The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-22
|HEMANS OPENS
HIS Campaign
Ridicules Osborn, Charges Extrava-
gance by State Administration and
Wants Experts To Assess Mines.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. ~
---Lawton T. Hemans. Democratic can
didate for governor OF Michigan,
opened his campaign in a forceiul
speech 10 q large audience in Powers
theater last night. Twenty-Five prom
inent Democrats OF this city were on
the platform, besides State Chairman
shields. ex-Attorney-GeneralE Ellis ana
ex-Mayor +. +. Sweet. the Democratic
nominee for congress against Con-
gresham Diekema.
Mr.. Hemans spoke OF the attacks
made upon "Warnerism" by chase D
Osborn during the latter's campaign
for the gubernatorial nomination. ana
said the 500 mans declaration at Big
Rapids that he would support Lieut.
Gov. Kelley IL he were nominated ana
even give as much TO his campaign
as he did to Gov. Warmers, ola not
agree with Osborns attacks on the
state administration.
Mr.. Hemans continued:
"The Hon. Patrick Kelley went
down to defeat at the primary solely
because his old-time friends felt that
he could not win at the election. The
triumph OF his opponent was more
the result OF panic than conviction
more of fear of defeat than love oil
virtue.
There is always an attempt TO III
dividualize the errors and shortcom'
ings of political policies. The pur'
pose is obvious. Ii is TO induce par
tisans TO believe that when anairs
have gone wrong in the government
OF state or nation. that the trouble is
not fundamental, but individual; that
the intangible thing called the party
or the organization Is always right
and that some Fred Warner or Joe
Cannon is the only thing that's vile.
II Is to distract attention from the
fundamental cause of our state gov
ernmeEtal Ills that the cry or War
nerism' Is raised. The cry OF War
nerism' Is an attempt TO center all
the political ills of Michigan, past.
presen. and future, in the person OF
Fred M. Warner. Those who TAX
warnerism' forget the fact that
Aaron T. Bliss was heralded as the
capable business man. who was To
be the eerreetor and refermeF OF The
things that smelled to heaven in the
Pingree administration. and that Fred
NJ. Warner was in turn brought for
ward as the man to disinfect condi-
tons left over from the Bliss admin
istration, just as Mr.. Osborn is cow
hailed as the savior of the people
from the Warner administration,
which he and his compatriots have
twice pleaded with the people OF
Michigan to indorse. The thing which
Mr.. Osborn denounces as Warner
ism has been In evidence ever since
he began holding Office as game war
den under Gov. Rich
Denounces Extravaganza.
Mr.. Hemans said "greaseFs"
and oilers of the political machine
were responsible for extravaganza In
the conduct Of the state administra-
ton. II have been repeatedly inform
cd" he declared, by gentlemen who
have been heads OF the state depart
ment that they could run the business
for half the cost II they were not
hampered by political consideration.
II do not charge that the men fill-
ing these high Offices mean to be dis
honest, but do charge that they are
following wrong political standards.
Numerous instances of the charac-
ter already given could be cited, but
they would only be cumulative. They
are not 'Warnerism' any more than
they are HOsbornism.' They are con-
ditions in our state political life ever
since both gentlemen have been in It.
They were as bad two years ago as
they are today, and yet Mr. Osborn,
EpeakinH before 900 people at Caiu-