The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-07-22
WiCLsA6iDE BY THE DECISION
80 w OF PEOPLE.
6urrows and Townsend Not to be
. Candidates Unless They Receive
Pr i'm ary Plurality.

Burrows and Townsend Not to be
. Candidates Unless They Receive
Primary Plurality.
Two clear cut statements have been
addressed to the Michigan Primary
Defense League by Senator julius G.
Burrows and Congressman Charles E.
Townsend-the two contenders for the
Republican nomination. Each states in
language which is unequivocal and be-
yond all Misunderstanding that they
want the next Michigan legislature to
stand by the result of the Republican
senatorial primary as shown by the
statewide total after tho Republican
votes are counted on September 6.
BURROWS TAKES FIRM STAND.
The one from Senator Burrows is as
follows
"My Dear Sir: Answering yours
of the l4th inst, I desire to say
that am in full sympathy with the
spirit and purpose of the Michigan
Republican Primary Defense league as
touching the Interpretation of the sena-
torial primary law, and the purpose of
the league to see that the same is prop
erly enforced. My statement on that
subject of date January II last, could
not, it seems to me, be open to mis-
Interpretation or doubt. l then said
No man aspiring to the Office of
senator should hesitate for one moment
to submit his candidacy to the entire
electorate of the state, and no man of
any spirit would, if it were possible,
accept an election in opposition to the
public will The primary election law
of Michigan, as it relates to the choice
of senator by the legislature, is not
merely advisory, but mandatory, and
imposes upon the members of the legis-
lature the duty of executing the public
will"
II want no Misunderstanding of my
attitude. have submitted my candi-
dacy to the qualified Republican elec-
tors of Michigan, and whatever the ver-
dict of such electors may be on the 9th
of September next; l shall abide by
that verdict If my candidacy is not
approved by majority of such elec-
tors of the whole state, as revealed by
the count of the entire vote of the
state, l shall not thereafter be candi-
date for the senate before the legisla-
ture.
Julius G, Burrows, July 16, 1910"
TowSEND'S LETTER
The statement from Congressman
Townsend is as follows:
II notice with pleasure and approval
the movement promulgated and urged
by you for the establishment of prim-
airy defense league. The Michigan
primary law, in reference to the nomi-
nation of United States senator is a
statute and it should be tried and fol-
lowed without evasion. No man
should be elected to the Michigan Leg
islature who is unwilling to abide by
the choice of plurality of the votes of his
party cast in the entire state at the
September primary, and vote for the
man so nominated by the people.
Personally, shall respect the choice
of the people, and If my opponent re-
ceives plurality of the Republican
votes cast on September sixth, he shall,
so far as am concerned, receive every
Republican vote of the legislature in
July. / shall not remain candidate
for United States senator after Septem-
Der sixth, unless shall receive a plu'
rality of the Republican votes cast in
the whole state at the primaries.
"Charles E. Townsend, July 13, 1910.
The defense league now expect tc
have no further difficulty in pledgine
candidates for the state Legislature tC
stand by the senatorial primary result
as interpreted by the vote of the whole
state.