The Detroit times., 1910-11-02
USED PASS, BUT
CHARGED STATE
George P. Codd Makes This Charge
Against Hemans, and Attacks
Legislative Record.

BAY CITY, Mich, Nov. George
P. Codd, former mayor OF Detroit.
caused a sensation last night at the
first big Republican meeting OF the
local campaign when he charged d.
rectly that Lawton T. Hemans, Dem
ocratic candidate for governor, had
not only accepted railroad pass, but
had charged the state with mileage
during 1903 when he was a member
OF the state Legislature while the pass
was at least in his possession.
"Lawton I. HeInans is unfit to be
governor OF Michigan He has shown
1t in dozen ways, and | stand ready
TO prove II" declared the former may
or or the metropolis before over 5000
people at two meetings.
When the campaign opened" con-
tinued Mr.. Codd, "Hemans criticized
MT Osborn for riding on railroad
passes while he was state railroad
commissioners. He failed to add, how
ever, that while riding on these passes
that were necessarily furnished him
under the state laws, Mr.. Osborn did
not charge the state with transporta-
ton. investigation has proven to me
furnished him by the Michigan Cen
trail railroad, and there was no law
compelling the road TO furnish him
with passes, while the law did com
pei 1t to furnish the railroad commits
stonef's officers transportation.
He accepted pass from this road
in 1903 and used IT literally. But the
state records at Lansing also show
that he collected money from the
state for transportation over the
Michigan Central lines In the same
year. In the face OF all this reform
talk that the Democratic candidate
has been advocating | can prove that
March Is, 1908, Mr.. Hemans. while
holding Michigan Central pass, col
lected $1$4.7S from the state for
transportation. This trip was over the
Michigan Central from Lansing to
Jackson and from Jackson TO Chicago
Again on June 10, 1903, he collected
$3.50 from the state for transporta-
ton over the Michigan Central, wrose
pass he held, from Lansing to Mack
NAV The two trips together cost
the state an even $75 for transporta-
ton and hotel expenses.
II want TO ask Lawton T. Hemans
why he charged the state with trans
portation when he had a pass in his
pocket. Recently Mr. Hemans called
me an 'unmitigated liar All care
to say in reply to his statement is hat
II is pitiful to me TO see a candidate
for an once as high as that of gov
ernor of Michigan STOPPING to such
Language and tactics. His attitude
and statements merely prove that
nothing hurts so much as the truth.
"The record Mr. Hemans establish.
ed while a member of the state legtS.
lature and also OF the constitutional
convention is widely known by this
time and could hardly be covered by
any man OF principle. His vote
against adopting a constitutional pro-
vision empowering the legislature to
regulate the conditions under which
women and children work In our state
and also his vote against making wife
desertion a fenoly instead OF a mis-
demeanor in this state, prove to my
mind that Mr.. Hemans Is not At man
to be the governor of the great state
of Michigan.
Mr.. Hemans' legislative record
leads me to believe that he is an ex-
ception tc the old rule that those who
do nothing can make no Mistakes. TIL /;
Democratic candidate did very little
while he was member Of the legisla-