The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
October 2, 1900.

October 2, 1900.
EDITOR EVENING ARGUS
In your report of the organization of
the Mckinley Club on Friday evening
and in your editorial reference to the
same we notice that you endeavored to
lead the public to believe that the nomi-
nating committee submitted report of
a set of officers dictated by the editor
of the Times. AS such report was
most emphatically untrue and you have
not so far ATTEMPTED to set the matter
right. we ask you now in justice to the
members of the committee to give space
to their statement Of their position.
In the first place each member of the
committee, which was appointed by the
chairman of the meeting of last Tues
day evening upon vote of the republi-
cans present, received notification of
his appointment the next day. mailed
from the Office of the secretary Of the
county committee, certified to by him,
and supposedly with the approval of the
chairman as we'll The committee met
and after giving the matter good deal
of thought, carefully avoiding every.
thing that savored of faction, selected
only those who would make good ef-
fective workers. No one can. honestly
say but that our selection of officers was
q good one. The committee was unani.
nous for each nominee chosen.
The accusation that it was a Times
slate was totally false We wish it dis
tinctly UNDERSTOOD that the editor of the
Times was not present at any meeting
of the committee nor did be request
the nomination of any person for any
one of the offices of the club, nor even
so much as suggest such a nomination
to any member of the committee, nor
did any one in his behalf. L. NJ Wiley
was nominated by the committee for
secretary but, through the Vaccinations
of the men who wished to control the
committee in their own interests but
could not, he was prevailed on to refuse
to accept the nomination and the COM
mittee then named an employee of the
Times Office although he was in no sense
candidate for the place, nor as said
before, was his nomination asked for
or even suggested by the editor of the
Times. The entire foundation for the
statement that it was a Times slate
seems to lie in the fact that after the
withdrawal of Mr.. Wiley and upon care
full elaboration the committee saw fit
to make the nomination for secretary
which was reported to the meeting. On
the other hand, however, the men who
at the Friday night meeting were instru-
mental in defeating the committee re-
port attempted to influence the COM
mittee, as did you yourself, by various
to place in nomination men of
their own choosing. but the committee
proceeded to perform its duty as it saw
it only to have what could not be con-
strued otherwise than the regular order
of business ruled out of order and to be
thrown down in thoroughly disgrace.
full manner, course it submitted to at
the time rather than precipitate fight
before the distinguished visitors present
at the meeting.
The members of the committee do
not feel that their action should have
necessarily bound the action of the
but they do feel that their re-
port might have been received at least
in parliamentary way and have been
accorded something like the fair treat
ment which it would have merited even
if it had not been what the majority
of the republicans of the city would
wish. AS members of the committee
we resent the insult and ask you to
have the manliness to give this an in
sertion in your paper and to do what
you can to correct wrong done an in
nocent party.
Yours truly,
FRANK w. SMITH,
c. MCCORMICK,