The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-11-04
Our County Ticket.

before the election decides the majori-
ties of the several candidates next Tues
day. The list is one of which the party
has reason to be proud
For state senator the republicans can
point with especial pride to the clean
cut record made by Senator Albert B.
Cook. Everyone knows his absolute in
tegrity and there will be many demo
cratic votes recorded for him simply be-
cause he has so many friends who ad-
mire him and respect him for his work.
For representative, Chas E. Ward
comes before the voters of the county
again. 1t is gratifying in this con-
nection' to note that there has not been
a single word spoken against the record
made by him in the last legislature. A
bright, brainy young lawyer and bust
ness man, he easily stands in close touch
with the interests which are most i'm
portant in Shiawassee county. He will
undoubtedly be returned with good
majority
For probate judge, Matthew Bush
will be reelected by another of his big
majorities and he deserves to be. Dur
ing all the years during which Judge
Bush has served the people of Shiawas-
see county there has never been a single
ugly rumor about his conduct of the
office of probate judge while on the
other hand there have been testimonials
of the sympathetic interest he has taken
in the settlement of the estate of many
troubled widow or orphaned children.
The office is one where large hearted
man with rare judgment and back
bone is needed and the present judge
fills the bill exactly.
AS to the candidate for sheriff-well
Cbas. W. Minto has been mentioned in
one way or another several times lately
in the columns of this paper. He is
bright, cleancut young business man.
Born on Shiawassee county farm,
educated largely through his own labors
-7Uutside of school hours and pushed for
ward in business by his own unaided
efforts, he has already made arecord to
abe proud Of He has had to stand the
= entire brunt of the democratic cam
paign, the democrats at no time making
, any especial effort to elect any of their
candidates except their candidate for
sheriff, and apparently for good
reason since it seems to have proved a
pretty profitable office to them during
the last three years. The effort they
have made to elect their candidate has
made considerable extra work necessary
to elect Mr.. Minto. The general knowl-
edge of the reckless expenditures of the
sheriff's Office however cannot fail to
-acounteract all their efforts, especially
<1Elien itlseems pretty generally taken for
granted that much the same expensive
force of deputies employed under the
present democratic sheriff would be in
herited by his democratic successor
should he be elected. 1t is also being
4 generally realized that to elect the
democratic candidate who was picked
-out by the democratic machine, with
z the present sheriff at its head, would
xsimply.be to- say to him that he could
stwastest the peoples money as recklessly
fas he chose for the next four years with
A0utbejng called to account for it. The
.,;only 'safe'way tor the taxpayers of Shia-
7 wassee county to get a change in this
office is4by electing the republican con-
Z rdidate for sheriff, Charles w. Mimic, a
young man who knows from hard ex-
pefience the value of dollar and who
Wilt bring the expenses of the sheriff's
Office down more nearly to where it be-
longs.
= Our candidate for county clerk does
pot need to have much said for him be-
{ cause the democrats have never for a
single moment attempted to storm his
citadel. 1t is generally understood on
every hand that the Office Of county
clerk has never been handled better
than since John Y Martin took charge
of the same. He is moreover one of the
most genial and accommodating of
officials and has made friends in every
part of the county. His majority is
certain to be large one.
Apother candidate whom everyone
knoWsfs all right is Jay d. Royce, can
didate for reelection as register of
deeds. Mr.. Royce is another official
who, like our candidate for county
clerk, is genial and pleasant to meet at
all times, and one of the most painstak-
ing and efficient of officials in every re-
spect. His work is kept up in the best
possible manner and his friends are
counted by the hundreds and hail from
every section in the county.
The candidate for treasurer is well
known throughout the county. He too
y is candidate for reelection and the
term which he is just finishing has been
one in which he has shown efficiency
and discretion in his work. He went