The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-24
kelley TIED UP TO
MllNG INTERESTS
Osbn Supporter Says Lieutenant.
Gernor Promised To Veto Ton
mage Tax Bill II Elected.

suit STE. Marie, June 23.-An
upr peninsula man who is actively
infested In Chase Osborns cam
pah for the governorship In an ia.
terpw today threw bomb into the
KEY camp by directly charging the
lieunant'governor with having made
a Tdge months ago TO the mining
intests OF the upper peninsula that
he puid IL elected governor veto a
tonge tax bill II II passed the legis-
latu. The informant said:
attention has been called To
an litorial In the Lansing State Re-
puhan, which has lately become the
KEY mouthpiece, ia which the dec
larDn is made that the gubernator.
ial 'ntest lies between Osborn and
kelT This Is followed by the state
men that Osborn Is pledged 10 TIE
ming interests. while Kelley Is
'pleed only TO the good OF the
stat,
TO few days ago I wac inclined
to zee that the contest lay between
Osbn AMI Kelley. but since Kelley's
Mtfeasant speech. IN which he at
TENS to repudiate his intimate asso-
ciDn and connection with the pres
administration. | aE beginning TO
beve Kelley will be an eligible
guilty in the situation before pri-
me- day. People instinctively ed
mi loyalty even when the object or
th,sentiment Is not entirely TO their
Hig. Bat when, as In the present
cal man VINO IL an integral and
imrtant part OF an organization,
atnpts 10 repudate il solely be-
cat he finds public sentiment almost
unirsally unfriendly &c that organ
izan, | nave 100 high an opinion OF
puc intelligence 10 believe he can
getway with IL.
pe second declaration in The Re-
puean is a most unfortunate one
so n as Kelley Il concerned, since
II rmits OF a rej0inder which will
pue Mr. Kelley.
r. Osborn is pledged TO no spe.
cianterests. either In the upper OF
low peninsula. He is pledged TO see
cot and exact Justice done all in
ters. His political record and the
chicter of his declarations upon the
stlp, In fact his entire life and the
quiy OF his mind give absolute as
suice upon this point. But how
ali Mr.. Kelley?
Mr.. Kelley prepared TO deny
wbut qualification that in his ef-
10 prior TO Mr.. Osborn's entry into
tlrace, to secure the support OF the
rtr peninsula that he gave to cer-
"a representatives OF the mining in
tests his personal pledge that he
Wd protect the mining companies
apst the tonnage tax proposition
slid IL become an issue before the
n, legislature? liz Mr. Kelley ready
tteny that he left these representa-
Is with the assurance that II a ton
N tax bill passed the Legislature,
a he were governor. he would kill
IN his veto?
don't believe Mr.. Kelley will an
ST these questions. He has had
c good opportunity 20 do SO. but
dined. The Detroit Free Press sew
weeks ago asked similar ques-
I. Kelley ignored IL then. and
rume he will ignore Il now.
While equitable tsse ssment for
ttion is still problem as it always
and will be for years 10 come. II
10 more problem now than II has
h during the years of the Warner
Hey regime Throughout the six
rs OF Warner as governor and Kel'
! as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS no word
sthis subject escaped either Kelley
,his chief. Now that Kelley is a
,didate and needs an issue he has
lone very keen for equitable rs
sments, particularly in section
the state where he does not expect
rh support
The real issue in Michigan today
4 the issue In which every citizen
interested is that the money col
ted for state taxes shall be honest
wisely and conservatively expeni
Since the Kelhy-Warncr record
ne this lne is not exactly popular
Hey is making every effort TO dis
lct attention from this phase OF the
.uation."