The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-13
HAND Of MACHINE
CROWD SHOWN As
C0OD IS NAMED
WAYNE, SAGINAW AND UPPER
PENINSULA SETTLE DIFFER
ENCEs AND CONTESTS ARE AD-
JUSTED.
TILE TI,kE.T.

For supreme iusticc--Charles \.
Blair, Jackson, and john W.. stone
FOR board ot regents-w /. Glenn
ents, BAY city. and George 4. todd'
Detroit.
For Superintendent OF public instruc-
tion-Luthcr L. Wright. lronWood'
For member Of the board OF edu'a-
ton William !. Mckone. Albion.
For board Of agriculture !. Roy a =
tcrburN. Highland. and w. H. VA,
- Graham, Grand Rapids, AMI a. j.
Dohcrty, Clare, four-Near term w ~
tame }. Ohrrdorfcr. stephenson, ",N
William /. Carpenter. Detroit, two-ycaF
term.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. Ia
The compelling forces in the Repup.
Lean state convention that was helu
here yesterday were engineered by
The old crowd. The proceedings SHOW
d clearly the hand uf the shrewd poll
liclan. Nayn, saginaw and the upper
peninsula had Dctn rcunltcd IN Itc!-
ing OF harmony So far as appearances
Ncrc concerned and the convention
disposed OF the two contests and put
he eslate through.
II had been conceded that judge
Stone of Marquette, would be named
for tho supreme court. and Judge Per
kins\Mithdrcw. his friends realizing
that h6~ASsl no chance. The real nght
developed between ex Mayor Geo. r.
codd OF Detroit. and Henry w. Carey,
Of East lake. for regent of the UNI
tersity. c0dd won by vote OF I01
o7514 His viStOrys was brought about
by the clever work OF the compination.
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. clear field 10
succeed Regent Fletcher. This gave
Codd' an opportunity to defeat Carey,
who was seeking Il denomination. The
fight against Carey was somewhat
personal, waged by those In close
touch with university matters. Carey
showed great strength, notwithstand-
ing.
The remaindero 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-
~ delegation. Had II not been Tor
this fact Oberdorfer would have been
defeated by w. ). Pickert. OF Sidnaw.
Oberdorfer was enforced by a vote OF
AZ to AZ. which coupled him with
Judge Carpenter for the short term.
Gov. Warner is Tickied.
The opposition did not quit, how
ever, and they presented the names
of G.. j. Monroe of South Haven. and
w. X. Pruddcn. of Lansing. Prudden
was named by Lieut.. Coy. Kelly, who
contended that every state institution
mad a resident member Of the boarc.
Then some one with husky voice
yelled How about Saginaw recall
ing that Gov. Warner had ousted the
local man from the board OF 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"
VIM. NJ. Smith. of ST. Johns, who
was temporary and permanent chair
man Of the convention, scraped the
finest sensibilites OF the state admir-
istration with sandpaper for its ey-
travagance Smith quoted part of
the speech of Iawton r. Hemans de-
Iivered in the last campaign, and used
Hemans figures. Certain Of the dele
gates did not like the tenor OF Smiths
remarks. hut they had to acknowledge
there were some points that were
convincing and hard 10 evade
Discussing state affairs, Mr.. Smith
declared the electors are demanding
cleaner politics. but whether the new
plan of direct nominations Is destined