The Detroit times., 1910-09-22
HEMANs OPENS
HIS CAMPAIGN
Ridicules Osborn, Charges Extrava-
gance by State Administration and
Wants Experts To Assess Mines.


opened his campaign in forceful
speech to n 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-General Ellis and
ex-Mayor 4. +. Sweet. the Democratic
nominee for congress against Con
gresham Diekema.
Mr.. Hemans spoke OF the attacks
made upon "Warnerism" by Chase 8,
Osborn during the latter's campaign
for the gubernatorial nomination. and
said the 500 mans declaration at Big
Rapids that he would support Lieut.
Gov. Kelley II he were nominated and
even give as much to his campaign
as he did to Gov Warmers, did not
agree with Osborn's attacks on the
state administration.
Mr.. Hemans continues:
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 OF
virtue.
dividualize the errors and shortcom-
ings OF political policies The pur-
pose Is obvious. 1t is to induce par
tisans to believe that when affairs
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,
hat
Cannon is the onl ythng that's vile.
Ii Is to distract attention from the
fundamental cause of our state gov
ornmental Ills that the cry OF War
nerism Ia 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 Nj. Warner. Those who talk
NVirnerism' forget the fact that
Aaron r. Bliss was heralded as the
capable business man. who was to
be the corrector and reformer of The
things that smelled 10 heaven In ,he
Pingree administration. and that Fred
NJ. Warner was In turn brought Tor
ward as the man to disinfect condi-
tons left over from the Bliss admin
istration, just as Mr.. Osborn Is now
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 the "greasers"
end oilers" OF the political machine
were responsible for extravaganza in
the conduct of the state administra-
ton. Il have been repeatedly inform
cd" he declared, by gentlemen who
have ben 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 nto 'Warnerism' any more than
they are 'Osbornism.' They are con-
dtions 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.
speaking before 5000 people at Calu-
met on the eve of the election Of 1908
said. Michigan Is the best admins
tered state in the Union In the same
speech he denounced the statement
of the Democratic candidate as to the
condition of the states treasury. He
told his hearers that there was then
81 ,6000 there, when, as a matter of
fact, there was deficit"
Wants Primary System Improved.
Mr.. Hemans advocated civil SER
vice reform, and OF direct nomina-
tons said: II am in favor OF the re-
tention of the primary nominating
system and the elimination from IL OF
those Objectionable and obnoxious
|. features that a Republican legislature
rlaced within II to make 1t distaste-
full to the body of people and hard
ship for minority parties to comply
with"
With reference to an employers la
bility law he stated: ITO adjust the
law to modern conditions SO that 1t
shall provide a just rule OF compen-
eation to the worker for injury re-
ceived and at the same time protect
the employer from what In the case
OF a small employer might mean ruin,
is a problem that the wisdom OF no
man has correctly solved; but to an
honest effort to its solution the Demo
cratic party should stand committed
"Upon~former occasions | have OPP
posed the exemption of credits from
taxation, but broader experience has
convinced me that the state should
resort TO some different method for
the taxation of at least mortgage
credit than that now In vogue. Un-
der the present system only the
widowed, the orphaned and the par
ticularly conscientious seem to pay
taxes upon mortgages, while millions
Of dollars escape because OF the as
tuteness of their holders. | believe
thet the burden upon this class OF
property would in the general aver
age be greatly lessened, and as much
Or more revenue obtained from rea-
sonably moderate specific tax, or a
tax equitably rated collected at the
time OF the recording of the instru.
ment.
Ys.atIon Of Mines.
Another situation that has already
waited too long for correction Is the
Inadequate taxation of the great min