The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-16
E. o. WOOD is COMMITTEE
CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR
Continued from page one).

governor. at Grand Rapids, Sept 90,
and to have the county conventions
TO elect delegates TO the state con-
vention, held on Sept. 8.
Congressman Edwin f. Sweet, OF
Grand Rapids, was selected for TEN.
porary chairman of the state conven-
tion and Il was decided 10 have the
Iapportionment OF delegates the same
as that OF the last state convention
at Bay City.
In the first vote on the place for
holding the state convention, Detroit
Won, IL to 3, but when 1t became evi.
dent that the Grand Rapids men
were keenly disappointed over losing
the meeting, the Detroit committee
men held conference and in the In
terest of harmony, Wayne G-.-~ty
Chairman Frank ID. Eaman. a mem
Der OF the state committee for the
sixth district, moved that the vote
be reconsidered.
Chairman Shields was just on the
point OF recognizing Mr.. Eaman,
when Milton Carmichael. OF the De-
| troit convention bureau. appeared at
the hall and was ready to announce
that he had succeeded in engaging
the Light Guard armory for the con-
I vention date. Carmichael was asked
10 walt moment and had the disap-
pointment of being a witness while
the committee reconsidered the mat
ter and gave the convention TO Grand
| Rapids.
| Judge William +. Connolly said
that the Detroit Democrats would see
that Carmichael suffered no loss
( through the change in arrangements
but State Chairman Shields suggest
1 ed that the committee would not al.
! low its Detroit members TO bear any
I loss that might be involved.
Two members OF the Woodrow
Wilson league represented the Sec
ond district in the committee meet
ing, Horatio j. Abbott. of Ann Arbor.
being committeeman for the dis
trict and Edward Frensdorf, state
chairman OF the league, holding a
proxy for W. w. Todd, OF Jackson.
second district committeeman, who is
i'll.
u The others in attendance were
John G.. Nagel and Judge William
If Connolly, OF Detroit, Judge Con-
molly holding the proxy of Commit
teeman Edwin Henderson. who is in
Europe; Edward Austin. OF Battle
Greek; Leon D.. Case. of Watervliet;
George p. Hummer, Grand Rapids;
William o. VanEyck, Holland:
Frank d. Eaman, Detroit: Mark w.
Stevens, Flint: c. G. Peck, Port
Huron: ]. Earle Brown, st. Johns:
ICharles f. Lown, Saginaw; Herman
lOConnor, Holton; C. A. WAL, Man
istee; John +. Kinnane, Bay City;
II. A. Sanford. Mt Pleasant; A. J.
Lacey, OF Detroit, proxy for A. c.
,Goehrend, of Reed city. and William
p. Preston. of Mackinac Island
! State Chairman Edmund c.
Shields, OF Howell, presided, and in
the absence of Secretary A. r. Can
field, of Glare. J. Earle Brown, of st.
Johns. acted as temporary secretary.
In addition to the committee MEM
bers there were also present a num-
Der OF Democrats from all over the
state including Fl. r. Thomas, of
Lansing, treasurer of the state com
mittee; Former State Chairman
John T. Winship. of Saginaw; Con-
gresham Frank F.. Doremus. OF De-
troit; Alvah NJ. Cummins, OF Lam
sing and two Detroit Democrats who
appeared late in the day, Mayor
William b. Thompson and A. II.
Green, Jr
The members of the Woodrow
Wilson league who Joined the com
mittee In its later deliberations
were T. J. Anketell. OF Detroit; s. w.
Beakes, Of Ann Arbor; Mayor John
Bell, OF Port HURON; John j. Daw-
son. of HastingsS A. NJ. Miller, of
Bay City; A. J. Trip, Of Pontiac:
B. E. Barlow, of Coldwater, and Cir
cult Judge Tucker. of Mt .Cleme ms.