The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-23

from the nandS or a committee. The
enactment of such a law at the next
session of the legislature, the i'm
provement of the state primary law,
the passage of a law which will pre-
vent the issue of watered stock, a
provision requiring publicity for the
purposes of lobbyists and legislative
solicitors, and other enactments
which he has favored, the governor
specifically pledged himself to do his
best to secure.
One interesting feature of Gov.
Warmers address at Grand Ledge
was the statement he made concern
ing State Treasurer Glaciers failure.
There was no act of his connected
with Mr.. Glazier as an individual or
as state treasurer, he declared, which
he was not willing to publicly andful-
ly make known. Up to the time that
rumors OF Mr. Glaciers financial EN-
barrassment reached him, he had be-
lieved that Mr.. Glaciers affairs were
in the best possible condition. This
belief existed in Glaciers home viii
lage and was shared by careful and
conservative bankers who were loan
ing him money in very large amounts
AS soon as an investigation revealed
the actual situation, the governor
promptly demanded Glaciers resig-
nation; there was nothing in their
relation that caused him to hesitate
one moment in so doing.
MIR. Glazier had contributed $500
to the governors campaign expenses
in 1904. The same year Gov. War
ner had borrowed the sum of $4,000
from the Chelsea bank, giving an in
terest bearing note for that amount,
which was paid in full; but these
facts created no obligation on the
governors part to deal with Mr..
Glazier other than as business man
and as state officer. No other mon
ey was borrowed from Mr.. Glazier or
from the Chelsea bank, and Glaciers
campaign contribution was modest
in view of his supposed wealth and
his contributions in other directions.
Il regretted exceedingly that public
confidence had been shaken in a.
state officer" said Gov. Warner, "buc
| permitted no personal consideration
to stand in the way, of my official
duty" The governor referred to the
statement that he had recommended
loans OF state money to different
banks and explained that he had
simply forwarded requests that had
come to him to the state treasurer
with the suggestion that if he deemed
1t advisable he comply with the re-
quests. This had always been the
procedure as he understood it, and
1T was worthy of note that every one
of the banks whose requests he had
forwarded to the state treasurer had
paid to the state every penny of state
money the moment it was called for.
The state will lose not a dollar
through the Glazier failure as $780,
600 has already been paid back and
the remainder is amply secured.
Gov. Warner declared that the at
tacks being made upon him with ref
erence to the Glazier failure were
either due to lack of information
concerning the matter, or from a de.
sire to purposely misrepresent his at
titude and his action. The governor
closed one of the most effective
speeches he had ever made by refer
ring to the charges made against him
four years ago that corporation in
fluences would control him and to the
fact that such charges had been eff
fectually silenced by his official rec
ord. He also called attention to the
fact that he had promptly expressed
his willingness to cordially support