The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-19
Detroit Information Says Senlu
Senator VIII Be Returned
MAKES GREAT IMPRESSION
Townsend Weakens Cause by
Speeches-senator Burrows Gives
Lie to Old Age Charge by Cam
paigning With the vigor OF Youth.

Detroit-While election predictions
can never be very definite, II is pos
sible to obtain an excellent line sn
sentiment by personal inquiry in Gin
various sections, and the result OF
careful canvass of every county or
the state indicates that Senator j. &.
Burrows will be nominated for ssse
ator in the Republican primary by q
majority of from $4,000 to $4,000 4
careful weighing Of the figures ss-
cured places his probable majority All
$4,000.
Since the close of congress the SER
ator has been gaining ground every
day, and when he completes his cans-
paign throughout the state it is err.
tirely possible that he will run thjB
majority up to $4,000.
This great gain in strength is linB
to two reasons, primarily, although
many things enter into the switch IN
sentiment, for even the most enthusz-
asic of the senator's supporters wiA
acknowledge that three months back.
owing to the character of the CAN
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 PEG
pie have been told that he was mo
old to perform the duties of Lie ID
fee; that he was on the verge OF "a
physical breakdown. Senator Bur-
rows is 70 years old, but he has grcss
en- anything but broken down Ole
man, as he has gone through tie CAN
paign thus far in way to break
down the younger members OF his
party. He has shown the vigor npt3
fire Of youth in his speeches and hxs
told the people squarely where he
stood on every question.
The other principal point maSe
against Senator Burrows was thar ne
has always been regular" in the se1s-
ate. Instead Of denying this, the
senator has met the issue head-on
and has told the people that he seoe6
by his record, and that IL he had 1T TO
do over again that he would noc
change vote. This manly stand hiss
made its appeal to thinking peupae
and, compared with the vacillating
course of his opponent on every big
issue, has served greatly to strepgtk-
en- the senator.
Situation In the State.
Taking up the canvass made in tNs
state, 1t is certain that Senator Bur
rows will carry Wayne county. tfs
Third, Fourth, Sixth, Sevenh, EighSh
and Twelfth congressional districtR,
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 wiz
carry. AS yet the senator has not
spoken in the Tenth district, and Eu
visits to the Fifth, Ninth and EleI-
enh districts have been few. The
Second is conceded to Mr.. Townsend.
but the indications are all that Ssus-
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 szE
to claim Wayne, but this is nonsense.
Mr. Townsend will receive a fair vote
in Wyandotte, which is in mis- con-
gressional district, but aside eu1n
this he will have no support in Tho
big county Of the state. lho city eSr
Detroit alone will give a majority ror
Burrows Of from 10000 to $4,000. be-
cause the senator is receiving the
solid support of the business snG
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 Republican,
enrolment for the fall primary df
44,S00. The senator has just CON-
pleted tour through that section and
It was like the triumphal march OF
great leader. Every city visited vief
with its neighbor In doing honor tp
the senior Michigan senator, a. be
was assured the united support or
the Republicans of that section. Tire
same is true Of the Saginaw valley
and of the Third and Fourth congress
sional districts, which Senator Bur
rows represented in the lower houss
before they were divided.
Here in Detroit 1t is taken as IN
accepted fact that Senator Burrows
will be returned, and money for bes-
ting purposes Is going begging In sew