The Detroit times., 1910-09-05
OSBORN BY 100000.
Says v. F. KNOX
Campaign Manager of $500" Candi-
date Says Latter Will Carry
Eight Districts.

The candidates are now at the post.
champing on the bits, and anxiously
awaiting the signal to go. The bar
rier will be lifted at 7 O'Clock Tues
day morning, and then the big field
will be on. The big races on the pro-
gram are those for United States SEN
ator and governor OF Michigan. For
the senatorship, there are two en-
tries. julius Caesar Burrows and
Charles e. Townsend. Both have
been groomed well for the race and
they are expected to put up a lively
contest
Townsend is favorite in the betting
In Detroit, odds of 10 to s being
offered. Burrows' hackers. however.
say they are confident that their en-.
try will win. Senator Frederick G.
Wetmore, who has been looking after
Burrows interests In Wayne county,
predicts that his candidate will win
by $4,000.
Mr.. Burrows" said Senator Wet
more, will carry every county In the
upper peninsula. and at least 40 OF
the 68 counties In the lower PENN
sula He will carry seven of the
twelve congressional districts"
Mr.. Wetmore grants that Mr..
Townsend will carry his own district.
the second, and two others. leaving
three In doubt.
On the other hand, Mr.. Townsend's
workers predict that he Is going to
carry the state by two to one. Mr..
Townsend himself think his assur-
ances of victory warrant the claims
Of his friends.
Chase s. Osborn. one Of the three
entered for the governorship race. is
confident OF winning, but does not say
what majority he looks for. His cam
paign manager, w. r. Knox, has how.
ever, issued the following statement
In regard to Mr.. Osborn's prospects:
Chase Osborn will win the nomin-
alton for governor by a plurality ex-
ceeding 10000. He has made cam
paign without parallel in the history
Of Michigan politics. During it's pro-
gress he has visited seventy counties
and talked to more than 100000 peo-
pie. Everywhere he has gone, he has
found q deep interest in state affairs
and universal desire for improved
conditions In state administration.
The widespread demand for a change
in the conduct Of affairs in Lansing
will be reflected in the big vote, which
confidently predict at the polls, and
the size of the plurality which will be
registered for Osborn and against a
continuation of Warnerism in Michi-
gan. Osborn will carry eight out Of
the twelve congressional districts in
the state, with an even chance Of
carrying two more. He will go to the
straits with a majority In the lower
peninsula alone of 10000 votes, where
he will be met by a majority Of equal
proportions from his home district"
Mr.. Osborn's rally In the Light
Guard armory, Saturday night, was a
fitting close to hard campaign In
this vicinity. He was rewarded with
an enthusiastic gathering and his
candidacy received big boom. Hora-
ito s. Earle referred to him as the
Roosevelt of Michigan" George p.
Codd, chairman, compared him to
Mayor Gaynor, OF New York, and Al
Ian II. Frazer called him a second
Pingree. All the speakers declared
that the state would make no mistake
In choosing Mr.. Osborn as the next
governor.
Mr.. Osborn himself made a plea for
a new Republicanism in Michigan.
Patrick II. Kelley, also seeking the
Republican nomination for governor
of Michigan. had good meeting in
Harmonic hall, Saturday night. He
talked on the taxation question and
repeated that he would see to 1t that
all corporations. including the mines,
would be taxed according to their
valuation II he were elected. II. R.
Pattengill and Dick" Whelan were
the other speakers.
Mayor Breitmeyer regards his re-
nomination as q certainty, In spite Of
the fact that he has done no work for
1t. His friends have put In some.