The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-14
The City Ticket.

The City Ticket.
Although there has been considerable
| interest manifested in the matter of city
| officials for the coming year it is by no
means certain at the present time what
the personnel of the republican city
ticket will be.
A number of men have already been
mentioned for the office of mayor but
their friends are making no claims for
any of them except what is quite likely
true of all-that any one of them could
be elected if nominated. Among those
| mentioned are two ex-mayors, Ira G..
Curry and Morris Osburn and each
numbers among their mutual friends
considerable number of citizens who
would like to see him again the nominee
of the party for the. mayoralty Be
sides these Geo. w. Detwiler has been
mentioned for the nomination and it is
understood that he would accept. His
friends will make quite an effort to
nominate him. Another who has been
mentioned who always will be
until the time comes when he will ac-
cept the nomination and become mayor
of Owosso-is Joseph Fl. Robbins. The
republicans of the city have before now
however tried to get Mr.. Robbins to
accept the nomination but without sue
cess. He has never yet felt himself to
be III a position where he could devote
the time to the duties of the office which
he would want to give to them if he
were elected
The nomination to the office of city
treasurer seems likely to go to John T.
Walsh. A better choice would be hard
to make. Mr.. Walsh has served the
city as alderman and knows the routine
affairs Of city government. He is more
over careful business man and the
city's cash would be safe in his hands.
For city clerk there is no talk whatever
of any other candidate than the present
competent and obliging official, Fred
Edwards. There is no need of any talk
of any other The voters and the party
workers both are more than satisfied
with the present arrangement and any
one who tried to work up any public
sentiment at this time in favor of his
own candidacy in opposition to that of
Mr. Edwards would find uphill work.
Clifford H. McCurdy, of the second
ward, is a candidate for the nomination
to the Office of justice of the peace. Mr..
McCurdy has, his friends believe, the
ability to fill the Office acceptably to the
people. He studied law in the Office of |
Watson d Chapman for several years |
while acting as their stenographer and |
passed his examination for admission to |
the bar before the justices of the |
supreme court of Michigan with credit !
the first time he went before that august |
body. After being admitted to the bar !
he spent some months further in the
Office where he had done the preliminary |
work in his profession and then opened |
an Office for himself at 11S North Wash
ington street where he has since BEEN
He is grandson of Judge Hugh Nc
Curdy, of Corunna, and has shown evil
dence of the possession of a share of the
same pluck and energy possessed by
that well known gentleman. Mr.. Nc
Curdy is Knight Templar and an Elk
and has friends in all parts of the city
who Will take hand in helping him
secure the nomination he is after.
Mr.. John B. Stockdale, Owosso's cir
cult court commissioner is also credited
with being more than willing to serve
the people of the city in the added capac-
ity of justice of the peace, filing the
place made vacant by the death of JUS
tice Newton Baldwin. Mr.. Stockdale
is one of the younger lawyers of the
city and has made good progress in his
profession since coming here few years
since. He is a graduate of the law de-
partment of the University of Michigan
and had previously had experience in the
conduct of legal business by acting as
probate register in the Office of his
father, who was for years judge of
probate He has acted as circuit court
for the last fifteen
months, winning the nomination after
spirited contest and being elected by
arge majority He has made many
friends about the city who are naturally
anxious at this time to help him along
till further in his political ambitions.