The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-10
ANOTHER Opportunity
OWosso Must Not'Put
Off Her Good For
tune This Time.
Proposition to Purchase Site for Federal
Building Should Garry Unanimously
Next Week.
Other Things to be Worked For at
Once will Demand Best Efforts

Once will Demand Best Efforts
of All.
Before another issue of THE TIMES
reaches its readers Owosso citizens will
have chance to remove all obstacles to
the prompt erection of the Federal
building in this city. Another special
election to authorize the purchase of
the site will be held next Thursday.
The special election already held
failed to bring out the necessary two
thirds majority by just four votes.
Practically there were two votes in
favor of the proposition to every vote
against it. OF those who did not get to
the polls it is probable that still great
er per cent would have voted for the
proposition if they had voted at all,
simply being ignorant of the fact that
work was being done against it. AS it
was, no small part Of the opposition
which there was to the purchase of the
site asked for was stirred up by COM
paratively few persons who assured
everyone that the majority would be
against the proposition instead Of strong
ly in favor of it as it proved to be- Ger
tainly the majority which was cast for
the purchase of the site was large
enough to show conclusively that it is
the wish of the people that the site be
purchased without any unnecessary de-
lay. The official vote showed IT'S of the
1873 votes cast to be for the purchase
and only scant 305 from the whole
city against it.
The above summarizes the results of
the special election already held and
may give some clue as to what may be
expected next week unless every voter
in the city realizes his share in the re-
sponsibility for the failure of the propo-
sition and gets out to vote. 1t should
be easier to secure the appropriation
this time than before from the mere
fact that the opposition which was
shown at the last election was an eye
opener in at least two ways. 1t showed
the people who were confident that the
proposition would be passed without
their help that their votes were needed.
1t showed the people who knew of the
opposition and worked to overcome it
that, after all, the opposition was not
nearly as strong as they had feared and
that the Indifferent ones who could have
gone to the polls and did not go, were the
ones to be feared most. 1t also showed
the opponents of the measure that they
were in a small minority after all and
that their opposition was not a very
popular sort of a thing. All this makes
things look much more favorable for
the success of the election next week,
but it shows also that there is necessity
of getting out full vote, while encour-
aging them as to the result if this is
done.
Every person in the city should feel
that portion of the responsi bility
of deciding whether Owosso shall
have the government building or not
rests on him. The erection of the build
ing has probably not been greatly de-
layed yet by the failure of the last cleo.
tion to authorize the purchase of the
site but it has undoubtedly been DELAYED
in some measure already. To let the elec.
f, tion fail next week will far more likely
than not mean that the erection of the
building here by the government will
be delayed for years, so many other
places are now ready with their sites
and waiting the action of the govern.
ment before we are even ready to LEI
the department know that the site is
provided for the building That the
erection of the building would be de-
layed--it is impossible to say how long
lis conclusively shown by the follow
ing letter received by the owners of the
property selected by the agent of the