The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-08-03
Campaign Issues Discussed.

convention held in Detroit on Tuesda,
were the addresses by Congressman
Fordney, as temporary chairman; ant
that of Governor Warner in accepting
his nomination for another term. w,
give space this week to the address o.
the former and later on will print tha
of the latter. The convention passed
off in most harmonious manner, every
nomination and the re election of G. j
Diekema as chairman of the State Com
mittee being by acclamation. Repre-
sentative Chas. E. Ward, of this
county, was a member of the committee
on permanent organization and order oi
business. VIM. M. Smith, of st. Johns
and d. L. Evans, of Millington, were
mittee for the Sth district. The ad
dress of Congressman Fordney follows
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION:
wish to express to you and to the
members of the State Central Commit
tee my grateful appreciation of the hon
or conferred upon me through my selec
ton as the Temporary Chairman OF
this Republican State Convention
and to those from whom it came, here.
with return my most sincere thanks.
1t is an honor to be selected as presid-
ing officer of any gathering of repre-
sentative men, but to be connected with
a representative gathering of Michigan
Republicans convened for the present
purpose or any other purpose is an hon
or | most highly esteem
L appreciate, too, as | am sure all of
you gentlemen do who are visitors here
today, the privilege of meeting in Mich
igan's metropolis, the interesting. pro
gressive, beautiful city of Detroit, in
whom every son of our state has some
interest and pride because of what it is
today and because of the unique place
it occupies in the history of our state
and country. l saw it stated few
days ago that Detroit's bill for new
buildings alone last year was more than
ten and one-half millions of dollars; that
more than million dollars worth of
permits were issued in three weeks of a
single month of the present year, and
that in twenty important manufactur-
ing lines and other related activities this
city in which we are meeting today sur
passed the entire world. The city of
homes, it is said to be, in which an un-
usually large proportion of its people
are owners of the houses in which they
live, and while that is a boast that can
truly be made by many Michigan cities,
it is no less a proud one and one which
marks in worthy way the character
and tendency of Detroit's splendid devel-
opment. Fitting surroundings for a
Michigan Republican Convention are
here provided, and if there shall be
borne to our ears throughout the pro
ceedings of this Convention the whirr
of wheels, the shrek of whistle, the
ring of hammer, and the calls of hurry
ing workmen, they will come as echoes
from the forward movement existing
throughout our country today which is
filling the world with wonder.
The more important duties of today's
Convention, / understand, will be the
selection of candidates for state Offices
other than Governor and Lieutenant
Governor. More than $4,000 Republi-
cans, | am told, participated in the selec-
tion of your candidate for Governor,
and in that selection Fred M. Warner
was given distinguished honor which
he most thoroughly deserved. Your
candidate for Lieutenant Governor re-
ceived more than $4,000 votes, the re-
cord shows and through the good judg-
ment displayed in that action the people
of Michigan will have in Patrick H. Kel-
ly presiding officer in the state senate
of whom they may well be proud
I xxynI I,ar- fhaf in l,a ai.,,,
of two years ago Fred M. Warner
was represented by some as lacking
in nerve and courage. They said his
intentions were good but he would
not be able to withstand the influences
that would come against him. l would
like to ask them today what they think
of Fred Warmers nerve and of his cour-
age on occasions when these qualities
were needed. l remember being told
by travelling man two years ago that
he and some of his friends expected to
vote against Fred Warner because they
feared his sympathies would be against
their interest and favorable to the rail
roads. The other day met this same
traveller and asked him if any reason
for his fears had been found to exist.
II should say not, he promptly replied.
Erred Warner is one of the squarest
men that has ever been Governor of this
State. Our organization passed a reso-
luton thanking him for his work in our
behalf in the mileage book matter and
if there is travelling man in Michigan
who this year will vote against Fred M.
Warner, / do not happen to know him. "
Better than any oratorical eulogy and
of more value to our leader in the com
ing state campaign and to the party and
the state he will represent than whole
columns of partisan praise are these