The Detroit times., 1910-10-05
BOTH wHELAN AND
KING WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF


holding the office by appointment
ciaims TAO votes and regards his
nomination as certain. The number
necessary to a choice is 657. Deputy
Attorney General Harry z. Chase is
plugging hard for him. for II Is under
stood that Chase Il sure of = reap
pointment II Kuhn Is chosen. Chase
has been mentioned as a possible
dark horse, but this talk Is not taken
seriously.
Grant Fellows, OF Hudson. who is
Kuhn's closest rival, predicts that he
and Kuhn will receive about 500 each
on the first ballot, and he claims more
delegates are pledged to support him
for second choice than are pledged tor
any other candidate.
Il expect to receive between $50
and 800 votes on the first ballot" said
John F. O'Keefe, of Saginaw. II am
confident that will gain strength
with each succeeding ballot and be-
lieve | have q good chance to win.
William NJ. Smith, Of st. Johns, Is
certain that there will be no choice
ON the first ballot. but comedies that
Kuhn will receive the most at the out
set. After that II 10 anybody's fight.
he thinks.
Charles Z. Sweet, of Dowagiac, was
the last of the candidates to get In. He
says his chances are as good as any
ones unless the first ballot should de-
eide.
Il have friends scattered all over
the state" he said. land II no choice
Is made on the first ballot, which
seems hardly probable, l know that I
can count ON their support. The
geographical situation Of my district
should be a point In my favor. II
am not nominated that section OF the
state lying west Of Jackson and south
of Kalamazoo will have no representa-
ton whatever on the state ticket"
Chairman Diekema, Of the State
central committee, paid Acting Score
tary Whelan and Chairman Williams.
Of the committee on speakers, a high
compliment, Wednesday. declaring
that the work had never been cleaned
up In such good shape as this year.
With the arrivals OF the big guns OF
the party, Wednesday morning, In
GLIDING Chase 8. Osborn, candidate for
governor; Senator William Alden
Smith, who will be temporary chair
man: Congressman Townsend. and w.
F. Knox. scheduled to be chairman of
the state central committee. interest
in the convention became lively.
Osborn Is keen for progressiveness
and equally anxious for harmony, and
to this end he Is willing to stand for
an Endorsement OF the good features
OF the Warner administration. II they
can be segregated from the bad.
Should the friends Of Warner succeed,
however, in securing a sweeping In
dorsement Of the administration, 1t Is
certain that Osborn would repud1-
ate 1t.
Yet, Mr. Osborn does not propose to
stand In the position OF a dictator.
There Is no disposition on his part
to arrogate to himself powers that
rightfully belong to the convention.
Inasmuch az the primary law has TAX
en- the nomination of governor out OF
the hands of the convention, he comes
to the gathering simply as a Repub-
lican ne says. BY the same token, he
will feel free to refuse to stand on the
conventions platform II IT does not
adequately represent the sentiments
OF the great mass OF Republicans who
believe In a progressive government.
Stands on Old Platform.
II am standing on the platform on
which was nominated, said Mr.. Os-
born to The Times. The things
stood for in my ante-primary speeches
stand for now. l expect that the plat
form to be adopted by the convention
will reflect the wishes Of the people
as clearly expressed in the primary!
Mr.. Osborn came directly from the
500, arriving at TAO over the Mich
igan Central The candidate IL en-
joying excellent health. His voice Is
In fine shape and, In every way, ne
seems At for the coming fray. Mr.:
Osbon and his party are registered
In the Pontchartrain.
Senator Smith and Congressman
Townsend came in on the 7:15, Mich
Igan Central train from Grand Rap
ids and went at once to the Pontchar-
train for breakfast.
The delegates will be coming In
punches today. and by this evening
the various headquarters will be alive
with visistors.
How Diekema Would Build II.
Congressman Gerrit J. Diekema,
chairman OF the state central commit
tee, arrived late Tuesday afternoon.
He freely expressed his views as to
what position the platform should take
on national issues. II should indorse
both President Taft's administration
and Col. Roosevelt's new nationalism,
he said II should also indorse the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law as the best
that could have been made under the
circumstances but at the same time
should stand for tariff commission,
he said
Mr.. Diekema was pleased over the
outcome OF the New York convention.
Taft and Roosevelt have brought the
party together, he declared. and if the
now turn against Roose-
welt. AS Senator Cummins' paper has
intimated they might do. they Will be
left high and dry In the congressman
opinion There may be fight In the
over the tariff plank. as
many Of the delegates are known to
be thoroughly opposed to any indorse
ment OF the Payne law.
Man Stabbed In Fight.
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