The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-10-28
Warning to Republicans.
From The Saginaw Courier. Herald

luere mas DeeH some surprise eApIeSS-
ed-and among old-line democrats con-
siderable disgust at the tactics, of the
democratic organization in the state
campaign. Not word has been said
by Mr.. Ferris or any of the other stump
speakers about the national ticket.
They have been completely muzzled on
the subject of the presidential candidate,
Judge Parker Every effort, every
Establishment, every Misrepresentation,
every appeal to prejudice and every dis
tortion of facts has been used to induce
republicans to vote for Mr.. Ferris. In
return for this republicans have been
given to understand that no campaign
is to be waged against President Roose-
welt. Everywhere Mr.. Ferris has play
ed his mon. partisan" tune upon his one
string, and has encouraged Roosevelt
republicans to believe that no attempt
would be made to stir up Parker senti-
ment. The democratic and assistant
democratic organs that have been out
rageously assailing Mr.. Warner and the
republican state ticket are either ignor-
ing Parker or printing occasional in
nocuous editorials referring to him.
The game to catch republican votes for
the democratic state and legislative
tickets has been played with hardly a
flaw to date.
| p,,t pnncaua1f
lieve that this game is to go on until
election day they will find themselves
mistaken.
1t is now positively known that the
democratic managers plan to make a
whirlwind dash for Parker votes all
along the line, to catch the republicans
lulled to sleep and to try to send wave
of democratic partisan enthusiasm over
the state at the last moment.
They have made plans to flood this
state with literature and to pour in
money literally during the last week of
the campaign, and to appeal to the
democratic voters, to support their
ticket, national and state, in an endeav-
or to keep Roosevelt's majority down to
the lowest possible notch, and perhaps
defeat some of the republican congress
sional candidates, as well as secure con-
troll of the legislature.
The whole Ferris campaign has been
made to induce republicans to cut their
ticket. The last week will be devoted
to carefully planned scheme to fire
partisan ardor so that every democrat
will vote his ticket straight from Parker
down.
The Courier Herald early warned re-
publicans that the Campau machine
was spreading the "non-partisan" mo-
lasses to catch unwary republican flies.
The trap is to be sprung at the last
moment.
d. j. Campau must make good with
the national democratic organization
His enemies in his party in Michigan
will have his scalp as national commit
teeman if the state buries Parker under
tremendous majority for Roosevelt.
He hopes to heavily reduce the repub-
lican majority on presidential electors.
He hopes to elect democratic gov
ernor by republican votes.
He hopes to carry the legislature:
a. To gerrymander the state.
(2) To send him to the United
States senate.
He hopes to elect several democratic
congressman.
He hopes to retain his grip as state
boss.
He hopes to become besides national
boss in the newly-made- democratic
organization.
Republicans have everything to lose
and nothing to gain by walking into
this trap. They should be on their
guard. They may be sure that when
ever Boss Campau comes to them bear
ing non partisan bouquet he has a
knife concealed ready to rip the repub-
lican party from top to bottom. AS a
politician he is the acme of selfshness.
He knows what he wants, and he will
| use the most INSCRIPTIONS methods to
attain it. The only way to circumvent
him is for republicans to vote their
ticket straight from Roosevelt to the
last minor candidate. This is no year
| to fool with fire.