The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
The candidate receiving the largest number


of votes in the first ward caucus, Frank w.
Smith, Is a man we'll known to the voters Of
his ward and Is decidedly popular among
the factory boys with whom his lot Is once
more cast tho for considerable time after
the burning of the Woodland factory where
he was employed for years, he was obliged
to seek employment elsewhere, the lot also
of numerous other, Mr.. Smith has served
the city as chief OF the fire department and
also two terms as city clerk. In lodge mat
tiers where he Is actively interested Mr..
Smith has the reputation of being careful,
economical manager of the interests OF
others, and II will take more and better
arguments than the democrats can find
between now and Monday night to make
the voters Of the first ward believe that he
will not be as careful In the voting of city
funds. He Is certain to be elected.
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In the second ward the republicans have
put up candidate for alderman who was
one of the most talked of possibilities for
the Office of mayor until he positively de-
clined to be considered candidate for that
Office. His value In business capacity and
his good common sense is clearly enough
demonstrated by his holding the imp )rta mt
position of agent for the Ann ArbOr Ky. at
Ow0ssO, position which he has held for
number of years, being promoted from the
Howell agency to the one at Owosso. Mr..
b. 8. Stratton is thus thrown closely In
contact with the business men of the city
who hold him in the highest regard. He Is
also prominent worker in fraternal socie-
ty circles and is now serving his second
term as Master of the Masonic lodge in this
city. Mr.. StrattOn's circle Of friends is as
wide as his circle of acquaintances, and in
fact is even wider, as he is destined to find
on election day when he will have evidence
of the existence of a greater number of
friends in the second ward than he had
| even of acquaintances. He is safe, level
headed, business like man who will make
careful and conscientious alderman.
For alderman in the third ward the
republicans have placed before the people
name which has not been before them
before in political way, the nams or
Harry A. Noble. The mere fact that this is
Mr.. Mobiles first experience In running for
a public Office in Owosso is not any indica-
ton however that he Is a stranger to the
| city or to the ward. He has served his
party as ward committeeman for the last
two years AID has almost always been In the
delegations from his ward for number of
years past. Mr.. Noble has been a resident
of OwOssO for the past twelve years during
which time he has been employed in the
car shops. lie has been prominent in fra
ternal circles and is at present one of the
officers in COrunna Commandry, Knights
Templar, taking an active interest not only
in the affairs of the Masonic fraternity but
also In other societies of which he is MEM
lie affairs and will be good addition to the
common council to which he is certain to be
elected.
John l.. Curtis, who won the nomination
for alderman In the fourth ward In the
most spirited, and in fact in the only coz.
test of the caucuses, is one of the factory
boys and has already proven his good
standing among his associates by the way
he has run in previous years. He does not,
of course, nor do his friends for him, ask
for the votes of the electors Of the fourth
ward because he is factory employee and
because there are so many factory employees
that they should be represented on their
party's ticket, but they do ask votes for him
because he has already shown his worth in
public Office and his painstaking care by his
devotion to the duties of the Office of
supervisor which he has already held, and
they do claim that when such man shows
good qualities In Office, when he shows his
ability to serve the public well, he should
MT be Disseminated against when the bal
lots are cast. Mr.. Curtis will serve his
ward as we'll as alderman as he did formerly
as supervisor.
In the choice of an alderman in the fifth
ward the republicans placed a man before
the people as candidate who has become
known by nearly all by reputation, II not
personally, since his residence in this city.
Even before selling his Venice farm and
purchasing the Stewart farm in the north
west suburbs of the city, Col. j. II. Moyses
was well known to the Owosso newspaper
reading public from his connection with the
Shiawassee battiliop, the EDglishman's pic
mic association and in various other ways.
lie has also been before the people of tie
county as an aspirant for legislative hon ors
and even surprised many at the county
convention by the number of votes he re-
ceived for that nomination. Tho born an
Engisbman and having worn the Queens
uniform in the British service In time of
war, after having cast his lot with the United
States he showed the kind of mettle in him
by fighting In the sixties for the preservation
OF the union, a thing which even some ma
tive born Americans did not find the time
or inclination to do. Mr.. Moyses will un-
doubleday be elected to serve his ward ia the
council for the next two years.
OwOssO should have Ave republican