The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10
4 WINNING TICKET.
Republicans Named
One Tuesday.
Close Contests Kept
up Interest to End.
Verdict of the Votes Accepted
Gracefully by Defeated
Candidates.
Speeches and Resolutions of Congratu.
latory Nature and Full OF Conf
dence of Success.

uChSS VI SoSSSoo'
At eleven o'clock Tuesday morning
in the court room at Corunna, Chairman
Watson of the republican county COM
mittee called to order the republican
county nominating convention, and as
has been the case in every republica n
county convention in almost every
county in the state, the delegates were
there, every oneof them filled with good
tidings of returning silver republicans,
of steadfast hosts of former years, of
old line democrats coming into the eau
cuses in almost every precinct in the
county and telling the republican Off
Gals that the time had come to rebuke
the hordes that had made the old demo.
cratic name disgrace, and of their in
tention to vote for Mckinley. Some of
these were delegates, some were spec
tators, and all united in the enthusiasm
Of naming a victorious ticket for Shia-
wassee county for November.
The call was read and Hon. H. H.
Pulver, of Sciota, called to the chair as
temporary presiding officer but not un-
til the convention had listened to one
of the best addresses which Mr.. Watson
ever delivered before an audience of
republican voters. He congratula ted
the republicans present upon the pros
perity which the country was now en-
joying and upon the fact that they have
such an exceptionally strong natio nal
and state ticket in the field. Look ing
forward to the personnel of the county
ticket as shown in the personnel of the
candidates he felt that he could also
congratulate them on the personn ell of
! the county ticket in advance.
Mr.. Pulver stated that of all the
proud times in the lives of the present
generation, the present. to those who
voted for VIM. Mckinley for president,
should be the most glorious. Taking
the county from its paralyzed condition
of four years ago they had brought it to
the most prosperous time in the history
of this or any nation of all time. They
had extended the hand in aid to the
depressed of Cuba who had been fight
ing for years against the tyranny of one
of the oldest and most cruel nations of
Europe; they had acquired in honor
the vast territory of the Philippines held
in slavery and terror by Spain and
were making for them a government
which would become the pride of the
world-and even of the democratic
leaders who were now claiming they
should be turned adrift to be taken by
some European power and held in
darkness and crime for years and CEN
turtles to come-the democratic leaders
who are now trucking to the prince of
traitors, Aguinaldo, who sold his peo-
pie unto slavery for four hundred thous.
and dollars. He remembered the time
when the soldiers went forth to save
the nation nearly a half century ago
and the democrats had howled for the
recall of the soldier and the allowing
of the vast magnificent southern half OF
this great republic to go and be a ma
ton by itself. So now, they were call.
ing for the hauling down of the flag in
dishonor in the Philippines as Cleveland
had ordered the flag lowered in Hawaii
a vast rich territory which has added
its millions to the wealth of this country
and made way for the further advance
of the civilization of the world and the
enjoying of the blessings of our God.
given free institutions by the hitherto
unframed, uncared for souls in the
islands. The democratic party was
against the war of the rebellion; this
cry was finally discarded. Then il
took up free trade, and after plungine
the country into ruin and despair, this
was discarded. Then they attempted
to ruin the country again with free sill
YER; this they attempted to discard
the better element at least, but their
one idea leader, with the aid of the
vote from Hawaii, the country they
had despised and refused admittance,
had forced it again upon them. This
the country would discard for them
and then they would take up up some
thing else only to wheel in line about
twenty years after the republican party
bad adopted and proved their meas
ures to be right.
Chaos and confusion had been sue
ceeded by law and order, prosperity
and higher wages than had ever been
known in the history of nations. Presi
dent Mckinley had drawn around him a
cabinet which had untangled every relic
of democratic mismanagement. Score
tary Hay had brought the nations of the
world nearer together than they had
ever been before by his masterful
craftsmanship. Gage had placed the
credit ahead of all powers and there
was now no danger of having to ask
our neighbors II dollar was good
/ everything that bears the stamp of the
United States was worth the amount
named thereon in any quarter OF the