The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-31
The Legislative Ticket.

Inc outcome III regard 10 the itSlSIa-
tive ticket is not at all certain. Only
one thing can defeat the candidate for
senator, Mr.. A. b. Cook, and that is the
failure of the republicans to realize that
they have personal responsibility in the
matter and must to get out to vote. The
same thing is true in the case of Chas.
Il. Ward, the unanimous nominee of.
the party for representative. 1t is OF
the utmost importance that the cleo
ton of both gentlemen be made doubly
certain. A disposition has developed
in some, places to cut them for
the purpose of striking at some other
persons who are fancied to be interested
more than others in their success. Still
others are undoubtedly allowing a
strange fascination for the smooth tones
and familiar nudge in the ribs of the
democratic candidate for representative
to take precedence over the dictates of
their good judgment and over all the
republicanism with which they are
blessed. There may be no great dis
affection of this kind but certain it is
that there has developed an amount of
it which should be taken into considera-
ton OF course, above all things, the
vote must be gotten out. Every repub-
lican in the county should feel his indi,
vidual responsibility as has been reiter-
ated over and over again. That will
take care of the senatorial ticket but
some good earnest work in addition
should be done if the election of the re-
publican candidate for representative is
to be in any way certain before the re-
suits of the vote are made known by the
official count. This should not be so.
Mr.. Ward is young man of recognized
ability. That in addition he is of
character to be relied ON in responsible
positions his connection for several
years with the Bancroft bank is suffi-
Gent proof. He entered the campaign
for the nomination against one of the
best known farmers and public speakers
in his townships man whom he had
himself placed in nomination for the
same Office two years before in rous-
ing speech which every republican who
was present must remember yet The
man whose name he then presented
came within a single vote of the nomi-
nation. Ibis year he decided that he
would himself be candidate after hav-
ing given the matter considerable
thought and having received most fiat
tering assurances of support from
numerous friends. His friends in the
village of Bancroft would have alone
controlled the caucus in his township but
the caucus showed that he had no small
host of friends among the farmers of
the township as well, men whom he had
met and done business for in the bank,
men who knew that he had an apprecia-
ton of their needs and who believed
that he would be a good man to repre-
sent them at Lansing. When the coun-
ty convention was called no other name
was presented and he was made the
unanimous nominee of the republicans
of Shiawassee county. Since that time
he has conducted his campaign in an
open, clean, aggressive way, and today
he deserves to be as sure of election as
he was of nomination few weeks ago.
Mr. Ward is an Independent candidate
He was candidate because he had an
entirely praiseworthy ambition to serve
his constituents in the state Legislature,
and his friends thought well of the am
bition. In working against him any
republican would be merely working
against Mr.. Ward alone, excepting that
he would be at the same time working
against the entire party in the county
and state. He would not be working
against any particular man or set of
men otherwise. On the other hand it is
hardly easy to see how any earnest re-
publican can excu e himself for his &C
ton in cutting the candidate for repre-
sentative off the republican ticket even
for so smooth jollier as the candidate
on the opposing ticket. Don't do it
gentlemen. Stand by the ticket and
give Chas. E. Ward as large majority
for representative as any other new man
on the ticket. And be sure that every
vote is out. That is the part to be most
repeated after ALL