The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-17
WON'T DICTATE
TO CONVENTION
Osborn Has Confidence Party Will Be
Found Neither Hysterical Nor
Cowardly.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, Sept
17.-(SpeciaD-In an interview giveI
out here today. Chase 8. Osborn, Re
publican candidate for governor
takes the position that he does not
care to dictate to the coming state
convention Of his party as to what
its attitude shall be with regard to
national issues.
Expressing his personal view OF
the situation within the Republican
party in Michigan, he says he con
siders II neither hysterical nor cow
ardly."
There is as much need" said Mr.
Osborn, Ito see the corn in the field
as the weeds"
He has faith that the convention
will recognize the need for correction
and Improvement. while not unmind
full of the necessity of preserving the
basic institutions, and the state for
the people.
Said Mr.. Osborn to The Times:
Il have no desire whatever to die
tate to the convention, and wish hon
estly TO avoid the appearance of any
thing that might be construed as an
improper interference with the rights
and functions OF the delegates OF the
party. The rank and file of the Re
publican party whose candidate l am
will elect these delegates to represent
them in special convention capacity
and IL IL fair to presume that the
convention will reflect the delegated
wisdom and spirit of the Republican
party of Michigan.
IL consider that there is rare
party poise in Michigan; that the
party Is neither hysterical nor cow
ardly. That 1t stands for things that
are sane and safe, but believes SUI
ficiently in the zeitgeist to keep In
the front ranks of those who would
preserve the state for the people.
There is as much need to see the
corn in the field as the weeds. The
plowman who guides so ruthlessly
in cleansing the field that he uproots
or covers more corn than weeds, Ia
not q safe plowman. There was new
er a time when 1t was more neces'
sary that both common sense and
progressive course should go hand In
hand. Cannonism, Aldrichism and
Ballingerism are conditions. not per-
sons. They typify the view points
of yesterday, yet which are today as
uncouth as they are unsafe.
There is evidence on every hand
to prove the composite wisdom OF
the people. The source Of this wis
dom Is not entirely the head. II
springs mostly from that instinct OF
MISREPRESENTATION which appears to be
even more strikingly developed In
the manyaeting as unit than In the
individual.
THE public realizes 1t has been
exploited in SO many directions that
Il has come to believe that the op-
preston OF avarice and the autocracy
OF intolerance are even worse than
the forces OF brute strength that pre-
vailed in barbaric times. The people
are also grounded in sense and JUS
tice and intelligence sufficiently to
know that the pillars OF our basic In
stitutions, making for the happiness
comfort and safety OF all, must not
be pulled down.
"The convention of Michigan Re
publicans will, believe, neither bow
to the cancerous selfishness OF yes
terday nor to the destructive hysteria
of today, but will take the wholesome
position that the government belongs
to the people and must be guarded
and preserved in all OF It's material
and moral parts from the extremists
of both yesterday and tomorrow; that
the man who would pull down today
must offer tangible evidence OF better
construction Tomorrow