The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-06-27
NAMED A WATSON DELEGATION

Republican County Convention Show
cd its Confidence In its Candidate
for Attorney General.
The republican county convention did
its utmost Tuesday to help on the can
didacy of the Hon. Frank H. Watson.
By practically unanimous vote he was
given the privilege of naming the dele
gates who were to have his interests in
charge in Detroit at the state convention.
No mention was made of the governor
ship contest. The convention was for
Watson first and last.
At few minutes after eleven o'clock
the convention was called to order by
Will. H. Bigelow, chairman of the re-
publican county committee who read
the call as published in THE TIMES last
week and then announced that as there
seemed to be disposition on the part OF
some of the delegates to get to work and
finish the business of the convention
without adjourning for dinner he would
without any delay call Mr.. Neil R.
Walsh to the chair to act as temporary
chairman.
Mr.. Walsh, Owosso's junior justice OF
the peace, thereupon took his place and
addressed the convention on the matter
of business before it, prefacing the ad-
dress with brief laudatory reference to
President Roosevelt and referring to the
prosperous condition in which the
country now is. The chief thing to be
attended to by the convention however,
said Mr. Walsh, was the naming Of q
delegation of eighteen men who would
have the greatest possible influence for
Mr.. Watson in the state convention. Mr..
Watson had been an able leader of the
party in the past and his efforts had
been largely responsible for the splendid
majorities which Shiawassee county had
always sent out for the state ticket.
Shiawassee had through his efforts de-
served generous treatment from the
state convention and Shiawassee also
owed Mr.. Watson her most loyal sup
port at this time when he was asking for
her support.
On motion Fred Edwards was elected
temporary secretary and the usual COM
mittees on credentials and permanent
organization and order of business We're
appointed. The only semblance to a
disagreement then appeared when Hon.
H. H. Pulver, of Laingsburg, addressed
the chair and moved that committee
of five be appointed to consult with Mr..
Watson and select list Of eighteen
delegates to be reported to the conven-
tion for approval, amendment or rejec-
ton. He urged this course from the
fact that there was no contest at this
date over the nomination for governor
and that there being no contest in sight
except that for the nomination of at
torney general Shiawassees candidate
for that Office should be permitted to
take such men along as delegates whom
he thought would be able to do him the
most good.
The motion brought out decided dis
cussion. n. X. Potter spoke strongly
against that method of selecting the
delegates although he was in favor of
giving Mr.. Watson the most loyal Sup
port of the county. The motion was
favored by G. NJ. Hamper and A. B.
Cook the latter telling in convincing
aud humorous way of the way in which
he became converted to the idea Of send
ing men who had state acquaintance
to the state convention when anything
like capturing the nomination Of attor-
ney general was to be attempted m.
White also spoke in favor of the PROPOSE
tion while G. w. Parker opposed it on
general grounds. The motion was also
opposed by Will Alexander, of Owosso
Twp, who offered the following resolu-
tion as a substitute, proposition which
was rejected by the convention after
which the original motion was carried
by an overwhelming majority:
Whereas, a great deal Of dissatisfac-
tion was created throughout the county
two years ago, because of the way in
which the delegates to the state nominat-
ing convention were chosen equal rep
resentation being ignored.
A slate having been made before the
convention giving Owosso City seven, "a
delegates Zone half of one delegate less
than half of the whole number chosen),
Corunna, two (2l: Vernon, two (2);
Shiawassee, one ~; Perry, one a.;
Sciota, one .D; and Hazelton, one (1).
Burns, Antrim, Woodruff, Benning-
ton, Middlebury, Caledonia, Venice,
New Haven, Rush, Fairfield and Owosso
township were not represented; there
fore, be it
Resolved, that we believe it will give
better satisfaction, the county be bet
ter represented and politics made more
pure, If the delegates to the state con-
vention to be held June 26, be selected
one ~ from each township and one from
each city in the county, and that the
delegates from each township and city
name the delegate Of their choice. And
be it further
Resolved, That no delegate shall be
bound to any man or set of men further
than the instructions received from the
republicans of his own city or township