The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-09-25

| aries were able to report progress and
that the candidate-to-beThad consent
ed TO be and would lay aside personal
desires in answer to the call of the
united Democracy of the district.
There was some objection among the
delegates to this course, those from
the adjoining counties protesting that
| they had been given to understand
| another would make the race,
and some in Saginaw county advising
| that the convention adjourn without
making a nomination, which course it
was said, would be beneficial to the
local county ticket.
All of which protest and advice was
unavailing. The Democracy had
| found a candidate and accordingly
| deemed it a great pleasure and deep
duty to make the nomination and
rescue the district. AS for Mr.. Morse
| the candidate, it was said that he
came ITO the hall firm in his deter
| mination INIT to accept the nomina-
ton. When arguments we're eloquent
| ly delivered by the committee of mis-
/ sionarieS above named he succumbed
and to himself merely recalled that
| only a week ago he had set aside the
| honor of being one of the Democratic
| nominees for circuit court commits
sioner and had thus stepped to
| higher place.
Mayor Burke, of OwOsso, Chairman.
After the call of the convention
| had been read Chairman Lown called
| Wallace ID. Burke, well-known as the
! saloon-keeper-may of Owosso, to
| take the chair Mr.. Burke made no
] remarks but was a pleasing chairman
| and at the close of the convention in
J thanking the delegates urged party
harmony and promised his own sup.
| port in a manner that brought him IA
! friendly demonstration. He advised
that no campaign of money would be
made and that it was the duty of
every Democrat to aid the candidate
as much as possible, without neglect
ing his business or those who are
! dependant upon him. The mayor a
short time ago made an address here
to the local saloonkeeper organiza-
ton, the X. Y. NJ. S., advising COM
! pliance with the liquor laws
II. G. Spring, of Tuscola, was sec
retary and these officers were later
made permanent and sworn in. The
committees named were as follows:
| Credentials-JohnK Krogmann, Sag
inaw; DIR. r. c. Fair, Durand Ed
ward Brown, Clinton; F. L. Morford,
| Tuscola.
/
Resolutions-J. Earle Brown Clin-
ton; d. ]. Gerow, Shiawassee; Ernest
E. Snow, Saginaw; N. H. Burns, Tus-
| cola.
| Permanent organization and order
of business-Wm. T. Lewis, Tuscola !;
William F. Hemmeter, Saginaw: Sey-
mour D. Watson, Clinton; M. L. Izor,
| Shiawassee.
| A Man From Missouri Appeared.
| After short recess the committees
reported and the convention took up
the nomination of representative in
congress. John N. Southgate was
called into action at this stage of the
proceedings. Chairman Lown send
| ing hurry call to MIR. Southgate to
name the candidate. Mr.. ,Southgate
did it very gracefully, concluding with
the candidates name, which he an
nounced unfalteringly and without a
humble. Tt was rumored at the time
that some one of the leaders coached
| him on the name as he drew near the
close of his speech, lest the Demo-
cracy's official nominator should fear
Mr.. Morse might have changed his
mind and declined, and have another
slated.
AT this jumcture the only live in
cident of the meeting developed.
| Seymour ID. Watson, of Clinton,
arose and announced, like 1.-THE man
from Missouri" that he wanted to
be shown. In plain language Mr.
Watson asked whether this candidate
had been named for the purpose of
slaughter, declaring that he had Of
| ten heard that the Saginaw county
| Democracy was a stronghold of Jos.
| w. Fordney.
II want to know if this candidate
can go into Saginaw county and make
any headway against those strong
influences in the Democracy, which,
| I am led ito infer, are to quite an
extent for JOS. w. Fordney. If the
Democratic vote of Saginaw county
| is found shattered with infidelity
| again this year and at this election,
| / want ito tell you that it is time to
question the loyalty of Saginaw coun-