The Detroit times., 1909-02-13

phenson. and William ". tnrpebter,
Detroit, two-year term.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Feb. lS.--
The compelling forces in the Repuh'
lican state convention that was held
here yesterday were engineered by
the old crowd. The proceedings show
ed clearly the hand OF the shrewd poll
tician. Nayne. saginaw ana tAe upper
peninsula had been reunited In feel
ing OF harmony so far as appearances
were concerned and the convention
disposed of the two contests and put
the slate through.
II had been conceded that judge
Stone. OF Marquette. would be named
for the supreme court, and Judge Per
kins withdrew. his friends realizing
that he had no chance. The real tight
developed between ex-Mayor Geo. p,
Codd. OF Detroit. and Henry w. Carey
OF East lake. for regent OF the uni
versity. Codd won by vote or 700
to ga. His victory was brought about
by the clever work of the combination.
After getting control of the committee
on order OF business slate was ar
ranged giving w. l.. Clements. OF Bay
City, who is a member OF the engi-
neering class OF 1884. a clear field TO
succeed Regent Fletcher. This gave
Codd an opportunity TO defeat Carey.
who was seeking a denomination The
fight against Carey was somewhat
personal. waged by those In close
touch with university matters. Carey
showed great strength, notwithstand-
ing.
The remainder OF the slate was put
through with little opposition. w. j.
Oberdorfer had opposition for the
short term on the board OF agriculture.
The ice In the straits OF Mackinac de-
layed two-thirds OF the Houghton coun-
ty delegation. Had II not been for
this fact Oberdorfer would have been
defeated by w. S. Pickert, OF Sidnaw.
Oberdorfer was endorsed by vote OF
AZ TO As. which coupled him with
Judge Carpenter for the short term
Gov. Warner 10 TIekied.
The opposition did not quit. how
ever. and they presented the names
of G. j. Monroe, OF South Haven. and
w. X Prudden. OF Lansing. Prudden
was named by Lieut.. Gov. Kelly, who
contended that every state institution
had a resident member OF the board.
Then some one with a husky voice
yelled How about Saginaw" recall
ing that Gov Warner had ousted the
local man from the board or control
Of the employment school for the
blind. Gov. Warner. who was sitting
In box, laughed. and Kelly replied,
We'll. Saginaw is in class by it.
self"
YIN, NJ Cp,itb OS or yohrs uho
was temporary and permanent chair
man Of the convention. scraped the
finest sensibilities of the state admin.
istration with satirical sandpaper for
It's extravaganza. Smith quoted part of
the speech OF Lawton T. Hemans. de-
livered in the last campaign. and used
Hemans' figures. Certain OF the dele
gates did not like the tenor OF Smith 8
remarks. but they had to acknowledge
there were some points that were
convincing and hard to evade.
Discussing state affairs. Mr.. Smith
declared the electors are demanding
cleaner politics, but whether the new
plan OF direct nominations Is destined
to produce better officials than the
convention system Is a question which
opinion.
= In Michigan, he said. the Repub-
lican party has in recent times &C.
complished much In the interest OF
the citizenship Of the state, but
much remains to be done. There
are yet" said he. favored corpora.
tons evading payment OF their just
share OF the public burdens, which
have never been reached by legisla.
ion. There are yet many abuses to
be corrected. and we should not be sat
isfled until all the burdens of the state
are eQualized.'
Protective Tariff.
Reverting To national affairs, the
speaker said: Many as have been
the virtues Of the closing administra-
ton, economy In public expenditure
has not been one Of them The fact
is that the people OF the United States
have grown so rich and prosperous by