The Detroit times., 1910-10-25
THEY'RE NADER
THAN WET HENS
Hank" Smiths Soreness Post
Primary; Grant Fellows Fit Is Post
Convention and Against Navin.

(From q Special Correspondent.)
ADRIAN, Mich. Oct. 24.-One OF
the most entertaining political situa-
tions your correspondent has found
In his travels over the state, exists IN
the Second congressional district,
where disgruntled politicians in his
own party would like TO take the
scalp of w. w. Wedemeyer, candi-
date for the lower house. and are do
ing all they can to gain that end.
Ex-Congressman Henry c. Smith.
OF this city, defeated for several Of
fees during the past two years and
decisiyely beaten by Wedemeyer in
the primaries for the nomination for
congress, Is one OF those who would
like to see Wedemeyer's undoing
worked at the polls. Sore as boil.
angry as a hornet and full OF Ven
geance, Smith Ia bending every ef-
fort to bring about Wedemeyers de-
feat, believing that the downfall OF
the Ann Arbor man will demonstrate
the mistake OF the voters OF the Sec
oni district In not selecting Smith as
their candidate.
Then comes Grant Fellows, Of
Hudson, who has never been success
full In a political contest In his life.
and whose misfortune IL has ever
ben to find himself on the losing
side. While heretofore Fellows aas
been n good loser, he Is now beside
himself with Indignation. and as most
people do under such conditions, Is
making ill-jndged plays.
Fellows has always been In with
the "OId Guard" doing the bidding OF
the Warner-Navin-Burro crowd. UNI
I'll they were found supporting Kuhn
for the attorney-generalship.
Previous TO that time, Fellows was
forever sounding the praises OF the
party leaders. even after they had
made Michigan famous for crooked
ness and corruption. and he WAS one
Of the few who denounced AMI or
posed primary reform. Also. he was
the first TO suffer from one OF his
much-loved "old-time conventions -
(such as our fathers used 10 know.)
II is also almost sure and conceded
that, had the Office OF attorney-gen-
eral gone to the primaries. Fellows,
with his wide acquaintance, would
have won easily.
But he went into the convention
and was supposed TO abide by the
result. He has known the cards to
be stacked against others and has en-
joyed seeing them bite the dust, but
IL does not taste good to Fellows and
the columns of the Hudson Gazette
give vent to the ire OF disappointed,
disheartened and beaten politician.
One edition was devoted TO Fellows
old-time friend and political chum,
frank Navin. Fellows never saw
anything wrong in the Navin influ.
ence until he tasted OF the dose fixed
up for him by the Detroiter and War
ner I'm the state convention. Now
harsh things are said about Tom
The next edition OF the Gazette at
tempts to show that Fellows was
thrown down by Wedemeyer. claim
ing the congressional candidate had
pledged the Washtenaw county dele
cations support. which he failed TO
deliver. Wedemeyer says he made no
such promise. that all he did promise
was TO aid Fellows, which he claims
he did to the limit OF his ability. new
er saying he could control the wnole
delegation. In. consideration of the
fact that Fellows had always been
against Wedemeyer In every conyen.
ton and political ambition as far back
as the early days OF Pingree. IL is re-
garded here as generous of Wedemey.
or TO make the effort he did for Eel
lows, simply because he came from
the Second district.
From what your correspondent
could learn. what is termed the
"spasm OF Fellows and Smith will
do little harm to the big fellow from
Wa htepaw Tn, Republicans OF This
district have seen Wedemeyer de.
feated and disappointed year after
year, but always showing himself to
be game by falling into line and helm.
elect his successful rival.