The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-09
|BsT FOR BATTLE
QUITE POSSESSES
PROCTOR OWENS
Explains That Blood of Warning An
cestors Flows in His Veins and
That He Just Glories in
Conflict.
Modestly Compares Self In Mayoral
Campaign To Grant Laying Siege
To Richmond.

The lust for battle has quite pos
sessed Proctor Knott owens. attorney
at-law and Republican nominee for the
ONCE OF mayor OF the city OF Detroit.
These last few days have been strenu-
Gus ones for the man who would have
his life marked with strenuous events.
He glories in conflict Victory sounds
sweet in his ears and the battle just
won has but whetted his appetite for
the bigger fray that's coming.
Mr.. Owens assumed a very piqued
expression Thursday evening as he
gazed upon some newspaper article
\ that painted him as a button candi-
date, the within of disgruntled electors.
He wants to insist, first OF all, that
he Is no political accident. The blood
OF warning ancestors flows through his
veins and he loves to tell OF 1t. His
victory was but symbol OF ancestral
strength; the fight TO follow will be
for the glory OF ancestral arms.
Proctor Knott owens private Office
on the sixth floor of the Hodges build
ing Is barely large enough to encom-
pass his ample frame. He sat there
Thursday evening and enjoyed his first
breathing spell since the gigantic
news was first borne to his expectant
ears. He gazed complacently at the
new moon that smiled benignly into
his two-by-four apartment and his ears
drank in the roar and hustle from the
street below. And he talked-of poll
tics and OF his father, one of the fight
ing race.
Newsboys were screaming the re-
suits OF the primary and perhaps this
sound was sweeter than all to the man
who watched above. He must have
known that his name was on every
body's lips!
kind a. fooled 'em, didn't II" said
Mr.. Owens, In response to q query as
to how he accounted for his remark
able showing. Il worked hard, that's
how won this fight / worked, morn
ing, noon and night. For four solid
weeks, I never idled q minute. Il
made over 500 speeches and told the
men, the real men of this city, what
was what. They came to the polls
and voted for Proctor Knott Owens.
I'm pleased with my victory, because
1t comes directly from the people.
This fight has just started l see
some people are going around saying
that I might be induced to withdraw
from this race. Well, you say this for
mel won't withdraw. No argument
could induce me to think OF it,
Proctor Knott Owens brought his
fist down upon his desk with terrific
bang and the Office furniture trembled
in dismay. That is a distinct Proctor
Knott Owen mannerism, that smash
ing of clenched fist upon the desk.
He talked some of the coming cam
paign, but said nothing definite. A
few days Of rest and deep thought will
be required for announcement OF
definite plans, But 1t will be fierce,
unrelenting campaign. Mr.. Owens
and his friends will present a solid
front, like the lighting ancestors.
That's the only way Grant ever
took Richmond" he said.
Proctor Knott Owens Is 81 years
old. He was born to the soil and
worked close to 1t through his young
manhood. He began his education
late and continued ii variously at
various institutions. His early days
as q farm boy were spent in Kentucky
and later In Missouri. From Missouri,
he came to Detroit to show Detroiters.
Mr.. Owens recalls with pride that
his father voted for Abraham Lincoln.
likewise q son of the soil. There was
some peril In voting for Lincoln in
the elder Owens time. II was in Ken
lucky and after the war. The Blue
Grass state was filled with peeved Sc.
cessionists, but lately returned from
their unsuccessful fight. Mr.. Owens,
peer, was one Of the loyal sons, who
stood by the flag. He was threatened
with death II he cast his ballot for
the reelection of Honest Abe, but he
voted for Honest Abe, although II re.
quired a line of blue soldiers to escort
him to the voting place.
That's fighting stock and that's the
kind o. stock come FROM said the
son, with CLINT OF pride In his gray
eyes.
Proctor Knott Owens Is a wellknit,
well-proportioned man. His frame de-
notes physical strength, his manner a
superabundance of confidence. He
takes himself very seriously and can't
understand why others don't. He has
the courage of many convictions and
is possessed OF a tireless energy. The
excitement of the last few days has
wearied him q trihe and he closed his
doors 20 callers. Thursday evening
The telephone at his side rang con.
stantly, however.
Assurances OF support we're borne
over the wire and Proctor Knott
Owens listened to them joyously.
You see, my friends are with me-"
he remarked. They were with me at
the primary and they will be with me
on election day. | am mighty proud
OF what have done, but l do not for.
get what my friends have done for
me. Two days OF rest and will be
ready for the battle"
And he who was born TO the soil and
harks back TO fighting fathers turned
to answer the impatient summons of
a telephone bell
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