The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-24
The City Ticket.

the IepuDncan city cOHVontion iuoo
night is winner and one of which
every republican in the city and every
other good citizen as well has abund-
ant reason to be proud. 1t is safe and
reasonable to say that no convention,
citizens or.otherwise, could be called
which could nominate better set Of
men for city officials than the republi-
cans placed in nomination last night
The head of the ticket is one of the
most wide awake, thoroughly up-to-
date ard public spirited men in this
city. In fact there is not single phase
in the government of this city in which
he does not all of the time feel keen
and intelligent interest. Whether 1t be
the finances or the question of the
health of the city or the hundred other
things which too often are allowed to
go with loose rein, the Doctor is inter-
ested in them all and keenly so. So
cially a better choice could not have
been made. Nearly every man in the
city knows him and not q man num-
bers more friends among business men
and shop men alike, while in fraternal
circles he has long been regarded as
simply indispensable. 1t took hard
work on the part of the republicans to
get his consent to accept the position,
but they have the man they wish and
their action will be endorsed by repub-
licans and other good citizens as we'll
one week from Monday.
| The nomination for clerk is a good
one. A more courteous, pleasant and
obliging city clerk has never served the
city of Owosso. Last year Mr.. Ash
! came before the voters for the first
time and he has well justified the con-
fidence they reposed in him at that
time. He is modest and conscientious,
and as he told the convention last
night, has done his best this last year
but will do still better next. year If re-
elected, and every republican should
see to it that he gets every republican
vote for city clerk.
|
another of which every one has reason
to be proud. The citizens of Owosso
have known Mr.. T. M. Wiley for many
years and during all that time the
esteem in which he has been held has
been steadily though quietly growing.
The entire population have feeling of
complete confidence and trust in, and
esteem for tom" Wiley, while to all
old soldiers the honor conferred on
Comrade Wiley seems to have come to
| just the right man. Though of quiet,
unobtrusive nature he counts his friends
| by the score and will make a model
treasurer 1t is needless to urge any
one to keep him in mind on election
day, and he should receive more than
his party vote.
For justice of the peace new claim
ant comes forward. However, Will ID.
Royce is not by any means a stranger
| to either republicans or democrats in
Owosso. The success of Owosso's first
street fair last fall was largely due to
his untiring work, and he has long been
known as willing worker in republi
can ranks. His list of friends is, how
ever, by no means limited to one party,
and the good natured wit and droll
humor of Will ID. Royce will never be
forgotten by those who have known
him. And yet no one who has ever
known him even slightly can have
failed to detect the sturdy earnest, fair
play-loving nature behind his humour-
Gus exterior and every one who knows
Will Royce at all knows that he will do
his full duty in a way becoming his po-
sition if he is elected, as he surely should
be and will be.
The last name on the ticket, that of
Joseph H. Robbins, candidate for school
inspector, is name which needs no m
PRODUCTION. A man just as worthy of
heading the ticket as ending it, he felt
unable to spend the time this year in
filling a more important position but
adds his strength to the strength of the
whole ticket and may be looked to for
more important positions in the future
when business cares allow him the pleas
ure of accepting them.
The whole ticket is an unusually
strong one and every republican should
take pleasure in doing his best for big
majority for every man in the above list.
Among the republican nominees for
supervisors are some of the party's best
and most trusted men, men who have
had experience in public life and who
know the value of property. The first
ward again places j. Ii. Laverock be-
fore the people for that Office, with full
confidence in him and the satisfaction
he has given. In the second ward A b.
Crane was again placed in nomination
by the republicans who expect to see
him get far different treatment from
that afforded him last year. Mr.. Crane