The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-10-28

, ana returned TO SnlaWaSSe6 county,
buying and building up fine business
in Durand. In the meantime, however,
he had spent another year actively en-
gagged in farming and liked it well
enough to later become owner of farm
near Durand, where he is at all times
more or less actively engaged in its
management.
In Durand the management of his
business has been marked by the exer-
else of the qualities which are needed
today in the management of the affairs
of the Office of sheriff of Shiawassee
county. He has been aggressive, but
not unduly so. He has been conserva-
tive, but not of the type of conservatism
which is afraid to advertise its merits to
the world and push ahead where good
judgment says that it is safe to go. He
is genial and social, and best liked where
best known. He is in every way a
strong candidate for the office of sheriff
on the republican ticket. Indeed re-
publicans everywhere throughout the
county may well be proud of him and
can feel assured that he will come be-
fore them two years from this fall with
record for which they will not have to
hunt excuses. He is a self made man
but one who has not yet found it to his
taste to stop the process of making the
most and the best of himself.
No more thoroughly representative
convention than that which nominated
Mr.. Mimic for the Office of sheriff was
ever held in Shiawassee county And
no convention ever adjourned with less
cause for charges of unfairness in any
respect and especially in the methods
employed by any contestant for any
office for which candidates were nomi-
mated by it. There was a contest over
the nomination for sheriff and there
were good men in that contest. Such
men as Bigelow of Owosso, Barnes OF
Byron, Cook of Bennington, Boutell OF
Perry, were Mr.. Minto's fellow contest
ants and any one of them would have
made an excellent candidate and an ex
cellent sheriff, and all of them had done
more or less perfectly legitimate work
preparing for the contest in this conven
tion. All could not win the nomina
tion for sheriff. None had right tc
enter, and the TIMES believes that nc
candidate did enter, without feeling
that he would abide by the choice of the
convention whether he or one of the
others was the successful candidate.
The result was thoroughly in doubt fol
several ballots. The friends of each
candidate were hopeful for several bal
lots but Mr.. Mimic finally began to gain
more rapidly than the rest. 1t soon be
cameevident that there were more dele
gates who favored Mr.. Mimic than any
other and the withdrawal of Mr.. r. p
Bigelow of this city, who was at the time
Mr.. Minto's closest rival, left the way
clear to make the latter's nomination
unanimous. 1t was as pretty conven
tion fight, and as clean one, as was
ever witnessed in the county and the
spirit in which the result was received
was also good to see. 1t was a conven
tion where every man cast his own bal
lot individually, and for whomsoever he
chose. 1t was convention in which
every precinct in the county had its full
quota of delegates present and not 9
delegate had the right to his vote in the
convention questioned. Where would
be the honest party pride in any republi
can who could be cajoled by any demo
crat-or disloyal republican either fol
that matter-into voting against his
party candidate for sheriff when he ii
not only clean, honest and capable
young man but is also the unanimoul
choice of his party convention, choser
after brilliant contest in which the
feeling was the best imaginable among
the various contestants?
1t has been said that this paper de
mands that republicans vote their ticket