The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-03-29

Ii Is TO be nOpeQ tnat republican:
throughout the city and county will make
every possible effort to see that the entire
republican vote Is cast at the spring election
which will be held next Monday. In the
state there are the very important offices of
Justice of the supreme court and regents OF
the University to be filed and whether
Judge Montgomery, who has done so much
to give the supreme court the high standing
10 which 1t has once more attained of late
years, is to succeed himself to the best
interests of the people of the entire state or
whether he Is to be defeated and succeeded
BY new man who Is democrat, will de-
pend on whether or not the republican vote
10 cast next Monday. The regents Of the
University, too, should be men Of more
than ordinary ability and the republican
candidates are deserving of their full party
vote. The constitutional amendments
moreover are important aud should be voted
on by all. AS to the county ticket, there is
single name on 1t. that of the present
popular school commissioner, Grin l..
Bristol, who is to succeed himself without
even the show of opposition, but the town.
ship and city tickets deserve the attention
Of every republican voter. So far as heard
from, and probably In every case, the re-
publicans have put up good men for the
township Offices. The supervisors, clerks,
trno ntn IN In nh nvf
Monday and whether the men whom they
have nominated are also elected or not de-
Ponds In quite a large measure upon the
individual republican voter. To come still
nearer home, to the city Of Owosso, The
TIMES would urge, In addition to the reasons
above given for getting out the vote
on the state ticket, that the republicans
get out the entire party vote for the city
ticket as well. Especially let them see to
1t that they are not mised by any side play
to turn over the Office of mayor to the
democratic party, an outcome of events
which that party has carefully schemed for.
This seems to be favored particularly by
the candidacy of man on another ticket,
who although not we'll known to the far
greater part of the voters of the city, not
having been a resident of the city for the
length of time required by most states to
make him voter, and who In addition is
not on the tax roll of the city, has neverthe-
less been talked of by few men in both
the other parties who have had some
personal feeling against their own candidate.
II the democrats have any personal feel
ing against their own candidate for
any reason whatever, the republicans
do not need to worry about what they will
do In the matter, but they should not let
any mere personal feeling on their part,
should there be any who do have such
feeling, influence them to cast their in
Auence either directly or indirectly against
their own candidate, Let the republicans
of the city put themselves In the place of
Miles l.. Parker for instance, the man they
have nominated In their city convention for
mayor of the city. With the record for
fearless insistence for what they believed to
be right, no matter whom 1t hit, that he has,
would they feel very much pleased to have
their fellow republicans turn their backs on
them after nominating them and allow
them to be defeated because they had trio d
to do their dutyp There is always con-
talk Of opposition to different can
didates, sometimes In their own parties, |
and this time there has been even more than
The usual amount of more or less careless |
talk that has not been seriously meant To |
elect democrat mayor means at the present /
time to elect q democratic police force, |
chief Of fire department, city attorney, and
oil appolntive officers--not merely a demo- |
cratic mayor. II all these things are
wished, of course then there are but two
things which will help to do them-vote for
sither the democratic or prohibition nominee
Tor mayor. THE TINES is not ready to
believe however thsttbe republicans of the
,ity are going to do anything of the kind.
They have nominated their candidate fairly,
" they have always done, and they have
rood candidate. q man In wnOm they eau
rave the utmoet confidence and 1t believes
hat they are going to stand BY him Monday.