The Detroit times., 1910-08-26
PAPER
v|lElY ATTACKS
CHASE OSBORN
Assault On Personal and Political
Probity of Candidate Is Alleged
Combined Attack Of Musselman
and Kelley Forces,
Steps Will Be Taken To Arrest Editor
Baldwin and Action Against Mus
selman Is threatened.

ut has remained for Amos s. Mus
selman, who is advocating his own
nomination on the ground that
he is not politician. to de-
scend TO the use OF the most
contemplate, reprehensible, and ma
licious form OF dirty politics in the
gubernatorlal contest" declared w.
r. Knox, Chase S. Osborn's campaign
manager, at the Pontchartrain, Thurs
day morning. IN a most vicious. ma
lignant, and utterly unwarranted at
tack upon Mr.. Osborn's personal
character and reputation, appearing in
the state, the Escanaba Journal, the
Musselman people are guilty of mud
singing and character-assassina
the equal OF which Michigan never
before saw.
This viciously false and criminal
attack upon one OF the most promin-
emit, upright and respected citizens
OF the state leaves but one course OF
action open to us. Immediate steps
will be taken to arrest F.. l.. Bald
win, the editor Of the Escanaba Jour-
nal for criminal libel. and inasmuch
as this libelous attack has been CIV
en- statewide publicity by Mussel-
man purchasing a large number OF
copies and circulating them through
out the state, suit will be instituted
against Amos s. Musselman of Grand
Rapids, unless he forwith repudi-
ates this attack upon Mr.. Osborn's
! personal character.
This attempt O character-assassi
alton, carrying on its very face It's
] own refutation and condemnation,
/ merely serves to emphasize how des-
! perate are the methods to which the
1 opposition Is reduced to prevent
/ Chase s. Osborn's nomination. II al
| 30 shows what I have claimed for
/ some time. that the Warner-Kelley
\ machine and Musselman are now
\ working in harmony and In combina-
+ ton to defeat Osborn, with Kelley as
y the present and Musselman a subse-
\ Quent beneficiary OF the deal. While
\ this infamous assault appeared in
n the leading Musselman organ and was
circulated by the Musselman public
Y lily bureau, II Is also being circulated
by the Kelley forces. We have abb
4 solute proof that Labor Commission
| or Fletcher mailed some of the copies
H out, and last Tuesday copy of the
| paper was In the hands of every Kel-
ley worker in the capital.
| Dick FIetcher's Boast.
"Over a week ago, Dick Fletcher
\ boasted that such an, attack as this
I would appear in Musselman paper,
/ thus securing publicity for the at
tack without Kelley being responsible
/ for the use of such dirty tactics.
Fortunately, Chase Osborn's char
| acter and reputation gained in 30
years residence In Michigan are safe
| from such slanderous attacks. He Is
known too widely and too well to fall
\ victim of such falsehoods and mis-
representation Quite the most eff
fective method of meeting this as
sault Is to give II the widest possible
publicity hope every voter in Mich
igan read it, The result will be such
popular revulsion against such tao
tics as to nominate Osborn governor
by a majority that will be historic"
The article, referred to by Mr..
Knox, reads as follows:
Will Osborn tell the people of
got. IL any, for betraying ex-
Congressman Stephenson at the
Ironwood congressional conven-
ton some years ago?
Will Osborn tell how much. TX
anything, ex-Congressman Carl
Sheldon paid him for delivering
the goods" from Chippewa coun-
ty?
Will Osborn tell the people OF
Michigan whether he divided the
pot, II there was any pot, with
the Chippewa county delegation!
Will Osborn say whether or
not he received $4,000 from Al
bert Pack. United States senator
ial candidate some years back, for
his support Of Pack?
Osborn is the father of dirty
politics in the Upper Peninsula.
He is the man who stole the con-
gressional convention at Ish-
peming some years ago.
Osborn is the man who pre-
tends to be a Republican but Is
going up and down and back and
forth across the state Of Michi-
gan reviling and defaming the
party under whose administra-
ton he has for years been draw
ing fat salaries.
Is II, or is 1t not, fact that o.
borns support OF men In years
past, before he got that iron
mine. was always contingent up
on the size of the mans purse
and his willingness to let Osborn
tamper with the purse strings?
He has shown the basest In
gratitude by his unwarranted and
damnable attacks upon Gov. War
uer and his attacks got so I'M
bearable that even r. M. An
drews. editor OF the Menominee
Herald Leader, who 10 support
ing Osborn, delivered singing
rebuke to Osborn by printing last
week a strong defense of Gov.
Warner and his administration.
He is bowling about his $3.50
contribution to Gov. Warmers
campaign fund two years ago, but
he is saying nothing about the 81
zoo that he made the late con-
eressman Sheldon cough up for
his gubernatorial campaign some
years ago.
Osborn is the man who gained
wealth by getting possession OF
an iron mine that another man
diacovered land he wouldn't like