The Detroit times., 1911-02-25
COP. C0hVElTIl|
IS NICE LITTLE
Love FEAST
Compromise Program Agrssd - ~
the oaknaa and HacKay 1sssip
Carried Out Carpenter Hsa1s
Delegation TO Saginaw.
Resolutions Declare for Rscipreeiiv
Pact and Indose Taft and
Osborn.

Attracted by the possibility Of =.
scrap" a large crowd OF poIitic1ono
other than the delegates gatherod in (.
Concordia hall. Saturday morning. q
attend the Republican county convon-
ton called for the purpose OF electfnx
delegates to the state convention n
saginaw next Thursday. They woro
disappointed, however. for the CON
promise program agreed upon By the
warning oakman and MacKay factions
two or three days ago, a. reported a.
Tho Times, went through without
hitch. 1t was q perfect little love.
feast. h ~
It was not hard to see who va
running things, though. County Aud
itor Milton Oakman had control e
every stage Of the game, His sun
porters outnumbered John d. Mao.
kay's following about two to one. ana
II the latter had started anything
Oakman would have been prepared 70
meet the attack. He was not taking
any chances, either. Several dele
gates asked to be excused, but 1t Oak
man's request remained through, JUST
to be on hand In case they were
needed.
There was no disposition ON Oak.
mans part TO use his advantage, how~
ever. In accordance with the COM
promise program. the MacKayiteo
were given one member Of the reeo-
lutions committee, and Alex. Groeoe
beck. who was with MacKay In this
instance. was made chairman Of the
committee ON apportionment. Thuo
tho MacKay following was insured :
good representation I'm the delegation.
There. was no opposition to the elec-
ton Of ex-Justice william l.. Carpen-
ter a. chairman Of the delegation.
while MacKay's friends offered no OBJ
lection to Fred w. Smith a. permar
nent chairman. Both Oakmsn and
MacKay were named az delegates-at-
large. y There was q report around the
hall that Hstimator Eddie Barnett,
q MacKay lieutenant, would not be
named q delegate. but his names VA
on the list when II was finally given
out. although 1t appeared at the VERY
end.
The resolutions were entirely salts
factory to the MacKay crowd. -
there was no occasion for minority
report from Mr.. Malcomson. the MAO
Kay representative on that commit-
tee. The resolutions declare for rec
iprocity, and indorse the state and
federal administrations and all the
candidates for state ofYices who have
no opposition for nomination. The
text OF the resolution follows:
We cordially indorse the ad-
ministration of President VIII
liam H. Taft and the Republican
party in national affairs, and
favor the immediate passage Of
the bill providing for reciprocal
trade relations between the
United States and Canada.
We further indorse. the admin
istration OF Gov. Osborn and OF
each and every department and
branch Of the state department.
We recommend that the dele
CATION to the state convention be
instructed to cast q unanimous
vote for Russell G. Ostrander and
John e. Bird for Justices OF the
supreme court: for John w. Bead
mont, for member Of the state
board OF agriculture; Luther L.
Wright, for superintendent OF
public instruction, and for BenJa-
min 8. Hanchett, Of Grand
Rapids, for regent OF the univer-
sity.
The MacKay men were fearful that
the Oakman crowd might Try to in
dorse Charles A. Buhrer for county
auditor. Any attempt TO do SO would
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