The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
SENATOR BURROWS REWARD.

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Common decency in the treatment
of their public servants, it is assert
ed, requires the people to send him
to the senate for another term.
G nsideriDg the many years Of faithfl
and efficient service which Senator
Burrows has rendered the people of
Michigan, one would naturally expect
to see his reward imminent and unlver-
sally recognized; that now; when he is
at the very hight of his power and in
fiuence, he would be requested to COM
plete his labors without question or con-
test. That he should at this time be
forced to fight for his political life is not
only unjust and illogical, but manifest
ly brutal 1t is bad for Senator Burrows.
1t is worse for the state for which he
has labored now for 40 years.
1t is little worse, too, even than
that The opposition to him has not
been fair or honorable. There have
been personal innuendoes and insinu-
ations, preposterous and despicable. 1t
has been intimated that he has always
voted with the interests" Yet the fact
that the net return, the accumulated
reward and profit for always voting
with the interests" these 40 years, is
mortgage on his home has been some.
how overlooked by his resourceful and
entirely INSCRIPTIONS enemies.
The statement has been spread all
over the state, too, that he is old and
feeble. The fact that he is at the flood
of bis physical as we'll as intellectual
forces is demonstrated by the campaign
which he is waging. 1t has been a
strenuous, terrific campaign. His
speaking throughout the state, his
travelling day and night, his hardships
and privations have exhausted many
younger men who have accompanied
him. And this, making the states SEN
asor, the next leader ;of the United
States senate, stump the state for the
opportunity to complete his life's work
this is Senator Burrows reward
Surely, it is not a lavish one from any
viewpoint.
However, the Chicago Tribune con.
tinues:
A far more important reason
why Senator Burrows should be
returned, considering the matter
froma purely local standpoint, lies
in the fact that by seniority Bur-
rows will succeed to the chairman
ship of the omost important com. i1
| mittee of the senate-that of
finance. n ~ AS chairman of the
committee Burrows would exercise
tremendous power and would be
able to do things for Michigan in
dustries not possible for new SEN
ator who probably would not be
given place on such an important
committee.
1t is impossible to over-emphasize the
importance of the point made by the
Chicago Tribune. 1t is the fundamen.
tai point which should be in the mind
of every voter and taxpayer, Republi-
can or Democratic, in Michigan today.
Senator Burrows will be chairman of
the finance committee of the Senate.
That corresponds in Importance and
power with the craftsmanship of the
committee on ways and means in the
house of representatives Indeed, the
chairman of the Senate committee on
finance has more power and influence
than has the choirman Of the house
committee on ways and means. The
finance committee of the Senate virtu-
ally directs legislation in the Senate
relative to finance and the tariff. Pres
ident Taft will certainly recommend
important revisions of the Aldrich.
Payne schedules when he receives,
within the next two years, the ccnclu-
sions of the board of experts which he
has created. Should the house have a
Democratic majority, the tariff will Ger.
tainly be changed or an attempt be
made to change it hostile to protection
principles. OF what vital Importance
then, will be the chairman and commit
tee on finance in the United States Sen.
ate And Senator Burrows will be that
chairman.
What can new senator do for Mich
igan-a senator who will be given no
place on that all-important and crucial
committee at all9
What can Senator Burrows not do for
Michigan, as chairman of that COM
mittee2
The function of the representative
of any state in the councils of the ma
ton is not only to use his best abilities
to make laws for the best interests of
the nation as a whole, but to represent
the state and the voters of the state and
the industries of the state which re-
poses this supreme confidence in him.
Senator julius G. Burrows is now, after
these forty years service, at the point
in his career where he can most honor,
best serve and most substantially profit