The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-06-29
A STRONG STATE TICKET.

A Strong Array OF Tried and Able Men
Nominated after the Hottest Contest
ever Seen IN State Convention in
Michigan.
The most fiercely fought contest for
gubernatorial honors at the hands of a
state convention which has ever taken
place in the history of Michigan politics
was terminated yesterday in Grand
Rapids when on the nineteenth ballot
COL Aaron T. Bliss of Saginaw, won
the nomination over all his competitors
The struggle was struggle of masters
from start to finish and the result has
little to credit to the element of chance
It was fight of brains and organiza-
ton, a fight where every man knew
every one OF his supporters and where
every line was guarded as long as hui
man endurance could hold out. But
there was another beauty about the
contest. In spite of the fact of its fierce.
ness and the intensity with which every
possible effort was put forth, everything
was done without show of any per-
sonal bitterness whatever and the mo-
ment the result was known, Col. A. 7.
Bliss found himself just as enthusiast
cally the candidate of the entire conven-
ton as tho there had been no other can
didate and he had been given unani-
I'M 10, i,,Cf 81 har
cured it only after the most exciting and
at times uncertain of contests where his
every particle of strength was strained
to the utmost. Col. Bliss was not the
unanimous choice of the convention
when 1t met, but SO far as friendly feel
ing and enthusiastic support of his can
didacy Is concerned now he might as
we'll have been for the enthusiasm for
him could scarcely have been greater
under any circumstances.
Great interest also conferred about
several of the other nominations. The
auditor generalship contest promised to
be very warm one lin spite of the as
surances of the friends of Perry F.
Powers that he would win easily and it
was something of surprise to see the
latter win the nomination easily on the
first ballot. The nomination of Daniel
Mccoy, Of Kent county, for the state
treasurership was also secured on the
first ballot. For commissioner of the
state land Office E. A. Wildey, of Van
Buren,, and for superintendent of public
instruction, Prof. Delos Fall, of Cal.
houn, were nominated each on the sec.
ond ballot. The nomination for the
attorney generalship went again to
Horace M. 'Oren, of Chippewa, on the
first ballot altho Frank H. Watson, of
Shiawassee, played him hard game
getting 1877 votes, altho he did not re-
ceive a single vote from either Saginaw
or Tuscola counties which belong to the
same district with Shiawassee. The
other nominations were made on the
the first ballot, there being no contest
whatever over the lieutenant governor
ship or the Office of secretary of state.
Orrin W Robinson, of Houghton win
nine the former, and Fred w. Warner
the latter without opposition. James
II. Thompson was nominated as a
member of the state board of education
on the first ballot altho there were other
candidates in the field The entire
ticket is strong one, and neywhich
will be elected.
The votes in the governorship contest
were remarkable ones. The first which
stood without very great change until
the eighteenth was as follows: Ferry Col,
Bliss 259, Stearns 215, O'Donnell 40,
Osborn 81, Campbell 10. From that