The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-16
Roosevelt Warner Club at Bancroft.

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meetings ever held in the county, heard
the republican candidates for governor
and auditor general, Hon. Fred NJ
Warner and DR.. j. B. Bradley. and Con-
gresham Joseph w. Fordney speak, as
well as all of the county officers, and
organized a Roosevelt and Warner club
| with NEARLY two hundred members.
| One of the best features of the organic
ing of the club is the fact that quite a
large percentage of the membership is
composed of first voters or young men
who are soon to cast their first votes.
The club members pledged themselves
to vote for the republican ticket entire.
This seemed to be no hardship and if
there is disaffection on account of anv
portion of the state ticket it was not in
evidence in Bancroft this week. 1t
seemed to be matter of pride with all
of them to show their loyalty to every
republican on the ticket.
The entire village seemed to have had
something to do with welcoming their
distinguished republican visitors so
thoroughly was the work done. The
organizers of the Roosevelt Warner
club had had hand in seeing that
fine large banner bearing the portraits
of the national leaders as well as the
names of the state and congressional
nominees had been stretched across the
street in a conspicuous place where it
| would appear to the best advantage on
coming into the city from the station.
The party in which were Messrs. War
ner, Bradley, and Fordney arrived on
the evening train from Durand and
which long ropes had been attached.
The members of the newly formed club
then drew the carriage about the main
street for some time before the meeting
was called to order in the hall. Previous
to the meeting however an inpromptu
reception was held in the Phillips House
which taxed the capacity of that place
to the utmost
At the hall the meeting was called to
order by Postmaster Hugh w. Parker
who stated that the first object of the
meeting was the organization of the
Roosevelt-Warner club and then call
ed on Representative Chas. A. Ward, of
Bancroft, to act as chairman. The
club was organized with Otto Euler as
president and II. w. Parker as secretary
| treasurer.
The organization of the club being
completed the guests of the evening
were welcomed to the village by At
torney M. V. B. Wixom and the re-
mainder of the evening was spent lis
tening to the remarks of the different
candidates. Mr.. Warner, who had al
ready been given an ovation when he
had been referred to as the next governor
of Michigan, made short effective
speech which was literally punctuated
with applause by the crowd, which
seemed in perfect sympathy with him.
He called the attention of the audienc g
to the fact that there was decrease in
the state tax of oyer million dollars
and assured his listeners that if the suits
against the railroads went in favor of
the state as he believed they would
there would be still further and very
considerable reduction in the state tax
through the, contribution of some five
millions to the school fund. AS to
primary reform he said that he should
approve any good bill passed by the
| legislature but he was not in favor of
foisting any law on a county which
preferred the old way. Local settle
ment of this question was the only way
which seemed perfectly fair to him. If
a county wished to try the new idea he
he believed it should have the privilege
of trying it but because some wished to
try it he did not believe in forcing the
rest to try it against their will.
Congressman Fordney made one of
his inimitable speeches and kept the
approval of his position on different
matters. He referred briefly to some
of the national issues and showed clear
ly the advantages in leaving the control
of the national government to the re-
publican party at this time when so
many important matters are just well
under way. 1t had been suggested that
he would be given a majority of ten
thousand this year and in referring to
the prophecy, which is more likely to be
exceeded than fallen short of, he remark
ed that he hoped this district would also
give Mr.. Warner ten thousand majority
and then pledged his word that he would
make it one more. WI 7.tr
DR.. j. b. Bradley made what he said
was his first campaign speech and took
occasion to score the Detroit Evening
News for story it published about him.
The story told of an alleged attempt on
the part of the doctor to force saloon
keeper who is not even known to him to
support Mr.. Warner. 1t was branded
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