Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-08-20
Detroit Information Says Senior
Senator VIII Be Returned.
MAKES GREAT IMPRESSION
Townsend Weakens Cause by
Speeches-Senator Burrows Gives
Lie to Old Age Charge by Cam.
paisning With the viaor Of Youth.

Detroit-While election predictions
can never be very definite. IT Is pos.
sible to obtain an excellent line on
sentiment by personal inquiry in the
various sections, and the result of a
careful canvass Of every county OF
the state indicates that Senator ]. C.
Burrows will be nominated for sen.
ator in the Republican primary by q
majority Of from $4,000 to $4,000. A
careful Weighing Of the figures Be-
cured places his probable majority at
$4,000.
Since the close OF congress the sen.
ator has been gaining ground every
day, and when he completes his cam.
paign throughout the state it is en-
tirely possible that he will run this
majority up to $4,000.
This great gain in strength Is due
to two reasons, primarily, although
many things enter into the switch in
sentiment, for even the most enthusi.
asic of the senator's supporters will
acknowledge that three months back.
owing to the character of the cam.
paign being waged against Senator
Burrows, the result was in doubt.
One OF the principal campaign
weapons of the opponents of Senator
Burrows has been his age. The peo-
pie have been told that he was too
old to perform the duties of l.ie Of.
fee; that he was on the verge of
physical breakdown. Senator Bur.
rows is 72 years old, but he has prov
en- anything but a broken down old
man, as he has gone through the cam.
paign thus far in way to break
down the younger members OF his
party. He has shown the vigor and
fire Of youth in his speeches and has
told the people squarely where he
stood on every question.
The other principal point made
against Senator Burrows was that he
has always been regular" in the SEN
ate. Instead OF denying this, the
senator has met the issue head-on
and has told the people that he stood
by his record. and that II he had it to
do over again that he would not
change a vote. This manly stand has
made its appeal to thinking people
and. compared with the vacillating
course Of his opponent on every big
issue, has served greatly to strength.
en- the senator.
Situation In the State.
Taking up the canvass made in the
state, 1t Is certain that Senator Bur-
rows will carry Wayne county. the
Third, Fourth, Sixth, Sevenh, Eighth
and Twelfth congressional districts,
with an excellent vote in the Fifth.
An analysis of the vote Of the dis
tricts mentioned will show that three
fifths Of the vote Of the state is in the
districts which Senator Burrows will
carry. AS yet the senator has not
spoken In the Tenth district. end his
visits to the Fifth. Ninth and Elev-
enh districts have been few. The
Second Ia conceded to Mr.. Townsend,
but the indications are all that Sen
ator Burrows will be far better sup
ported In Kalamazoo than Mr.. Town.
send will be in Jackson.
Wayne For Burrows.
Townsend men have gone so far as
to claim Wayne, but this Is nonsense.
Mr.. Townsend will receive a fair vote
In Wyandotte, which is in his con-
gressional district, but aside from
this he will have no support IN the
big county of the state. ihe city of
Detroit alone will give a majority for
Burrows OF from 10000 to $4,000. be-
cause the senator Is receiving the
solid support of the business and
professional men Of the city.
He Is even stronger in the upper
peninsula. which has the greatest
population OF any congressional dis
trict In the state and a Republican
enrolment for the fall primary OF
1890. The senator has just com.
pleted tour through that section and
It was like the triumphal march OF
great leader. Every city visited We'd
with its neighbor in doing honor to
the senior Michigan senator, a d he
was assured the united support OF
the Republicans Of that section. The
same IL true of the Saginaw valley
and of the Third and Fourth congress
sionai districts, which Senator Bur.
rows represented in the lower house
before they were divided.
Here in Detroit II is taken as an
accepted fact that Senator Burrows
will be returned, and money for bet.
ting purposes is going begging In sew.
eral places.