The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-24

His Nomination Was Unanimous
His Election Should Be By the
Full Republican Majority.


for their nominee for sheriff. George
w. Haskell was urged to make the run
two years ago and came very near be-
ing nominated by the county conven-
ton at that time. His candidacy at
that time was not one of his own seek
ing. He had not even thought of ask
ing for the nomination at the time when
he was urged by some of the best known
republicans in the county to do SO. The
subsequent. election of the democrat
candidate made Mr.. Haskell the logical
candidate this year of the republicans.
There was no opposition to his nominal
ton which so far as is known to THE
TIMES pleased every republican in the
county who knows him. There are no
evidences of any dissatisfaction over his
selection in any quarter up to the pres
ent time just ten days before election
and yet to be perfectly frank not every
man in the county can predict just how
the election is going to result in the case
of the head of the county ticket If re-
publican voters listen to the smooth
pleas of the democratic workers Mr..
Haskell will be defeated, and that
without shadow of reason. Two or
three arguments are used in favor of
Mr.. Haskell's opponent which seem so
slim, when one stops to consider them
that it seems strange that any one
should use them. at all. Still they
make an impression on those who do not
stop to examine them. 1t is said that
the democratic nominee has made good
sheriff and deserves second term.
Without stopping to criticise his official
record it may simply be said that the
argument is strange one to be urging
on republicans. No one attempts to
deny that Mr.. Haskell would make an
equally good, or even better, officer.
No one denys that if it had not been
for many republican votes too the pres
ent sheriff would not have been elected.
Then why, if the republicans were not
under any obligation to give him the
first term should they be asked to do
still more and give him two years more
in the Office which he has already had
for two years. Mr.. Haskell has not had
the Office one term yet. 1t would be
fairer argument to say that it was Mr..
Haskells turn now if any such argu-
ment were to be used but the democrats
themselves do not care flip about the
argument except in this one instance as
their efforts to secure votes for their
candidate for prosecuting attorney and
for county clerk clearly show. There
the conditions so far are reversed. 1t is
the republican prosecuting attorney and
the republican clerk who are just finish
ing their first term and the democrats
are not saying anything about demo-
Gratis voting for them, to give them an
other term-of course they do not need
to; they will be elected anyway But
even the democratic candidate for
sheriff himself went on record not
longer ago than four years against this
same second term plea. At that time
he wanted to be elected sheriff and the
fact that the republican then serving in
that Office was just finishing his first
term made no difference to him. The
bottom falls out of the second term ar
gument when the methods and the
actions of the democrats are looked into.
The good fellow argument catches
some. Isn't Haskell a good fellow?
No one wants to deny that either man
u.s. Both are good fellows, both pleas
ant, accommodating gentlemen, but is
that any reason why the republicans of
Shiawassee should be asked to give the
Office for two terms to democrat and
refuse to give it for even one term to
member of their own party who is equal
ly deserving in every way and has not
had it at all? The fact of the matter is
there is no reason why the republi-
cans should not stand by their nominee
If they do this he will be elected by
good big majority. They have the votes
and the republicans themselves control
the election. If they wish to turn
down their own popular candidate be-
cause the democratic workers have very
cleverly pulled little sympathy demo
cratic candidate's-popularity wool over
their eyes, THE TIMES has nothing fur
Their to say. 1t doesn't care to seem to
judge them harshly if they choose to do
so but it would like to have the wool
pushed aside just long enough for them
to see themselves in their real light. If
the republicans of the county are not on
the lookout they will lose the Office of
sheriff again and there's no use in losing
it. Just go out for vote or two more
for George w. Haskell for sheriff.
The meetings which the county can
didates and officers of the county com
mittee have held about the county
since the last issue of THE TINES have
been, if possible, even more successful
than the ones held before that time,
seeming to grow in interest and attend
ance as the time for the election APP
proaches and the news of the reports
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