The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
views in the matter.

On the three matters above mention
ed Mr.. Fordney's actions in Congress
were not exactly in line with the Pres
ident's recommendations, and his
opponents are unfairly and falsely en-
deavoring to lead the people to believe
because Congressman Fordney did MOI
blindly follow the recommendations OF
President Roosevelt, that he has been
against the Presidents policies. Such
is far from fact. Congressman Ford
ney has stood by the President in al
most every reform that the President
has advocated, not because the Presi
dent advocated such measures but be
cause Mr. Fordney believed in them
He is the kind of congressman who
knows what he is voting about, who
studies public questions, who does not
blindly follow the lead of any man, but
who intelligently investigates mat
ters that come before Congress and
then votes according to the dictates of
his judgement and his conscience.
| Then again those who oppose him
have also been trying to make much of
the fact that Congressman Fordney at
Chicago voted for Speaker Cannon as
candidate for President Mr.. Fordney
was entirely consistent and fair in
this, when he was elected a delegate
he stated publicly and repeatedly that
If the District should send him as a
delegate to the National Convention,
and If Mr.. Cannon was q candidate
for President he would vote for him.
He had a perfect right to vote for Mr.
Cannon. Possibly it might have been
a little more popular in the District
for Mr.. Fordney to have deserted Mr..
Cannon, whom he had agreed to sup
port if he were candidate, and TO
have voted for Mr.. Taft as Secretary
Taft had a clear majority and was go
ing to be nominated any way but here
again the honesty of the manhood of
Mr. Fordney appears, and he kept
his word to the people of the District
and voted for Mr.. Cannon Mr.. Taft
was nominated and no person in the
Eighth District will support the candi-
dacy of Secretary Taft for President
with more genuine earnestness than
Congressman Fordney, who is a
great admirer of Secretary Taft
and who believes that Secretary
Taft will make an ideal president,
who is on the most friendly terms
with him and also with President
they both admire him be-
cause he has the courage of his con-
victions and studies public questions
and knows about them before he votes |
upon them.
Congressman Fordney has repre-
scented the Eighth District in Congress |
for ten years and he is the third man |
from the State of Michigan to ever be |
appointed upon the Ways and Means
the most important com
mittee of the National House of Rep
His influence in con-
sress is great. He has been a very
man to the Eighth District.
Every time he has gone before the
people he has been returned to con-
yress by larger vote than the time
before. Two years ago the Demo
,ratic party did not even dare to nomi-
late a candidate against him and
it will not do so for they
'ealize the hopelessness of anybody
against ice Fordney in the
eighth District of Michigan. The
nen conducting the campaign against
Ir. Fordney will not succeed in fool
ng the people of the Eighth District
W the claim that Mr.. Fordney is not
II accord with the administration, as
learly shown above, in every instance
where he has opposed the administra-
ion measure it has been in the inter
SITS of economy and in the interests 6
f the producers of the United States.
he people of the Eighth District be. /
eve in economy and probably if q !
ote was taken in the Eighth District I
n the question of whether the United +
tates should pay $4S,00O,00O or $24,- b
100000 for battle Ships, there would e
OF be q hundred votes in favor of I
pending the S4S,OO0,00O and probably a
a vote were taken in the Eighth a
istrict on the question of whether the q
Get growers of the United States II
lould be protected or whether the o
rejection should be extended to the
lgar manufacturers of Cuba, the vote V
ould be unanimous that the beet n
overs of United States, Michigan Z
Id the Eighth District should be first +
Oked after.
Congressman Fordney understands u
e needs of the people of his District, u
} has been instant in season and out
season in working for their inter-
is during his service in Congress
ID the people of the Eighth District
ii see to 1t that they do not lose his T,
ryices