The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-02-04
Political Notes.

Simpson rendered his resignation to
Auditor General Fuller Friday to take
effect Feb. /, when he will take
charge of the campaign for Senator
]. c. Burrows, the primary nomination
to succeed himself in the upper house
of congress. Where Mr.. Simpson will
establish his headquarters has not
been decided. He is remaining with
the department until the first of the
month on account of his share in
handling matters connected with levy
made on certain railroads to collect
back taxes due the state which might
be seriously hampered were it neces-
sary to turn such matters over to his
successor in the Office.
Mr.. Simpson has host of friends
all over Michigan and he will have
little trouble in perfecting an organ
ization in each county to assist in the
naming of Senator Burrows at the
primary next September.
Amos Musselman is not idle in the
gubernatiorial campaign by any
means, even if he is not formally in
the race yet. A state politician of
prominence up in Wexford county,
writing to friend in Detroit, says:
THE Musselman people are very
busy along the G.. r. & l., and un-
derstand are lining up some of the
workers. Osborn is showing more
strength in this vicinity than has been
expected. Kelley is not nearly as
strong as his friends claim"
The Musselman workers are also
busy along the Pere Marquette north
of Grand Rapids 1t is along the two
railroads that Mr.. Musselman is
showing the most strength. He is
we'll known there because his sales
men work over that territory.
George B. Horton is still consider
ing getting into the gubernatorial
contest. Some of his friends believe
that the. controversy beween Chase
S. Osborn and Justice Montgomery
will so cut up the vote that Mr.. Hor-
ton could win with the backing of the
State Grange.
. The efforts made to have it believed
that Senator Burrows and his friends
are not in harmony with the desire of
the Republican party of Michigan to
have their candidates for United States
senator selected by popular party vote,
is decidedly unjust and untrue. Among
the most insistent petitioners for this
change in the method of selecting Re-
publican candidates for the senate are
many who are now cordially support
in Mr.. Burrows, and they were his
friends and supporters when they
urged the adoption of the change. The
Republicans of Michigan know that ct
no time during all his long period of
service has Senator Burrows failed to
cordially and helpfully cooperate with
the wishes of the Michigan Republ-
cans as expressed in our party's state
and district platforms. Senator Bur-
rows has been criticised at times for
doing that which the Republicans of
Michigan have unitedly urged him to
do, and so far as we know he has
never cast vote at Washington on
any proposition that was not in har-
mony with the declarations of the Re-
publicans of Michigan as expressed at
party conventions and through large
majority of the Republican newspapers
of Our state. Senator Burrows has
not been a timid or trucking party
follower, but in his leadership and in
his influential direction of affairs at
Washington he has been loyal and
true to Michigan and its interest and
to Michigan Republicans and their ex-
pressed purpose. 1t is noticeable that
among the persons and the newspa-
pers of Michigan that are most zeal
Gus in their opposition to Senator
Burrows are included those who dur
ing past years have continuously
found fault with the purposes of the
Republican party and its accomplish
ments. This reference does not of
course apply to all who are favoring
another candidate than Senator Bur-
rows, but it will not be denied it does
properly include many whom our
party has had to contend against in
almost every campaign for many
years past. Senator Burrows is op-
posed as Republican candidate IN
this state at this time not because he
has not done what the Republicans of
Michigan have urged him to do, but
because during his entire term of
service he has been willing and loyal
and forceful in his efforts to do that
which the Republicans of Michigan
had unitedly declared in favor of hav-
ing done-Cadillac News and Ex-
press.