The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-14
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
THE KEYNOTE SPEECH, MADE
BY SENATOR SMITH, PRAISED
OSBORN AND TOWNSEND.
PLATFORM MADE PROGRESSIVE
AND NO ANIMosITIEs STIRRED
UP AMONG CANDIDATES.
The Ticket and General Features OF
the Convention Briefly
Noted.


Lieutenant Governor-John .. Ross,
Secretary of State-F c. Martindaie.
State Treasurer-Albert +. Sleeper.
Attorney General-Franz c. Kuhn.
Supreme Court Justice-John f.
Auditor General-Oramel Il. Fuller.
The Republican state convention as
sembled in Detroit Thursday, COM
pleted the ticket for state offices,
adopted progressive platform, was
addressed by Senator William Alden
Smith, Hon. Chase S. Osborn and
others. Senator Smiths address was
the keynote of the campaign, of
course. The nominations were unani-
nous; they being denominations. with
the exception of encouragement,
There were five candidates for this
Office, but Kuhn had the greatest
strength and, though not having votes
enough to nominate on the first bal
lot. a rapid-fre of changes after the
roll-call settled the matter.
The main points Of Senator Smiths
speech follow:
The Republican party is big enough
and tolerant enough to accommodate
all the hosts of good government.
The mere right to live here does
not carry with it the right to befoul
our birthright and besmirch our insti-
tutions.
Partisanship is the necessary hand
maid to democracy.
The importers who rail against the
tariff are pelican patriots.
The high cost OF living cannot be
charcoal n Tho fariH a fc runrlH
wide, while no European country has
gone through a general tariff revision
1t took the Democrats in congress
eight months to frame the Wilson
law and every man connected with
its passage has been trying to live
down the stigma ever since.
1t would have been easy TO drift
with friends on a popular wave out
10 sea, but chose TO follow the course
we pursued for IA years.
No party organization has accom-
plished more for humanity than the
party of Roosevelt and Taft.
Convention Notes.
While the vote for encouragement
was being footed by the tally clerks
the convention was addressed by Mr..
Osborn, who emphatically stated that
the promises he made the people dur
ing the primary campaign would be
fulfilled if he is elected governor.
All the defeated candidates were
given the opportunity to pledge
their loyalty, but Patrick II. Kelly
was the only one who was present
and he did his part cleverly Sen
ator Smith called for Amos S. Mus
selman, but he\ was not present aDd
Grant Fellows had also disappear
ed when he was called for.
PIanks in the Platform.
President Taft lauded.
Congress commended for the pass
age of beneficial legislation. including
the tariff law, giving special atten-
ton to the preservation of the wage
scale of workingmen.
Establishment of a tariff commits
sion approved to preserve the princi-
pie of protection and by the removal
of inequalities to make another gen
eral revision of the tariff unneces-
sary.
President commended for his deter
mination to reduce public expendi
lures and his opposition to future un-
scientific rivers and harbors appro-
priat;ons bills.
Declares for probity and efficiency
In the conduct of state affairs as
typified in the character of Chase S.
Osborn, and pledges a businesslike
administration.
Commends legislature for the pass
age of general laws of the last ses-
sion, and recommends the passage
of a primary election statute which
shall require the publication before
election of statements showing the
expenditures by candidates and the
sources of contributions 10 their
campaign funds.
Declares in favor of the state re-
serving the right to regulate rates
and construction of water powers in
the state.
Urges next legislature to provide
for commission of experts TO review
the entire system of taxation and
favors non-partisan commission to
control the states wild game and
fish.