The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-03-31

has been engaged in the lumber and
fuel business in this city for years. Al
though not lawyer Mr.. Sanderhoff is
credited by his associates in business
with having level head and good
Judgment 1t has been said. that his
nomination was favored by certain
members of the opposing party on the
ground that not being lawyer and not
having had any previous experience in
the justice court it would be- an easy
matter for a democratic justice to be
elected. THE TIMES does, not share
this view. 1t believes most emphatic
ally that the republican nominee fer
justice can be elected. The election is
of more than the ordinary Importance
this year too since it is the first to be
held under the new law and the man
elected this spring will hold the Office
for the next four years without the
trouble of running again, meanwhile
drawing one thousand dollars year for
doing it, too. 1t is worth contesting for.
The nomination for the office of con-
stable was warmly contested and the
convention decided in favor of Geo. M.
Hunt This Office like that Of justice of
the peace is somewhat. changed by the
new law, there being but one constable
elected for the entire city instead of one
for each ward as heretofore and the
man elected being paid salary Of five
hundred dollars year instead Of the
fees as in former years and at the pres
ent time. Mr.. Hunt is an energetic,
capable young man, veteran of the
Spanish American war, and a member
of Company III. He is popular in this
organization as well as in the other or
ganizations to which he belongs and
will be elected as the first Owosso con-
stable to be chosen under the new law.
The city ticket proper is completed
by the candidacy of j. HI. Robbins for
the Office of school inspector, an Office
which as general thing requires abso-
lutely nothing of the man elected to it,
but which when the occasion does arise,
demands good man. 1t is needless to
say that with j. Fl. Robbins in the Office
the city is we'll prepared for the con-
tingency suggested without trespassing
on busy mans time unless the unex-
pected does happen.
An examination of the list of candi-
dates for alderman in the five wards is
of interest. In the first ward something
of surprise has been created by the
entrance of DIR. d, II. Lamb into the
race. 1t is a good while since physi-
clan has been member of the council
and there are good many reasons why
good live physician in the council
would be good thing for Owosso. 1t
is needless to say that not every layman
has proper idea of the Importance of
looking well to the healthfulness of q
city, or realizes the money value of
many simple sanitary matters While
the usefulness of the doctor in the
council would not of course be limited
to such lines the added value which he
would bring to the Office from his pro-
fessional education and his army expert
ence would be hard to estimate.
In the second ward the nominee is
Thomas Watson. Mr.. Watson is a
carpenter and is regarded by his fellow
workmen not only as good workman
but as a level headed man outside of his
regular occupation as well as in it,. He
is tax payer himself with the tax pay
ers interests at heart. He was nominal
ed by substantial majority, is popular
with his acquaintances, and there seems
every reason to predict that he will
make good addition to the council.
He should be elected by good major
ity. In the third ward Alderman John
Brown won the endorsement of re-
nomination and has little reason to ex-
pect any different results at the polls.
Mr.. Brown is an active member of the
council and one who has to be taken in
to consideration whenever any matter
of Importance comes up. He is man
who is not afraid to state where he
stands or to fight in support of his po-
sition If necessary.
Mr.. Ace Mills, candidate for alder
man in the fourth ward, has been en-
ployed for years as switchman for the
Michigan Central and Ann Arbor yards
in this city, has a wide acquaintance
with the voters of his ward. He was
the choice of the caucus in the fourth
ward and all indications point to his
election. The fifth ward will again en-
dorse Alderman w. e. Washburn by
re-electing him to the council. 1t is
safe to say that there has seldom been
an alderman in the Owosso council who
has done more for the improvement of
conditions in his own ward than has
Alderman Washburn. In district
/ where streets were almost bottomless
and sidewalks chiefly remarkable for
their non-existence there was an op-
portunity to do something for improved
conditions which Mr. Washburn grasp
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