The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-23
A WINNING TICKET!
Republicans Named One for City
Offices Wednesday Evening.
Morris Osburn Nomin ated for
Mayor by Acclamation.
Fred Edwards the Choice for Ct ERIK;
T. M. Wiley, Treasurer.


Fred Edwards the Choice for Ct ERIK
T. M. Wiley, Treasurer.
Geo. e. Sickmon, "Last But Not Least,
| Nominated for School Inspector.
The republican city convention me-
Wednesday evening in the city hall anG
ia less than an hours time lad put il
nomination one of the strongest tickets
of the many strong tickets nominated
in the past by Owosso republicans ano
one which they can and will elect.
The convention was called to order by
Z. o. Dewey. chairman of the city com
mittee, who called on Hon. Jerome w
Turner to act as temporary chairman
In taking the chair Mr.. Turner thanked
the delegates for doing him the honor Of
coinciding Which their committee chair
man in the suggestion to make him
temporary chairman of the convention n,
thus making him one of the very
first in the picket line of the years cam
paign firing He regarded the act as an
honor done him and appreciated it,
Mr.. G. b. Sickmon was then made tenn
porary secretary. Upon motion of DR..
A l.. Arnold committee on permanent
organization and order of business was
appointed by the chair as follows DR..
Arnold, l.. p Royce, John Tawse. On
motion of A. +. Hartshorn q committee
on credentials was appointed by the
chair. This committee consisted of A.
4. Hartshorn, E. j. Sheldon and Chas.
Beebe.
The committee on credentials report
ed each delegation full and forty.six in
all present. There were no contests
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton and order of business reported. re.
commenting that the temporary officers
be made permanent, that two tellers be
appointed and that the convention then
proceed to the selection of nominees for
the offices of mayor, clerk, treasurer,
aud school inspector in the order named.
Both reports were accepted and the
chair appointed w. E. Hall and H. C.
Frieseke tellers
AS soon as the officers were sworn in
and the chair announced the placing in
nomination of candidate for mayor to.
be in order, Mr.. Henry King addressed
the chair and stated that he felt sure
he had the honor of presenting the
name of q man whom they all wanted
for mayor. A man who had had no
small amount of experience as a presid-
ing officer and who was a success in
such capacity. A man in whom they
had the most complete confidence and
who would give the Office the time and
attention it deserved but could not
exact from every man elected to it. He
presented the name of Morris Osburn,
which was greeted with applause.
There was no further nomination and
upon motion the rules were suspended
and the secretary instructed to cast the
entire forty six ballots of the convention
for Mr.. 0sburG. who was then called for
with enthusiasm.
Mr. Osburn suggested that they could
hardly call on him for speech as he had
gotten out of sick bed to be there then.
He assured the delegates present
however that it gave him great pleasure
to have to thank them for the honor
they had shown him-the honor to be
chosen by that body of men to be their
can Iidate for the chief Office within their
gift. He reminded them Of the good
men they had previously chosen, warned
them not to think their work done when
they had placed him in nomination, and
urged them to remember that it was the
duty of each of them to do his best to
secure the election of the men they
should nominate that night. 1t was the
onlylway in which success ould be as
sured. He should do all that he could to
secure his election and with their help,
which he knew he would have, he assur-
ed them that he was certain he would
be elected and in that case he promised
that he would do his full duty and would
give them the best administration of the
city's affairs within his power.
The only contest of the evening was
then opened up when j. II. Robbins
presented the name of Fred Edwards
for city clerk. The nomination was
promptly seconded by F. w. Smith. G.
H. McCurdy presented the name of
John L Ash. Both candidates we're too
we'll known to need extended eulogy
and the delegates in their nominating
speeches bore that fact in mind. Mr..