The Detroit times., 1908-09-30
FULLER NAMED IN
INTEREST OF up.
CORPORATIONS
REPUBLICAN PARTY BOSSES DC
TATE NOMINATION OF cANpI-
DATE FOR AUoIToR.oENERAL-
SLATE Is uNsRokEN.

For Justice OF the Supreme Court
FLAVIUs l.. BROOKE. Detroit.
For Secretary Of state-FREDERICK
O. MARTINDALE. Detroit.
For State Treasurer-ALBERT K.
sLlaEPER, LexinEt0n.
For Attorney-General JOHN Il.
Fer Auditor-GeneraI-o. II. FULLER.
For state Land Commi.sso,sr-
HCNTLEf RUSSELL, Grand Rapi1s.
struetaoa-LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Iren-
For Member Of state Board Of Ea.-
The slate went through without
break In the Republican convention.
Tuesday. Every one of the men chosen
at the conference Of leaders Monday
night was nominated. When the CON
vention opened there were two places
in doubt, the candidates for auditor
general having each . strong repre-
sanitation, while no dscision had been
made az TO state hand commissioner.
BY holding the Wayne delegates
solid. regardless Of their personal
choices. Thomas j. Navin and Robert
Oakman. the bosses Of the local dele
cation. succeeded In nominating Or.
amel B. Fuller. OF the upper psniu-
sula. for auditor-general. although he
was the least popular Of the three.
AS a price for its support Of Fuller On
the final ballot, Kent county got the
nomination OF Huntley Russell for
land commissioner.
Gov. Warmers friends were victors
In everything they desired. except that
the resolutions committee did not
have the nerve to ask tho convention
to indorse him by name, the resolM.
tons merely complimenting the state
administration and legislature in gen.
eral terms.
The Warner faction was particular
ly anxious 10 defeat Calvin A. Palmer
complished. BY swinging Wayne and
Oakland counties solid and such other
votes as the governor could absolutely
swing. Fuller was kept In the race and
AZ ally landed.
Had poll OF the Wayne delegation
been allowed by the bosses Of the dele
cation, Fuller would have been lost as
there were plenty Of Wayne men
pledged to Nate" Simpson and Pal
mer, but Oakman and Navin insisted
on the observance Of the unit rule.
Good News to v. p. Corporations.
The nomination Of Fuller means
simply that the upper peninsula will
have q representative ON the state
board OF equalization who will look
out for the interests Of the big cor
porations Of that region who aro
naturally much interested IN tax NAL.
tiers.
Some OF the great enthusiasm for
Huntley Russell was due to the fact
that he has been q popular state sem
ator and was looming up as a posi-
BILE dangerous opponent for Congress-
man Diekema.
While there were three ballots nee
essary for the nomination of auditor
general, the big fight Of the conven-
ton. the result was never in doubt
after the crack Of the party whips was
heard on the second ballot Chase 8.
Osborn, Of the 500, nominated Fuller,
Senator Wetmore. Of Cadillac. nom.
mated "Puss" Palmer and Congress
mas Hamilton made the best speech
of the day in naming Nate F. Simp-
son.
The convention twice showed itself
to be heartily out Of sympathy with
the announced program OF the party
to adopt q statewide primary law.
Such a law would do away with NOM
mating conventions. When Chairman
Murfin referred to this as the last Re-
publican convention. there were loud
cries Of dissent from all parts of the
hall and this demonstration was re-
peated even more vigorously when
Chase Osborn talked In the same
strain.
Most of the nominations were made
by reclamation. Judge Brooke was
In that way and Fred G.
Martindale only had 10 wsit untf1 the
roll was ons-thind called before the
name of W. L. Standard was with
drawn 90 O candidate for secretary Of
stats. Sleeper had opposition for .
minute In W. l. Knapp. Of Kalamazoo.
but there was another withdrawal
here.
John =. Bird had no opposition and
the name c( Hiram A. Savage, Of Sag
NAV, was withdrawn for hand commits.
sioner after the roll was partly callad.
Announcement OF che baseball
scores was made between nominations
and this made q big lift with the dole
gates.
Chairman Murfn made Q signincant
statement In his speech that any can.
didate has right 10 . recount aad
this was we'll rsostved.
The convention began to break up
% soon % the auditor-gensral flghf
was over and the chairman had hard
work to hold enough dvlsgatss to-
gsther 70 make the Anal nominations
and adopt the resolutions,