The Detroit times., 1910-08-25
EsCANAB A PAPER
v|lElY ATTACKS
CHASE OSBORN
Assault On Personal and Political
Probity Of Candidate Is Alleged
Combined Attack Of Musselman
and Kelley Forces.
Steps Will Be Taken To Arrest Editor
Baldwin and Action Against Mus
selman Is threatened.

at has remained for Amos s. Mus
selman, who is advocating his own
nomination on the ground that
he is not politician, to de-
scend to the use of the most
contemplate, reprehensible, and ma
licious form OF dirty politics in the
gubernatorial contest" declared w.
r. Knox, chase 8. Osborn's campaign
manager, at the Pontchartrain, Thurs
day morning. I'm q most vicious. ma
lignant, and utterly unwarranted at
tack upon Mr.. Osborn's personal
character and reputation, appearing in
the most active Musselman organ In
the state. the Escanaba Journal, the
Musselman people are guilty OF mud
singing and character-assassina
the equal of which Michigan never
before saw.
This viciously false and criminal
attack upon one OF the most promin-
ent, upright and respected citizens
OF the state leaves but one course OF
action open to us. Immediate steps
will be taken to arrest +. l.. Bald
win, the editor of the Escanaba Jour
nal for criminal libel. and inasmuch
as this libelous attack has been CIV
en- statewide publicity by Mussel-
man purchasing a large number OF
copies and circulating them through
out the state, a suit will be instituted
against Amos s. Musselman OF Grand
Rapids, unless he forwith repudi-
ates this attack upon Mr.. Osborn's
personal character.
This attempt character-assassin-
alton, carrying on it's very face its
own refutation and condemnation,
merely serves to emphasize how des-
perate are the methods to which the
opposition Is reduced to prevent
Chase s. Osborn's nomination. 1t al
so shows what l have claimed for
some time. that the Warner-Kelley
machine and Musselman are now
working in harmony and in combina-
ton to defeat Osborn, with Kelley as
the present and Musselman a subse-
quent beneficiary of the deal. While
this famous assault appeared In
the lee Ag Musselman organ and was
circulated by the Musselman public
ity bureau. 1t IL also being circulated
by the Kelley forces. We have abb
solute proof that Labor Commission
or Fletcher mailed some of the copies
out, and last Tuesday copy OF the
paper was in the hands of every KEEL
ley worker in the capital.
Dick FIeteher's Boast.
"Over a week ago, Dick Fletcher
boasted that such an attack as this
would appear in a Musselman paper,
thus securing publicity for the at
tack without Kelley being responsible
for the use of such dirty tactics.
Fortunately, Chase Osborns char
acter and reputation gained In 80
years residence in Michigan are safe
from such slanderous attacks. He Is
known too widely and too well to fall
a victim OF such falsehoods and mis-
representation. Quite the most eff
fective method of meeting this as
sault Is to give ii the widest possible
publicity. | hope every voter in Mich
iRan read IL. The result will be such
popular revulsion against such tao
tics as to nominate Osborn governor
by a majority that will be historic
The article. referred to by Mr..
Knox, reads as follows:
Will Osborn tell the people OF
Michigan how much money he
got. II any, for betraying ex-
CONGRESSMAN Stephenson at the
Is Ironwood congressional conven-
ton some years ago?
Will Osborn tell how much. IL
anything, ex-Congressman Carl
Sheldon paid him for delivering
the goods" from Chippewa coun-
ty?
VIII Osborn tell the people OF
Michigan whether he divided the
not, II there was any pot, with
the Chippewa county delegation?
Will Osborn say whether or
not he received $4,000 from Al
bert Pack. United States senator
ial candidate some years back, for
his support of Pack?
Osborn is the father OF dirty
politics in the Upper Peninsula.
/ He is the man who stole the con-
sressional convention at Ish-
peming some years ago.
Osborn Is the man who pre-
tends to be a Republican but Is
\ going up and down and back and
forth across the state OF Michi-
] can reviling and defaming the
party under whose administra-
ton he has for years been draw
ing fat salaries.
Ia II. or is IL not, a fact that Os-
x.-n,s sunnort of men I'm years