The Detroit times., 1910-09-02
Or. BRADLEY MAKES
BITTER ATTACK ON
WARNERISM
That Pack of Gray Wolves Win
Stop at Nothing" Says Eaton
Rapids Man, Regarding
Assault On Osborn.
DR.. Bradley Says He Was Counted
Out and Defrauded at Primaries
In 1908.

EATON RAPIDS. Mich, Sept. o.
DR.. ]. b. Bradley has just returned
home from two weeks automobile
tour In the east Much has happened
In the campaign for the governorship
since he has been away, but the doc
tor was not long in getting full in
formation OF the situation. He said:
IL am not at all surprised at the bit
ter and scurrilous attacks that have
been made by the Warner-Keliey
crowd upon Chase s. Oaborn. Haven't
been through it--don't l know? That
pack of gray wolves Will stop at notn-
ing to keep themselves intrenched at
Lansing and In possession OF fat state
state administration. Mr. Osborn may
expect many more attacks and the
surer seems his nomination the more
desperate they Will become. and the
more Indignantly and viciously will
they assail MIN, distort every utter
ance he ever made and twist and per-
vert every word he has ever said, In
the hope that they can discredit him.
know, because / was abused in the
same manner two years ago. To pre-
vent his nomination they Will not stop
at fraud and crookedness. either:
II am as fully convinced as | am
sure that / am alive today that was
the rightful nominee of the Republi-
cans of the state for governor over
FTeu NJ. w aTncT aI the 1.-TWO
and many men of standing and up
rig htness in this state, far shrewder
and better informed in political mat
tiers than i am. are fully convinced OF
IL. too.
ITO a moral certainty was counted
out and defrauded OF the nomination
In that primary and we would have
been able to completely show that fact
had the law not barred us from OBJ
tanning the evidence in the contest
that i brought to obtain my right 10
the nomination. The most fragrant
violations OF the law were practiced
in the strong Warner sections, and we
are certain that In the count ballots
cast for me were boldly transferred
to the Warner column.
ut will be remembered that the first
returns showed that l had carried the
state and Warner himself conceded
that he had been beaten. When 1t was
TO be large, the returns began to be
mysteriously delayed and Ii was i'm
possible TO get them promptly from
ce ,rtsd preeipets Wnere Daiio, r man hId
been VIGOROUSLY practtced In the past.
1t Is only when the margin Is small
that the election crooks can do their
work OF counting out-a big majority
Is too large a task to hope for success.
1T needs too many crooks to pull off
the job. Enough votes for me were
deliberately falsified in the returns TO
squeeze Warner through by the mar
row margin OF 1878 in a total vote OF
2O0.0 900 for Bradley. Warner and Earle
And III they can seize half a chance
they viii count Osborn out, too. That
Is what his friends should be watchful
of-they can't sleep a minute on the
job. That Warner-Kelley gang won't
let themselves be pried loose from the
grip they have fastened on the state
administration and control of the Re-
publican party In this state. | want
Osborn TO win; i have been doing all
/ can for his success; / want to see a
square man and A. man of his supreme
courage at the head OF state affairs,
and / want all my friends who fought
with me and for me in 1908, and who
were robbed with me OF the fruits OF
an honest victory In that memorable
struggle for good government to stand
by him In such large numbers that the
! ballot I'm that primary will have no
chance this time TO steal the nomina-
ton for Warmers man.
1.-The attempt Of Warner to make It
appear that Osborn did not deal fairly
with me In the 1908 campaign made me
laugh when i read 1t. J fully under
stood Mr.. Osborn's position in that
campaign and Il was satisfactory to
teristic of Warmers dirty kind of poll
tics? 1t Is on a par with the treacher-
Gus way with which he treated Arthur
Hill. Warner would throw down his
best friend, to say nothing OF those
who were mildly friendly to him. II II
should become necessary to keep his
grip on political power; 1t Is sufficient
TO say that 1 am an Osborn man, every
inch OF me. in this campaign to clean
up that Lansing mess. Osborn Is car
rying on the same battle that IL fell to
with him to the end. heart and soul
IL every man who is conscientiously
opposed to Warnerism and all that II
stands for, will cast his vote for Os-.
born Sept O, he will DO doing the state
and his party the highest and best SER
vice they could demand OF him."