The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-10-25
WHOLE NO. liza
A Letter from Drain Commissions r
Parker

Parker.
The following letter from Chas. w.
Parker, county drain commissioner. TO
the Press American explains itself.
In the Corunna column of your
paper under the head of "EchO Of the
Fray, @. w. Parker's Strange Words"
ETC., you have done me great injury
in stating some things that are not
true. l ask you to state the facts as
they are, not as the angriest ones
would like, for it is the wounded bird
that fiutters and it may be the angry
one is the guilty one. ia
The sheriff was not sent out to bring
Mr.. Parker in to make a speech. /
was in the court room when the hour
arrived for the election of drain COM
missioner. l never left the court
house until some time after the elec-
tion. / was the first one to eongratu4
late Mr.. Myers upon his election.
After Mr.. Myers had thanked the
board, l was called for and responded,
thanking the board of supervisors for.
the honors they had conferred upon
me in the past; and stated that 1 had
so ordered my life that l was always
ready to meet with disappointment. i
said that If Mr.. Myers would equal the.
work that / had done he would have
to abandon all farm work and PERSONAL
business. Also that l had received,
from my predecessor clean set OF
books, that when l turn the drain.
records over to Mr.. Myers, they wonloa
be as clean as when they were received
by me and hoped he would do the same
when his successor was elected. did
say that had contaminated no man.
That it had been suggested to me that,
If expected to win out ! would have
to put up the price. LIZ
When had finished, l received thas
hearty applause OF the supervisors; Il
feel justified in making the last re-
mark. Some time in September the
Press-Amercan said that A. B. Crane.
Supervisor White and John A. b..
Evans, would be candidates for dram
commissioner. At that time / went
to the city hall where Mr.. White was
at work and had an interview with
him. He stated to me that he wa&
not a candidate. / asked him to make
that statement in the papers. He
said he was in position to turn the
election either way, could do it just as
easy as turning over itis hand / told
Mr.. White 4 would like to be re-.
elected. He said think this matter
over week, then come and see me.
Later my brother went to see hin
and he made the same remark. On
the evening Of Oct. 16, / met John A,
f. Evans and in talking the situation
over in the presence of my SOD, he
told me that 1 must not rely on Mr..
White, that he (EvanS) was quite sure
White would not support me; later in,
the conversation, Mr.. Evans stated
that he had boen advised by certain
supervisor to hold of in the matter
that before the election occurred they
could get some money for their sup
port.
When I asked him who the man was
he said, it was the man we were just
talking about. You know who mean.
Mr.. Evans said he wished l would not
mention the matter as he did not want
to make any enemies, for the reason
that he would like to be elected city
treasurer next spring. Now, Mr..
Editor, can see no reason for any
honest supervisor taking any excep-
tions to my remarks. Previous to. the
vote being taken, l had the pledge OF
all the republicans except one, viz. +.
G.Morrice, and had the personal pledge
Of three democrat supervisors. After
considering these facts am not justi-
fed in what said in my remarks to-
the board? G. w. PARKER.
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