The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05
BOTH WHELAh AND
KING WILL Be
TAKEN CARE Of
squaoSle Over Secretaryship Of q. o.
+. State Central Committee To
BE Settled By Creation of nsw
Position, Field Secretary.
osborn, Strong For Harmony, VIII.
ing to Have Good Features" Of
Warner Regime Endorsed.

the wayne pavilion at IL o'clock
lnursoay morning. The party leaders
reehse that this Is no time for fac
tlonai differences. At best Il Is going
70 De hard fight to keep rhe state
In the Republican column In the forth
coming election, and unless the party
| can present united front its chances
are wellnigh hopeless.
The result in Maine and the defeat
Of the old guard In many other states
has put the Michigan Republicans on
their guard. They realize to the full
the significance OF the Democratic
victories elsewhere and are anxious
to avoid making any misteps that will
work to the advantage of The opposi-
ton In Michigan.
To the end that absolute harmony
may prevail in Thursdays convention,
every effort Is being bent. The plat
form Is being prepared with great de-
liberation and with proper respect TO
the sentiments of the masses on the
important issues OF the day, both state
and national. II will be strong for
Roosevelt and his progressive policies,
while the tariff, II II Is touched upon
at all, will be handled in q very care
full manner. 1t Is pretty well under
stood that there will be no general in
dorsement Of the Warren regime, but
reference probably will be made to
some of the alleged good features OF
his administration.
At any rate, Chase 8. Osborn, the
willingness to stand for such an
Endorsement, which shows the desire
for harmony.
Two Secretaries Proposed.
This desire has manifested itself
In numerous other ways. especially In
connection with the secretaryship OF
the state central committee. To take
care Of both Nicholas f. Whelan, the
present acting secretary, who was q
strong Kelley supporter, aud Paul +
King, Lansing, who YVES Congressman
Townsends caulratgn manager, II hal
been practically decided to create thu
position Of field secretary. Thus
there will be one inan In headquarters
will be as desirable as/the other. The
election OF w. F. Knox. Mr.. Osborn's
right-hand man, as chairman OF the
committee is now declared to be 9
certainty, and with King and Whelan
both supplied with good jobs, all fac
tons of the party will have substan'
tial representation on the committee
with no sore spots visible anywhere.
Oily stun From VIM. Alden.
In the speeches, also, the desire for
harmony will manifest itself. Sen
NIT
dress as temporary chairman. Is ex-
pected TO sound the keynote OF the
campaign and will put in good WORD
for both Osborn and Townsend, and
at the same time hand out q little
balm for the defeated candidates.
While he will defend the tariff In q
general way he will also speak
strongly in favor of the proposed tarin
commission, 1t is said.
Speaking of the Michigan outlook,
CONGRESSMAN II. o. Young, OF lshpem-
ing, who probably will be elected
chairman of the delegation from the
Twelfth congressional district and who
will nominate Auditor General Fuller
to succeed himself, said that the out
come of the New York convention
would help the situation here.
I'm view of the way the New York
convention turned out we have bet.
ter chance Of carrying Michigan than
we would have had otherwise" he
said. IF Roosevelt had been turned
down, for instance, or IL he had failed
to indorse the Taft administration, 1t
would have been much harder for us
here. 1t is going to be nard enough
to carry the state as 1t Is.
What do you think Of the New
York PLATFORM" was asked.
Its a good platform. 1t Is pro
gressive and yet II doesn't slap hall
or two-thirds Of the party in the
face"
A conference of all the Republican
congressional nominees has been
called for 3 o'clock this afternoon, In
the state central committees head
quarters in the Ford building, to dis
cuss campaign plans. This meeting
Is always held In connection with the
state convention, but II Is Of more thar
usual Importance this year because
Of the insurgent movement. Practic
ally all the nominees are In town ex
cept Congressman e. l.. Hamilton, o.
Niles, who wired. Wednesday morn
ing, that he had dislocated his hip anc
is confined to his bed.
BY far the most interesting feature
of the preliminaries as far as the poll
ticians are concerned Is the scraI
over the attorney-generalship. All Of
the five candidates have established
headquarters on the parlor floor o.
the Ponchartrafn, where they are pos
ing around cigars and holding out the
glad hand.
Kuhn Claims Victory.
Erany Kuhn of Mt. Clemens nov