The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-20
Absence Of 0ld-Time Ringmasters
will Be Noted at Republican
State Meeting at Detroit
on October 9Th.
ATTORNEY GENERAL CONTEST
Five Aspire to Nomination with In
dications Fsvorins Present In
cumbent, Franz Kuhn. No
Other Contests.

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Detroit, Mich, Sept 20.-The Re-
publican state convention to be held
in Detroit, October 6. will be remark
able in many ways. But two matters
of great Importance will occupy the
attention of convention from a bus
mess standpoint but 1t will be re-
markable because of the great change
In the personnel of the gathering and
the change in the spirit which must
be marked.
The important business of the con-
vention will be the selection of a cam
didate for attorney general. There are
other candidates to be elected but so
far as known this is the only office for
| which there is a contest. The second
matter of business is the adoption of
platform and such a platform that
viii carry TO victory every Republican
candidate in Michigan.
For attorney general there are four
candidates: Franz Kuhn. incumbent;
Grant NJ. Fellows. John O'Keefe.
Charles Sweet and Will M. Smith.
Kuhn was appointed to the position
by governor Warner at the time John
II. Bird was appointed to the supreme
bench to succeed Justice Robert f.
Montgomery. who became chief justice
of the new customs court Kuhn Is a
young man full of ability and mighty
well liked by all. The other candi-
dates have been in the field long be-
fore Kuhn was elected to his position.
Some OF them are claiming they have
the support of Chase 8. Osborn for the
job, but il Is certain not all of them
can have his support.
Kuhn Locks Like Winner.
From present indicationS il looks as
IL Kuhn would easily win the nomi-
nation. although a considerable num-
Der of the counties have instructed
their delegations for one or the other
of the candidates. The big Wayne
county delegation of 1872 members is
for Kuhn. The Kent delegation of 65
members will undoubtedly be for
Kuhn. But Saginaw is for O'Keefe.
and the counties Immediately sur
rounding Saginaw look with favor
upon the Saginaw man. A consider
able number of the counties have in
structed their delegations to vote for
Fellows. and Sweet, who is the lat
test man in the race, has a consider
able following through the southern
counties. Will M. Smith of st. Johns
has not been much heard from recent
ly, but he was for some time actively
engaged in rounding, up sentiment for
himself. He is a popular fellow and
competent. The Clinton delegation
would therefore be for Smith and he
J would also have in line large num-
ber of others.
In majority of the counties, how
| ever. no Endorsement for attorney
general was made. This means a mad
scramble by the candidates for the
delegation intact or for as much OF
them as they can grab. II Is, however,
quite likely that all these matters will
be ironed out after the first ballot at
a chance to cast it's complimentary
vote for its favorite son.
The Platform.
The matter of the platform will be
different thing altogether. Michi-
gan is progressive. There can be no
mistake about this. Charles f. Town
send as a progressive Republican
swept the state as II has not been
swept before in many years He was
riding on progressive platform and
with IL wiped off Senator Burrows,
for 33 years a member of the congress.
Michigan certainly is progressive from.
this one vote II from no other straw.
But Chase s. Osborn, the Repubn-
can candidate for governor, is as pro-
gressive as they make them. For real
live insurgency he probably holds the
palm above all. Then down in the
Third district Congressman Washing
ton Gardiner was beaten by j. M. C.
| Smith, who also rode an insarsent
platform. other districts are conced-
ed to be insurgent. although the old
congressman were returned at the
primaries But each of them had n
fight on such as he never had before
and the vote was sufficiently close TO
stamp the district progressive. and
with Il the entire state of Michigan.
Progression Prevails.
But throughout the state the coun-
ty conventions have been indorsing
and adopting resolutions which must
be REFLECTED on the state platform.
The delegates who have been named
are of many compilations. In general
the platforms have declared for pro-
gressive principles. at the same time
indorsing President Taft. This means
progressive platform for the state.