The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-08-07
Eighth Districts Needs Demand Con
gresham Fordr ey's Reelection.
Continued from page A. J

Sixty-five thouhand dollar appro-
priation secured for public building
at Owosso.
Bonded warehouse secured for
Saginaw.
community interested, only a few
need be mentioned:
Free mail delivery secured for
Caro-, Tuscola county.
Free mail delivery secured for
st. Johns, Clinton county.
Many improvements In mail SER
vice secured for Saginaw, giving this
city best mail service in the county.
Large appropriations secured for
dredging work on Saginaw and tribu-
tary rivers, with prospect for speedy
elimination of this work at an early
date.
1t is hardly necessary to remind
Saginawians of the difference in To-
cal mail service between now and
ten years ago. Improvements af-
fecting every business and residen-
tial district have been made fire.
quently and today 1t is generally adj
mitted that better mail service is
afforded nowhere
To the same extent is this true in
st. Johns and Caro-, where free de-
livery about the city has been Sc
cured entirely through Mr.. Fordney's
efforts and the residents of these en-
terprising cities are thus privileged
to enjoy the most up-to-date mail
conveniences.
OF the campaign Mr.. Fordney has
and is still conducting for a deeper
and wider Saginaw river little need
be said. The district appreciates
we'll what great value will result
from the accomplishment of Mr..
Fordney's plan for twenty-foot
channel and 400-foot waterway and
If he is able to carry this through
within a few years it will mean more
for all people living in and engaged
in business throughout this district
than any other improvement ever
made. At the present time $780,
600 is available for dredging work
and a 14-foot channel is now practi-
cally complete.
Mr.. FOrdney as a Vote-Getter
Nor should Mr.. Fordney's unpar-
alleled record as vote-getter be
overlooked. His name on the Rep
ublican ticket is tower of strength
and has been largely instrumental
in the election of Republican county
officials throughout the district, Mr..
Fordney has a recognized standing
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Republican, who has always been
loyal to the party and it's nominees
and who has always been one of its
most able champions
Therefore, his name means much
towards the tickets success, fact
which should be well considered in
every county in the district. So
strong has Mr.. Fordney been that
in 1904, the year of the great Rep
ublican landslide, when Theodore
Roosevelt was carried into Office by
the greatest popular majority ever
recorded, Mr.. Fordney secured more
votes in this county than did Mr.. |
Roosevelt.
The vote follows (1904):
Mr. Roosevelt, 10,146; Mr.. Ford
ney, 1912.
Record of Congressional Campaigns. |
The following record of the re-
suits of the last half dozen congress |
sional campaigns in this district is |
of great Importance to all Republic |
Sans. 1t shows how Mr.. Fordney |
has a district which was Democratic |
in 1896 now solidly Republican. The |
facts follow:
In 1896 Mr.. Brucker (Dem.) car
ried the district by LOO.
In 1898 Mr.. Fordney (Rep.) car
ried the district by LOO.
In 1900 Mr.. Fordney (Rep) car
ried the district by 4,300.
In 1902 Mr.. Fordney (Rep.) car
ried the district by 5000.
In 1904 Mr.. Fordney (Rep) car
ried the district by $4,000.
In 1906 Mr.. Fordney (Rep.) car
ried the district by practically
unanimous vote, as there was no
Democratic nominee.
Such a record can hardly be
equaled throughout the country and
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strongest congressional figure this
district has ever known. That it
would be serious political mistake
to consider any other nominee at
this time the above figures show.
Mr.. Fordney's nomination assures
the Republicans of the country this
seat in the next con-
gress and also makes certain the
election of the county. officers
throughout the district as we'll.
From a position as a poor boy,
with industry, intelligence and hon.
esty as his capital, Mr.. Fordney has
arisen to a place among the leading
men of the country. He has been
.ried in public and private capaci-
ties. has proved a man of unfailing
good Judgment, honest and energet-
c and has always served his constit-
iency in a commendable manner.
Today he holds a position among the
at Washington OF high |
-espect. and everyone who comes In
contact with Mr.. Fordney quickly
,ees and appreciates that there Is
'ound man of democratic traits
ind characteristics, who has fought