The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-10-19

republican who was selected by his fell
low republicans at the polls at the pri-
mary election is the candidate for, pro.
scouting attorney. Byron B. Hicks, OF
Durand, measures up well with the rest
of remarkably good ticket, is an honor
to the ticket, and to the new system.
and will be further honored himself at
the polls two weeks from next Tuesday
! Mr.. Hicks is an attorney who has
stamina, ambition, and withal. good
Judgment. He expects to give his en-.
tire time to the county's business, and
will conduct it in way to save the
county money, and add to its prestige
at home and abroad.
Of the other county nominees. Mr..
James B. Davies, of this city, for cir.
cult court commissioner, is the only one
whose name is new to Shiawassee
voters. Mr.. Davies is young attorney
and hustler. He is member of the
firm of Watson, Chapman & Davies, of
this city, and is well qualified for the
work of circuit court commissioner for
which he has been nominated by the
republicans of the county.
1t must not be forgotten in consider
ing the county nominations that the
legislative candidates, Mr.. Arthur j..
Tuttle, Of Ingham county, candidate for
state senator, and Chas. E. Ward, of
Shiawassee, candidate for state repre-.
sentative, were also chosen by the
people-voting directly for themselves.
Both are young men of ability. Mr..
Ward has already served the county for
two terms irf the house of representa-.
tives where he has become well known
and where his ability has been properly
appreciated. He has been much talked
of as candidate for speaker Quite
aside from his reputation among his
fellowmembers however, the fact that
at the first primary election held under
the new law, Mr. Ward was given the
unprecedented compliment of a third
nomination by the republicans of Shia
wassee county shows that his ability Is
appreciated at home as we'll as at the
capital Having thus received the larg'
est number of votes of any legislative
candidate in the county, Mr.. Ward
stands for reelection on his own record,
and as the nominee of his party, not of
any clique, or ring in that party, and
should receive the further endorsement
of which that nomination was prom
Use, at the polls.
In addition to these reasons for ex.
pecting the full support of the republi-
cans at the polls there is the added
reason that only by electing Mr. Ward,
and his republican fellow candidate for
the senate Mr.. Tuttle, can the people of
Shiawassee county have any voice
whatever in the election of a United
States senator next January to succeed
Senator Alger. The statement that a
democrat representative would vote for
this or that candidate if elected means
absolutely nothing. The successor to
Senator Alger will be named in a eau
Gus of republican senator's and represen-
tatives. 1t is scarcely necessary to say
that, no matter what republican demo-
cratic member of the house or senate
might promise to vote for-should there
be democratic member of either by
any chance-he would not have any
voice or vote in a republican legislative
caucus.
Any person who desires the direct
nomination of senator's by the people,
or any other person who believes in
popular government of any form, who
wishes to be at all consistent, cannot be
consistent and at the same time throw
away the only chance which Shiawas-
see county has for participating in the
election of a United States senator by
voting for a democrat member of the
legislature. In this case it is not only
backing up the principles of primary
reform by standing back of the man
nominated by the new system, but it is
also the important question of throwing
away or not throwing away Shiawas-
sees vote for United States senatorl
DO not forget either feature of the case.
There is too much at stakel
Good, the country is safe! General
Grosvenor, of Ohio, the old reliable pc.
litical prophet, says the next house of
representatives will have safe repub-
lican majority. AS the General always