doing business last evening in the city
hall at twenty minutes past eight when
K. 0. Dewey, chairman of the city COM
mittee, read the call and then called
Miles L. Parker to the front to act as
temporary chairman. On motion of G.
W.Loring, Will d. Fitzpatrick was made
temporary secretary.
The chair then upon motion appoint
ed Messrs. Chapman, Sprague and Sick
mon committee on credentials, and
Messrs. Dewey, Post and A. B. Crane a
committee on permanent organization
and order of business.
The credential committee got ready
to report first, and with humorous hits
which brought down the house Mr..
Chapman read the report which showed
all delegations to be full, with NO con-
tests and but one substitution made by
one of the ward committees through the
impossibility of one delegate to attend.
The report was adopted.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization and order of bust
ness recommended that the temporary
officers be made permanent and that the
order of business be the nomination of
mayor. clerk, treasurer, justice of the
peace, and school inspector in the order
named. The report was promptly
adopted.
Upon motion the chair then appoint
ed three tellers: j. l.. Curtis, Fred Ed
wards and W. H. Bigelow, when the
convention settled down to nominations,
The first nomination was for mayor,
and A. ID. Whipple in neat speech pre-
sented the name of DR.. A. M. Hume.
The nomination was seconded by +. H.
Watson of the third ward and j. w.
Turner of the fourth.
On motion of Odell Chapman the con-
vention then proceeded to cast an infor.
NAL ballot for mayor which gave DR..
Hume twenty-eight votes, DR.. Arnold
fourteen, and JAS w. Jol dan one.
1t was then moved and carried that
DIR. Hume having received majority of
all the votes cast, the informal ballot be
declared formal and that DIR. Hume be
declared unanimously chosen, the Sec
rotary being instructed to cast the entire
vote of the convention for him. The
Doctor was then called for and after GO
ing to the front of the hall made short
speech. He had not sought the nomi.
nation, he said, and the convention
knew he was speaking the truth when
he said it. He appreciated the honor,
however, for he felt it always an honor
to be on the republican ticket, and he
should try to do his duties well if elect
ed. He should enter upon his duties if
chosen, unpledged to anybody or any
thing except his own good judgment as
to what good government meant.
i his short speech was received enthusi-
astically, and the convention proceeded
to nominate clerk.
But one candidate appeared, and John
l.. Ash was nominated by reclamation,
the secretary casting the vote of the
convention. Mr.. Ash was called for
and responded in a brief speech.
Nominations for treasurer we're then
called for and o. l.. Sprague presented
the name of I. M. Wiley, whose nomi-
nation was seconded by J. w. Turner.
Mr.. Wiley being the only candidate, the
secretary was again instructed to cast
the vote of the convention and Mr.. Wi
ley was declared the nominee. When
called for he announced that he could
not say the nomination had come un-
sought or was unexpected for he had
asked for it. He appreciated the kind.
ness of the convention, however, and
thanked them for it.
The order of business then brought
out nominations for justice of the peace
and E. Percy Turner approached the
crisis of his first political effort which
PtONCt w OO w dtOliOO. IlO was
nominated by D. l.. Curtis. Mr. F. H.
Watson then placed the name of w. ID.
Royce before the convention and u. l..
Sprague seconded the nomination in a
humorous speech The informal ballot
then showed that Mr.. Royce had thirty
votes to Mr.. Turner's eleven, and upon
motion of Odell Chapman the secretary
cast the ballot of the convention for Mr.
Royce who was duly declared the NOM
inee. Mr.. Royce was then called out.
He protested that he had been forced
into taking the Office, in fact said that
he had spent several weeks hunting up
people who would help force him into
doing so. His reasons for feeling quail
fed were de-splitting. His father had
been justice down in Livingston
county in 1858, and his early
observations were certainly well
taken. The convention was still
in roar of laughter when Mr.. Watson
called for ".Mr Royce's side partner,