The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-22

at washington. In the MIST place, the
congressman stood as the fast friend OF
the old soldier, having secured SEQ pen
sions and the passage of 20 special pen
sion bills. He had established 175 free
delivery mail routes, which were carry
ing the mail to 100000 people. and the
carriers were receiving in salary $1O5, OO(
per annum. Other items were $4,000
for public building at Owosso and $50,
900 for improving Saginaw river.
Judge Crane concluded by saying thai
when we consider these facts and Mr.
Fordney's great battles for the farmers
beets growers and for his constituents
and the people generally whom he ha:
served so faithfully and so we'll, we feel
sure that we have made no mistake in
the past and we will make no mistake
today. II nominate the Hon. j. W.
Fordney, and as sure as the sun shines
he will be elected by 5000 majority"
Several seconds of applause greeted
Judge Cranes speech.
S. s. Miner of Shiawassee supported
the nomination of Mr.. Fordney because
che is the man that gives us results. y
Mr.. Miner said that during Fordney' {
administration more had been accomp-
lished for the eighth district than for
any other in the state. The congress
man was not an orator, but he secured
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and That's why Shiawassee wants him
| again."
Hon. w. A. Norton supported the
nomination for Clinton county. Mr..
Norton was the principal opponent of
Fordney six years ago, He said that
although Clinton had candidate then
they were now convinced that no mis-
take had been made in giving the NOM
ination to Saginaw. Mr.. Fordney had
done much for the district and for Sag
inaw. "Mr. Fordney is Clinton's can
didate today, as he is the candidate Of
every other county in the district"
No other nominations being made, G.
T. Campbell, of Shiawassee, meved that
the secretary cast the vote of the con-
vention for Mr.. Fordney, and the same
was done amid great enthusiasm. Chair
man Pulver named as committee to in
form Mr.. Fordney of the action of the
convention and to escort him to the hall,
J. A. Trotter, E. o. Dewey, G. G.
Vaughan.
AS the committee and candidate re-
turned the convention rose and gave
three cheers and "tiger" for J. w.
Fordney. Mr.. Fordney was visibly en-
barrassed at this special demonstration
in his honor. He finally said, "That's
very nice gentlemen, thank YOU"
He wanted to say, with Speaker Can
non of the House, that this nomination
came as great surprise" A statement
received with considerable laughter.
Continuing, Mr.. Fordney said:
81 appreciate this more than I am
able to express in fitting terms. 1
thank YOU" He regarded the honor of
fourth nomination to congress as
greater than nomination for governor
of Michigan, for he would rather repre-
sent this district at Washington than he
governor of the state. Again l thank
you, and want to repay you in the halls
of congress. want to represent the
people of the district to the best of my
ability" said Mr.. Fordney before be-
ginning speech of considerable length.
He dwelt with particular emphasis upon
the effects of Cuban reciprocity, which
he had so persistently fought in con-
gress. Cuba has possible output of
six million tons of sugar annually and
no other market for it but the United
States. The effect of such load on our
market must lower the price of sugar
and drive our sugar beets and factories
out of the field. The 90 per cent reduc-
ton provided for in the reciprocity bill
had benefited no one but the sugar
trust Mr. Fordney said that he would
continue to fight both Cuban and Cana
dian reciprocity. The latter has moth
ing to give us but what we can produce.
Mr.. Fordney concluded by saying that
he wanted to thank the convention
again from the bottom of his heart. He
had never been so honored as today, and
promised that he would go over the dis
trict next fall and put up the biggest
fight that was in him against his oppon-
ents. Everybody is pulling one way
this year and he looked for the biggest
victory since he had been a candidate.
He hoped that the candidates on the
state and county tickets would be such
that every man would go in flying and
to this end he would do everything in
his power.
The congressman's speech was punctu-
ated at frequent intervals with hearty
applause, particularly, when he recount
ed his work for rural free delivery and
the old soldiers
The following congressional commit
tee was then named for the ensuing two
years, Clinton, w. H. Brunson; Shia-
wassee, E. o. Dewey; Saginaw, A. p.
Bliss; Tuscola, J. A. Trotter
The convention then resolved itself
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