The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-09
LUST FOR BlT1[E
QUITE Possesses
PROCTOR OWENS
Explains That Blood Of Warning A.
cestors Flows in His Veins ~
That He Just Glories Il
Conflict.
Modestly Compares Self In 1fsyoE1Z
Campaign To Grant Laying sisgs
To Richmond. y

The lust for battle has quite poe.
sessed Proctor Knott Owens, sttorney~
at-law and Republican nominee FOR the
ONCE OF mayor OF the city Of Detroit.
These last few days have been strenu-
Gus ones for the man who would have
his life marked with strenuous events.
He glories in conflict. Victory sounds
sweet in his ears and the battle Just
won has but whetted his appetite FOX
the bigger fray that's coming.
Mr.. Owens assumed very piQued
expression Thursday evening a. he
gazed upon some newspaper article
that painted him as button candi-
date, the whom OF disgruntled electors.
Hide wants TO insist, first OF all, that
he Is no political accident The blood
Of warning ancestors flows through his
veins and he loves to tell OF It. Hin
victory was but symbol Of ancestral
strength; the fight to follow will b
for the glory OF ancestral arms.
Proctor Knott Owens private Once
on the sixth floor of the Hodges build.
ing Is barely large enough to encom-
pass his ample frame. He sat there
Thursday evening and enjoyed his flrst
breathing spell since the gigantic
news was first borne to his expectant
ears. He gazed complacently at the.
new moon that smiled benibnly into
his two-by-four apartment and his ears
drank in the roar and hustle from the
street below. And he talked--of poll
tics and of his father, one of the light
ing race.
Newsboys were screaming the re-
suits OF the primary and perhaps this
sound was sweeter than all to the man
who watched above. He must have
known that his name was on every
body's lips,
kind a. fooled 'em, didn't II" said
Mr. Owens, in response to q query az
to how he accounted for his remark
able showing Il worked hard, that's
how | won this fight. / worked, morn
ing, noon and night. For four solid
weeks, never idled minute Il
made over 800 speeches and told the
men, the real men of this city, what
was what. They came to the polls
and voted for Proctor Knott Owens-
I'm pleased with my victory, because
it comes directly from the people '
This fight has just started. $50
some people are going around saying
that / might be induced to withdraw
from this race Well you say this for
mel won't withdraw. No argument
could induce me to think of it,
! Proctor Knott Owens brought his
| fist down upon his desk with terrific
bang and the Office furniture trembled
| in dismay. That Is a distinct Proctor
Knott Owen mannerism, that smash
| ing of clenched fist upon the desk.
He takes some of the coming cam
L.,t LEA.
| few days of rest and deep thought will
! be required for announcement or
definite plans. But IL will be fierce.
unrelenting campaign. Mr.. Owens
and his friends will present a solid
front. like the lighting ancestors.
That's the only way Grant ever
took Richmond" he said.
| Proctor Knott ovens Is 81 years
old. He was born to the soil and
worked close to 1t through his young
manhood. He began his education
late and continued ii variously at
various institutions. His early days
as farm boy were spent in Kentucky
and later in Missouri. From Missouri
he came to Detroit to show Detroiters.
Mr.. Owens recalls with pride that
his father voted for Abraham Lincoln.
| likewise a son of the soil. There was
some peril In voting for Lincoln I'm
the elder Owens time. II was In Ken
/ lucky and after the war The Blue
| Grass state was filed with .peeved Sc
| cessionists, but lately returned from
their. unsuccessful fight. Mr.. Owens.
| peer, was one of the loyal sons, who
| stood. by the flag. He was threatened
J with death IL he cast his ballot for
| the reelection OF Honest Abe, but he
| voted for Honest Abe. although IL re-
J CURED 2 line OF blue soldiers to escort
| him To the voting place.
That's fighting stock and that's the
! kind o. stock | come FROM said the
son, with CLINT OF pride in his gray
| eyes.
! Proctor Knott Owens is a well-knit.
| wcll-proportioned man. His frame de-
! notes physical strength, his manner a
/ superabundance OF confidence. He
I takes himself very seriously and can't
understand why others don't He has
/ the courage OF many convictions and
! is possessed OF tireloss energy. The
4, excitement OF the last few days has
! wearied him q trifle and he closed his
doors % callers, Thursday evening.
/ The telephone at his side rang con.
I stantly. however.
! Assurances OF support were borne
over the wire and Proctor Knott
! Owens listened TO them joyously.
/ YOU see. my friends are with me,
( he remarked. They we're with me al
! the primary and they will be with me
/ on election day. | am mighty proud
: OF what have done. but | do not for
get what my friends have done for
/ me- Two days OF rest and ! viii be
/ ready for the battle.
And he who was born to the soil and
/ hanks back TO fighting fathers turned
TO answer the impatient summons OF
| a telephone bell
~ rn On TOD 0E Dill "A AN.