The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
TO PUNISH PALMER
FOR ATTACKING
TOM NAv|N
WAYNE DELEGATES WILL TRY
TO PRICK BOOM Or MANIsTEE
MAN FOR AUpIroR-oENERAL-
BIRD HAS EASY SAILING.

vindication of Tom Navin is the big
issue with the Wayne county delegates
to the Republican convention. wnicn
opens at IL o'clock Tuesday morning
In the Light Guard armory.
While the conferences which were
going on In the Hotel Pontchartrain
during the night settled all the selec'
tons for the ticket, apparently. except
two. the tender feelings Of Navin
must be soothed In settling one OF the
remaining scraps.
It is related that while In Detroit
some time ago. Calvin A. Palmer. OF
Manistee. met some friends In Giles
cafe and dropped q few remarks to
the effect that he very strongly dis
approved Of Navin. He put It even
stronger than that, In fact, and the
words came to Navin's ears.
That master Of manipulation has not
forgotten and his ieutenants were
busy. Monday night. fixing things up
for revenge. While the Wayne dele
CATION Is tied with hawsers to Fred O.
Martindale for secretary OF state,
Navin is one Of the men who framed
up the delegation and he is said to
have made the matter a personal
Issue.
Won't Vote for Palmer.
As consequence, the Wayne mem
bers were canvassed and told that they
must not by any chance vote for Pal.
mer. A deal was fixed up whereby the
majority of the votes of this county
are to go to Oramel B. Fuller. Of Delta
county, for auditor-general. on the first
ballot. Then they Will be swung to
Capt. Nate Simpson, Of Hartford
when the time comes and the latter
nominated over Palmer, who admitted
lily has the most votes to start with. II
Is claimed that 100 Wayne men stand
with Navin. About a score have re-
fused to engage In any spite fight.
There was an attempt made to
frame up a slate, with Judge Flavius
L. Brooke, OF Detroit, for supreme
court Justice; Fred C. Martindale, for
secretary of state; A. r. Sleeper, of
Bad Axe. for state treasurer, and
Huntley Russell, Of Kent county. for
land commissioners, John =. Bird for
attorney-geheraI appears to have no
formidable opposition, while Luther
Wright, Of Ironwood, for auperinten
dent Of public instruction, and w. J.
McKone, for member Of the state edu
cation board, have no contenders.
1t was agreed that the upper PENN
sula Is entitled to one member of
the state board OF equalization and
that, for this reason, Wayne men
should vote for Fuller.
Palmer's friends are making des-
perate fight and some OF those in
Wayne county are very sore that
things should be framed up as they
are. They figure that with no opposi-
ton to Brooke, and only the few
votes of w. l.. Stannard opposed to
Martindale, there is no need for such
a trade.
I'VE are going to make a combina.
ton that makes sure Of the nomina-
ton Of our men," said the Martindale
workers.
The men who are here hustling for
the other candidates for state treas
urer and land commissioner are dis
posed to join the friends OF "Puss''
Palmer in trying to break the slate.
Hammer Primary Law.
The old timers In the convention are
talking about the good old days and
hammering the primary law. They
miss the excitement OF a gubernatorial
contest.
Still, there is the usual round of
visiting and renewing acquaintance.
There are a number of new faces but.
for the most part. the men who are
generally to be seen at state conyen-
lions are here. They filled the lobby
OF the Pontchartrain and the parlor
floor, where all the headquarters are
located, and smoked candidates
cigars and discussed the coming con.
vention with all the zest they could
muster.
IT have always maintained that the
primary system would be a failure"
remarked Theron w. Atwood. THE
people will grow very sick of II in
time"
Others commented on the great ex.
pense Of the Wayne county primary
and used that as an argument against
primary nomination.
Oneo the amusing things OF the
ante-convention period was the man.
ner in which the Warner forces flocked
to Bird. The latter's willingness To
accept third term as attoney-gen
eral was at once seized on as bolster
ing up the cause of the governor, and
| instructions went out from Warner
at once to line up with Bird. This los,
the latter few votes but gained him
many. -
I'VE shall have 500 votes on the frs,
ballot" said Henry Chase, otherwise
known as "the state Of Michigan,
who is doing the field work for Bird
Colin Campbell. of Walker town
ship Kent county, Is here htn but
terfiy net reaching for the place o.
speaker In the next legislature, ant
he did not miss seeing prospective
legislator who got within a hundred
yards Of the hotel
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