The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-21
OSBORN SPEAKS.
TO BIG CROWD
SETS Alright DISTORTED CAM
PAIGN UTTERANCES OF He
MANS. DEMOCRATS WERE
ExTRAvAGANT.

Kalamazoo. Mich, oct. 21.-Speak-
ing before nearly 1000 persons in
Bronson park. Chase S. Osborn, Re-
publican candidate for governor. con-
tinued to set Alright the purposely dis
torted campaign utterances Of Law
ton T. Hemans.
1t is true when Mr. Hemans says
that the state expenditures for the last
ten years have amounted To 100000,
while the previous sixty years had
cost the state like sum-" declared the
candidate "But he neglected pur-
posely to add that during the Demo-
cratic administration of Ex-Gov. Win
ans. the state expenses were equal to
those of twenty -four of the previous
sixty years he mentions.
MY opponent. Hemans fails to call
attention to the facts that Michigon, as
a state, was comparatively poor until
ten years ago. and that the great
progressive steps that have been taken
by the state government have come
principally since that time.
Regarding equal taxation ! will say
that the Republican party was respon-
sible for such legislation and that 1t
also is responsible for the develop
ment of public fairness and can be
trusted To continue until the burdens of
government are placed where they be-
long. II may be safely looked forward
TO that the cost of government will be
borne in just proposition by the strong
and shrewd instead of by the masses
of the people and that those who have
little per capita but considerable in
the aggregate and whose holdings are
matter of common knowledge will be
compelled to pay their just taxes"
Mr.. Osborn made hundreds of
friends by his courageous speech and
fearless promises Time and again he
was forced to cease i'm his discourse to
bow to deafening applause.
Mr.. Osborn continuerd to take the
smoke out of Mr. Hemans' proposed
reform steps when he declared that
the democratic nominee had had am
pie opportunity to assert his intentions
in such a line during his two terms rs
member of the state legislature. lie
added that such a drowsy and unoon-
cerned record as Mr.. Hemans had es-
tabished while in power in Lansing
might be taken as criterion for the
future, providing he is ever again
granted an opportunity to reform al
Michigan"
The candidate repeatedly announced
that the democratic nominee was pur-
posely distorting his statements and
statistics to put the republican party
and it's state candidate in a bad light.
1T is the same old policy that the
democrats have always followed" he
said.
Cant you see clearly that Mr. He
mans is merely talking for votes and
refusing absolutely to play fair when
he declares repeatedly that If elected
he will force the state mining corpor-
ations to pay just taxes?" querried
the candidate. speaking further
Every voter in the state must know
| if he will stop to think of what said
In my primary campaign speeches
that I promised to force equal taxa
ton throughout the entire state. This
not only included the mine owners
and their mines but every taxpayer
i'm the state, be he large or small.
"He has merely picked out the min
ing properties and their owners to us'
as an example because l make my
home I'm one of the cities of the north
ern peninsula. II is mean and low o
any man to try to introduce sectiona
strife and class hatred when we ar
all pulling so hard for united, bettel
and grander Michigan"
IL was Just before MIR. Osborn spok'
To "a gathering of eco inmates OF th'
| Soldiers home i'm Grand Rapids thi'
afternoon that he made known th'
fact that a leading Democrat of tn
state approached him in Adrian re
Gently and congratulated him upon TIN
fact that he had been made the targe
i'm the state railroad commission con
troyersv which Lawton T. Hemans hal
attempted to stir up. That the mor'
discussion on the topic, the deeper tn
inquiry and consequently the create
benefits to Mr. Osborn, was the sub
stance OF the Adrian mans congratu
lations.