The Detroit times., 1910-06-23
KELLEY TIED UP TO
ilIhlhe INTERESTS
Osborn supporter Says Lieutenant
uovernor Promised To Veto Ton
4 mage Tax Bill II Elected.

~ SAULT STE. Marie, June 2S.-Ar
upper peninsula man who is actvels
interested I'm Chase Osborns cam
paign for the governorship In an IN
terview today threw bomb into the
Kelley camp by directly charging tne
lieutenant governor with having made
4 pledge months ago 10 the mining
interests OF the upper peninsula ths'
he would IL elected governor veto i
homage tax bin II II passed the iegis-
lature. The informant said;
: my attention has been called 10
An editorial in the Lansing State Re-
publican. which has lately become the
kelley mouthpiece, in which the dec
Iaration is made that the gubernator'
ial contest lies between Osborn ana
Kelley. This is followed by the state
ment that Osborn Is pledged TO the
mining = interests, while Kelley IS
pledged only TO the coed OF the
state
Up TO few days ago was inclined
10 agree that the contest lay between
Osborn AMI Kelley, but since Kelley's
Mt Pleasant speech. IN which he at
tempts to repudiate his intimate asso-
eiation and connection with the pres
ent administration. | am beginning to
believe Kelley will be an eligible
quantity in. the situation before pri-
mary day. People instinctively .ad-
mire loyalty even when the object OF
that sentiment Is not entirely to their
liking. Bat when, as In the present
Ease, a man VINO is IN integral and
important part OF an organization.
Attempts to repudiate II solely be-
cause he finds public sentiment almost
universally unfriendiy &c that organ
izatien, I nave TOO high an opinion OF
public intelligence TO believe he can
get away with it, -
THE second declaration In The Re
publican is most unfortunate one
SO far as Kelley Is concerned. since
II permits of a rejoinder which will
puzzle Mr. Kelley.
"Mr Osborn is pledged TO no spe-
cial interests. either in the upper or
lower peninsula. He is pledged TO see
equal aud exact justice done all in
terests. His political record and the
character of his declarations upon the
stump, I'm fact his entire life and the
quality Of his mind give absolute as
surance upon this point. But how
about Mr.. Kelley?
rs Mr.. Kelley prepared TO deny
without qualification that In his eff
forts prior TO Mr.. Osborn's entry into
the race, to secure the support OF the
upper peninsula that he gave to GER
tain Representatives o. the mining In
terests his personal pledge that he
would protect the mining companies
against the tonnage tax proposition
should IL become an issue before the
next legislature? Is Mr.. Kelley ready
10 deny that he left these representa-
lives with the assurance that IL ton
hage tax bin passed The legislature,
Ind he. were governor. he would kill
It by his veto? ~ =.
II. don't believe Nj. Kelley will an.
swer these questions. He has had
one good opportunity to do So. but
declined. The Detroit Free Press sew
eral weeks ago asked similar ques-
tion. KELLEY ignored it then. and I
presume he. will ignore II now. a.-a
While equitable assessment for
taxation is still problem as 1t always
has and Will be for years to come, It
Is no more a problem now than It has
been during the years of the Warner
Kelley regime Throughout the six
years Of Warner as governor and KEEL
ley, as lieutenant-goveinor. no word
on this subject escaped either Kelley
or his chief. Now that Kelley is
candidate and needs an, issue he has
become very keen for equitable as
easements, particularly In section
Of the state where he does not expect
much support.
The real issue IN Michigan today
and the issue In which every citizen
Is interested is that the money col
lected for state taxes shall be honest
~, wisely and conservatively expenG-
ed. Since the Keliey-Warner record
along this Inc is not exactly popular.
Kelley Is making every effort to dis
tract attention from this phase Of the
situation