The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-10
OSBORN PRAISES
SENATOR BURROWS
Delivers Speech at Flint Banquet
Two Other Gubernatorial Candi.
dates and Burrows Also There.

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club. which was held here last night
GOV Warner. Senator Burrows. Con-
gresham Sam smith. and three OF
the four candidates for governor
Chase $, Osborn. LieuL-Gov Kelley
and Justice Montgomery were pres
ent. Immediately after Osborn arriv-
ed I'm the banquet hall. some time az
ter the affair had started, he went
over 20 Kelley and shook his hand.
The two meG had tilt al Ionia when
Kelley misunderstood the meaning OF
Osborn utteVanCe.
EX-Congressman Aitken was toast
master last night He introduced Os-
born. whop raised Senator Burrows,
saving Michigan owes him debt or
gratitude for his long service. He
then added
THE administration OF Warner and
Kelley have had hne opportunities
We need not look into the motives or
men. but we have a right To look into
results. The Republican party in
Michigan is on the defensive, and
as proof of this is the record at the
polls In 1905 one hundred thousand
Republicans in Michigan cut their
tickets.
TO change from a defensive posi-
ton you must nominate candidates
who are not afraid of the cars, man
who. II, necessary, will take up a pitch
fork and clean out the things that are
wrong.
Gov. Warner IS a good clean. square
man, but he is a better judge OF cheese
than men. II he could but clear him
self OF the barnacles he would appear
TO better advantage.
whoever you nominate for COVER
nor, he should be a candidate for
whom you will not have 10 make a
defensive fight after primary day
Kelley spoke on taxation. He said
the Republican party had changed
the taxation laws of the state so that
500 900. 600 more taxes have been
collected In the last ten years than
would have been collected under the
old laws.
"Oh. we are not as badly in the
dumps as some persons might make
believe" he said. The election OF a
good governor is not all that is neces-
sary TO insure a good administration.
The governor is not the whole thing.
If any man has any information OF
grating in any state department IT is
his duty to lay II before the proper
authorities"
Kelley's address drew a good round
of applause.
Senator Burrows address was a de-
Tense Of the Payne-Aldrich tAriff bill.
He said the tariff has built up the
automobile business until more than
one-half OF the machines are manu-
featured in Michigan The senator
evidently. did not remember that the
Buick company. which has had a
phenomenal growth, sent John Carton
TO Washington TO plead for lower
duties on automobiles.
The senator said he doubted II the
tariff would ever be solved satisfac
torily. Then he went into a defense
OF the Aldrich.Payne act He disput
ed the statement that the act was not
+ revision downward. and cited Presi
dent Taft's statement that II was a
very good act As to the tariff foster
ing trusts, he said the fact is thar
abolishing all tariff laws would wipe
out the trusts. but at the same time
would wipe out all their small compel.
itors. AS TO the tariff being responsi-
BILE for high price of food. when there
was low tariff many people were
getting free food. but It was from
soup houses, he maintained.
The senator praised the work OF
Senator Aidrich and the monetary
commission.
Justice Montgomery, in his address,
said the credit for the equal taxation
movement belongs principally 10 the
Pingree administration, but the War
ner regime deserves praise. too, for
completing IT,
Justice Montgomery took an excep-
ton 10 the statement by Osborn in his
Greenville speech iast October that
taxes might be so adjusted as 20 re.
duce the assessment on farm property.
He said the farmers are not asking
for a concession, because they initial
ed the reform for equal taxation and
are not trying TO dodge their just
share.
Justice Montgomery severely criti-
cised the actions which brought about
the heavy deficit in the state treasury
last year. Kelley having asked for
Dill OF particulars Vi eALtdFdken'tSf
he said he would give him one. This
IS what he submitted:
I'm 1907, when there was no cam.
paign on, the amount of money eX-
pended in July by the labor bureau
was S34S and about the same In Au-
gust Expenses for the dairy and food
bureau In the same months. S343 for
each month. game warden's depart
ment same two months, S2,6s5 and 81
953 respectively. In 1908, when there
was a primary contest on, the expen-
ditures OF the labor bureau I'm July
and August had Increased to SO. 565
each month; dairy and food expendi-
lures increased 10 $500 in July and
S4.122 in August In the game war
dens department the Increase was 20
S5,29s In July and S5,447 in August"