The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-10-18

workers In the republican party, III 0no
national house and the organization OF
the party. He also commended the
policies of the present administration
and made plain that the delegates
unanimously selected were not instruct
ed for Cannon, and were men of honor
and Judgment and men who could be
trusted to vote as the best interests OF
the district, the state and the nation
would dictate. Speaker Cannon, he
said, had aided Congressman Ford
ney in protecting the interests OF the
eighth and other Michigan districts
when their welfare was threatened.
G. G. Vaughan made vigorous speech
commencing Cannons record, stating
that his speech in the national conven-
ton four years ago was one of the most
powerful ever delivered in the interest
of good government and that Cannon
had been one of the leaders in all cam
paigns. He thought the eighth district
had better remember that it had other
things to do besides endorsing reform
measures and while that was all right
disaster had followed tariff tinkering,
which some presidential candidate pro-
posed, if elected president.
Hon. Frank H. Watson called for a yea
and nay vote on the amendment to
strike out paragraph seven. An OBJ
lection was made by the Saginaw dele
CATION, but after some discussion the
chairman decided that the roll should be
called and the motion to strike out the
paragraph was lost by a vote of 43 to z,
Saginaw, Tuscola and Clinton and six
from Shiawassee voting no and seven
from Shiawassee voting yes. The
resolutions were then adopted as pre-
sented.
A call from the delegates and the
many spectators for a speech by Mr..
Fordney was responded to by him in a
strong five minute address full of stir
ring republicanism. He thanked the
convention for the honor of election as
delegate and hoped and believed the
district would be pleased with his
action when the convention has passed
into history. He would insist on a
candidate who stood for the sound prin-
ciples of the party. The last ten years
in the United States had been the best
ever enjoyed by any nation in the
worlds history and the four years be-
fore were years of want and suffering.
The difference was because the last
years were under the protective policy
of the republican party, the four years
before under free trade and property
shrunk in value one-half, labor was un-
employed and there was misery in all
parts OF the country. Two years more
of it would have made the best busi-
ness men in the country paupers. A
change back to sound protective poll
cy saved the country. Some men in
our own party are now going about the
country proposing another revision" OF
the tariff as the democrats proposed in
those years and the people should make
their denunciation of it 80 strong that
the idea would be Immediately aban-
doned. He felt that with Cannon as
president the country was safe. Many
other men would make good presidents,
but he would never vote to nominate
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low price for labor, farm products,
everything, and he did not believe there
was laboring man in the district who
thought his pay was too high or a
farmer, manufacturer or laborer who
was asking for cut in the price of
what he has to sell.
The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
RESOLVED: that the administra.
tion of national affairs, under the
leadership of Theodore Roosevelt
has been and is eminently sat
isfactory to all the people and
we tender to him this evidence
of our approval of his course
plans and methods of carrying
out the promises made by the
Republican party in the Nationa
platform, adopted in Chicago foul
years ago, and the delegates choser
by this convention are urged to worl
| for the nomination of a candidate
| for President who will earnestly car
ry out the work so nobly begun b!
the President and his administration
RESOLVED: That we adher,
] strictly to the policy Of Protection tt