The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-06

sees some OF the dangerous ex'
plosiyes stored In the shop OF lts
rival. the Kalamazoo Gazette. The =
publisher OF the Gazette, Y. y. Rowe d
h said 10 be up 10 his neck In q hight
20 prevent the Woodrow Wilson ieau'
ers from sending an instructed dele
CATION TO Bay City.
A good political berth at Muskegon
has gone temporarily at least TO
woman. Mrs. G. l. Chamberlain has
been commissioned deputy collector
OF customs and will probably hold
the position permanently as there -
only one other eligible local april y
cant for the place. Mrs. Chamber
lain has the advantage Of experience
In the duties OF the ONCE. t 3S
Charles III. Petrosky, deputy state I
dairy and food inspector whose disssA
trict embraced the city Of Detroit &
has resigned, and his resignation ID ps
attributed TO the bitter Taft-Roose <
welt fight In the Republican party
Petrosky Is a committeeman In the p
sixth congressional district and at,fs
tended the district convention IN q
Fenton when two Taft delegates to-
the national convention were chosen Q
After this. he says, his attention was ~
called to the fact that the state al.
ministration Is favoring Roosevelt
and that state employees should Dear
this In mind. His resignation toiioW'ts'
cd. ~ g
The contest between the Woodrow 81
Wilson forces and their opponents Q
for control OF the Democratic state q
at Bay City, May To- has bl
been described as contest betweepIE
the patriots and the politicians And 81
while the modesty OF the men whqlCI
are leading the tight for the NewbL
Jersey governor might cause them
to hesitate about accepting the com
pliment personally, there Is little MI 3
ficulty to be met In recognizing the
lineup OF politicians in the opposi- 6
ton. lip
On the Wilson side, with few ex:ie
ceptions. are men who have gone into =
the fight with little experience OF y,
practical politics, but with an earnesHG
belief in the principles and platform II
of their leader. Their appeal to theLI
people lies in serious, convincing
arguments upon the issues of the
campaign. Against them are lined
up the leaders who have long played -
the game OF politics, who know all
the little details OF the play, the
tendencies Of groups Of voters, the =
way TO get good stories" into the n
newspapers and who know the per-
sonal rewards to be reaped as then
game progresses. 1se
with these workers, candidate folrs.
lows candidate and campaign foEU
lows campaign, but the game goes
on forever. And for group OF M
experienced players TO sit At the ,
table. for one campaign as the Will
son leaders have done. and win the
instructed delegates they have al
ready elected at the county conyens
tons against the powerful opposition.
OF well.established organizations.
an accomplishment for which IL -
hard 10 find a parallel In modern pollS
tics. With 335 delegates already I'M
structed for Wilson and nearly 100
additional Wilson men counted In
the delegations that are going to Bay
CITY uninstructed. the Democratic
machine OF Michigan is in difhcult
situation.
The coloners remuneration OF the
votes OF his delegates-at,large In
Massachusetts, because the state fay-
ored Taft by few hundred votes, IL.
an example OF political squareness
that is without a parallel. He'll agRn
more than he'll lose by It. His &C
ton proves Roosevelt is fighting for
principle, not for personal ad-
Observation-Disclosures Citizen Press.
Personally, Colonel Bryan says,
he has nothing against Governor
Harmon; in fact, out of politics he In
quite fond Of him. That explains why
he il trying SO hard to put Harmon
out OF politics. He wants to love
him.'-Lansing State Journal.
There Is a growing belief that
neither Taft nor Roosevelt can pc
nominated and more dark horses are
being trotted out and put on parade.
The latest mentioned Is Governor
Deneen, OF Illinois.-Hillsdale Daily.
Thus far, as between Taft and
Roosevelt, the ex-president has won
practically all the direct primaries
except in New Hampshire and Massa'
chusetts, and In other states by aJtvo
to one vote. But the president still
is largely In the lead, IL THE dele
gates from southern states whose
seats in the convention will be con-
tested are placed In his column, as
they generally are. AS Taft will
have a very large majority Of the
national committee on his side,
Roosevelt contestants will stand lit.
tie chance of obtaining seats In the
convention at the outset Port
Huron Times-Herald. cvs rl
The presidential preference pri.
mary In Massachusetts, resulted I'm
an equal break for Taft and Roose-
welt, each getting Is delegates. The
presidents IS are all district dele
gates, he having won In nine dis
tricts. The colonel won 10 district
delegate and captured the eight dele
gates-atlarge. a<
The fact that Taft, the choice OF
the majority of the voters Of the
state, failed to get a single delegate.
at-large shows the uncertainty, OF pri-