The Detroit times., 1912-04-29
State Politics


Announcing his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for state rep
resentative. Thos J. BleSins, of Ma
rlon, justice OF the peace. In Osceoia
county for ~ years, says he has no
apologies 10 offer for any OF his ON
cial acts except the regular ratio OF
mistakes that are common 10 the fraiE
~ OF man."
Lincoln Avery, CT Port Huron, has
issued a letter 10 the press, denying
that he said sentiment In the Seventh
district was for Roosevelt. He says
that what he said was that sentiment
as indicated by straw vote taken py
the Port Huron Times-Herald gave
such indication. Mr.. Avery In his let
ter now, insists that the sentiment OF
the rank and nle OF voters In the sew
en,h district is for Taft whom he
classes as a real and not q make
believe progressive
Favoring Judge Howard West, OF
Lansing. instead OF United States DIS
trict Attorney, Arthur J. futile, OF De
troit. as a successor 70 District Judge
A. c. Angell the lansing State jour
nal says: We are tempted TO say
that IL affords another instance or
President Taft's unfortunate faculty
OF being influenced by politicians who
know exactly what they want
The State Journal says that Tutue's
appointment Is foregone conclusion
and that Attorney Charles c, Simons,
OF Detroit, will be given the extra
mdgeship TO be created, and Clyde
Webster, of Detroit, the district at
torneyship, as successor 10 Tuttle.
Ali three, says the State Journal, are
political friends and adherents OF Sen
ator Townsend.
While opposing his appointment to
the bench. the State Journal declares
that Mr. futile Ia an unusually able
and successful lawyer who would oc-
cupy the position of federal judge with
credit and ability. II holds that IL Is
a grave public error ito make politics
so conspicuously factor In such q
connection"
Congressman Mclaughlin wired
Gov. Osborn who is pronounced
Roosevelt man, and also ex-Congress-
man Diekema, who has charge OF
Taft's campaign In Michigan, that IL
would seem that the only way TO
wipe out the disgrace TO the Repub-
lican party In this state OF that Bay
City bear dance which was said TO
be a convention, would be 10 have a
presidential primary. whose decision
should settle whether the six dele
gates at large from Michigan should
be for Roosevelt or Taft. Congress-
man Mclaughlin was right. But Mr..
Diekema discovered some alleged rea-
sons for declining to accept the propo-
sition. II President Taft could have
been delivered from some OF his fool
fish friends. he might have Jared bet
ter-Hastings Banner.
Taking the consistency OF woodrow
Wilson as the topic for an editoria
hs wornt Clemens Press says
There is one thing about Gov. Woo
row wilson which commands the r,
poet of men Of all parties who be
lieve In a sincere rule OF the Poop
as against the powers OF pillage an
that fact is that the governor has bee
consistently Democratic all along IL
ne. ts
The New York Globe quotes from
IN article which Woodrow Wilson
ublished as long ago as 1894.
Tn the article, Wilson was pointing
out the limitations Of a certain politi'
an of that day and said:
He has no sympathy with the
oiceless body of the people, with the
mass of unknown men," He con-
elves the work Of government to be
a work which is possible only to an
instructed few. He would have the
masses served. and served with devo-
ton, but he would not like to see
them attempt to serve themselves. He
has not the stout fiber and unquestion-
ing faith in the right and capacity OF
the inorganic majority which makes
the Democrat
"will the bosses now come forward
with the explanation that Wilson
wrote the article with the idea that
eight years later he would become
president of Princeton university
land lose his executive position be-
cause he tried to make the institution
more Democratic), and later governor
OF the state OF New Jersey, (where he
cleaned out the corrupt landmarks OF
years?")
The local option forces have re-
turns now from the various counties
that voted in the spring campaign,
and while the vets carried the most
counties, the drys polled majority Of
about 5000 more votes than the vets.
and election day was a bad stormy
day. with the result that the city
voters got out, while the farmer vote,
which Is largely dry, was cut down
by the storm and bad roads. Even as
q whole at that, the local option peo-
pie polled about 5000 more votes than
the vets, showing that the sentiment
OF the people in all the counties yot-