The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-08
HOT ROAST by STEARNS.
Adrian Manager Of Sen. Helme
Rips Up Things.
SHARP ATTACK ON DURAND.
Declares His Nomination Was Made
at the Request of an Attorney for
the Michigan Central.

the Michigan Central,
Adrian Mich, August 2.-Willard
Stearns, in his paper. the Weekly Press,
issued today, prints AN editorial in
which he says he won't be reconciled to
the nomination of Judge Durand for
governor. The editorial reads:
| The democratic convention saw fit to
place at the head Of the ticket George
III. Durand, of Flint. Mr.. Durand has
been on the supreme court by appoint
lment from a greenback governor, has
been in congress, when the ereenback
and money question was the issue; is a
lawyer of high standing and has always
hean democrat-before the war-dur-
ing the war and since the war, and
after being elected to Office. has been a
democrat still-and like d. B. Hill, for
six wears, has been very still.
His candidacy was urged by the Free
Press. taken up by the gold element
and in those counties that have never
elected democrat to Office, he had his
greatest strength He was supported
| by Macomb, st. Clair, Saginaw, also
He had, over his own signature, posit-
lively and uneqDivocally refused to accept
the nomination. if rendered unanimous
ly, but he nevertheless saw his followers
make the most desperate efforts for a
number of ballots to get majority.
No one cared to get mp on the floor and
make protest, and probably it would
have done no good.
The silver republicans and populists
| and democrats, who had borne the
brunt of the work for six years, We're
served notice to get out and the opposi-
ton to Bliss was held up as means of
keeping every democrat in line, and
Durand's gold standard and corporation
proclivities are relied upon by his sup
porters to have the republicans turn in
and elect Durand.
We are free to say that we believe the
convention made a mistake and that
they have turned backward, instead of
forward, and are % years behind the
times.
Mr.. Durand will receive many repub-
lican votes in cities, but the working
men, who have had their belly full of
judges for high places, will knife him
to man.
The farmers are discouraged, and re-
publican farmers will not come to Du-
rands support. Democratic farmers
will see no relief, but will not vote for
Bliss, and they can only see defeat
again. Durand is a fine old mossback,
supported by every gold democrat in
the state, and needed a certificate of
character from boilers Of the ticket,
that he was now democrat. We must
fight state issues and say nothing about
democracy, which is defined by the
national platform. The democratic
party is in the role of cowards-"M
afraid Of his horses and had not the
courage to declare themselves demo-
Gratis.
The farmers are dissatisfied all over
the state, not with Bliss particularly, but
with the general trend of affairs, in the
way of taxation. They asked relief.
The master of the state grange, prac
teal farmer, was offered as candidate.
He secured a recognition of 40 votes,
and the farmers of the republican party
were told to take out the remains.
Then they looked to the democrats
for relief
The agricultural districts offered the
democratic convention practical farm
er, one who alone in the legislature
stood for and made the issue upon
which the goldbug crowd formulated
their platform-a master of a great
grange-a state grange lecturer; man
who had studied every phase of taxa
ton, railroad aggression corporate mo-
nopoly, and just taxation, and who for
for four years in the senate stood every
time for farmers interests, working
mems rights, and the peoples welfare;
IIlIo CONVENTION tOSStu lulO
their faces their candidate, and named
corporation lawyer at the request of
Michigan Central attorney, N. Stewart,
of Kalamazoo, and so whichever man
wins, the Michigan Central is taken
care of.
The people asked for bread, and the
convention gave them a stone.
Now that there is reunited demo
cracy, the 1900 gold democrats who
bolted Bryan, will no doubt assume
control of the party and fix it for Cleve-
land in 1904, that being the significance
of Durand's candidacy
The goldbugs have about every place
on the ticket, and ought to have had
than oil