Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
Gov. Osborn Not a Candidate for
Place on Any Ticket
WILL HETIRE DECEMBER 81
what He Has Tried te Accomplish, What His
Purpose Was, His Hopes, and What He
Believe in are Fully Set Forth


l will not he q candidate this year
for Governor II saems necessary and
praper 10 make this statement at This
tirse This is INV renIv IN hundreds
of letters nersonaI renHaets innuiriee
of delegations and indorseuenre of
counties rorfaee tba+ o,,, -roI,eor.
alIv gratifed Inv fba active ipsistence
of 40 many tbot I sboufd bacoma q
candidate
do nor desire oeca bava NJ M
time tbouoht of ooing ~. have snoLen
Voluntarily tn ANYBODY of ooing ae %
deleeqte n tbe RarubIica1 T9fionaI
Convention bovo ,t mo tir,a t,o1sbt
az baino o oapdidote for Inc 1ica.
presidencv TN other yro,5e 7 an, I'm
sxect1v INC eaua rama of mind tbot
4 was in on Uoorr-rar 6 1oro me-, I
announces thaf vou1d NOT .ha q com
6idota for ~ second form
l,rev. M tb.t ti,oe ,racticsu,
vybat NV rrosrer,. or er5ee,.o,. would
he have aIreadv sucoaedad in do.
knR more than ever bonad IN accom-
nIiab rDba ore9te.+ so,yioo No 7 o,,
mACt m ba ebIa 10 ,orfo,r, &c 10 cor
Nince tba na,nIa NJ tra s-gto Of Min
lean that we are noaring tho tbreehoI5
~ a now era Wherein citi1ene wiz
have q biober idao of tbai,. .dptias md
nnselfsb service viii be tbeir cbiefeet
raward and banninsss and yybep tbev
will do tbinos without ON, thouob+ of
acnuirino issues with which tbev NAV
he nernetuatad IN ofice and mower
have been moet intomnorotal,,
cri+ici1ed Eor +bo nost nort tboSa
who have onnosad mo bova baep hon.
sst 7 tbinI, Tbov hova known onIv
tbe bahite and methods of YESTERDAY
whan n wae common for. n,en 10 hold
nf,ca For tho nurrosa of satiSfyino
inst for Office and for SERVING tbo few
for nrofit rather than tho many for
natriotism This led m q general
soubtinp of mon In nubIio oeice
WHEN 7 s+atad tba+ T woi,Id ba q CON.
Sidata FOR onlv one Term a Great car.
toonist drew q nicture of nravions
rovarnors arising in thar graves uitb
snch violence a's m ovartnrn their
headstonae do NOT wieb them n
sr;se asa;r and crv ont e.Ea1se
.Iarm,1
do nat krow vbatbar c.r oon.
va,, nv thougbts 60 90, ~ NOD h,,t 7
heiiava tbara orc noonv mon nou and
ill h. h.,
In av.rv mart ~ orr netion WIZ viii
And their nraateet banniness IN nm.
.aIasb service Ricb mon orc SLOWLY
sd,itt;nv hit mora ganeraIlv than
go hasoro thot tba nnrS,it 90 tbH
iaot =, Ia,,+o,- 90 wnoI+b doos no.
faeS ~ cortan+,nar+ or iov TIE
rou.t tUrr oisewbara ~ ord bet
.ar snivit - devaio,,irg e. 49, ~ tb,
Sana rtrnerts of Iifa Tba nreacba,
erS rriast uori, Gov Tho vor,, lova y,
49, wi, Coz ,ova Of tbair Net,
erd 90 nanLind tn docto, anliste
a. tha san,a s1irit ond bis Iinnocro
,iar go - se,-,,ico ~ a -, So
T.ocbars orc ottocbad 80 tbei. nro
,as.ion h,' iova 30 saruioo Coiartfsts
90 oIw.ys str,v;ns for tho nnbIiI
good IT, Iowyar IN tive Win thf
btghar atbics 90 his nrofaSsion Fool.
the so,na ray Tbis Snirit &C. con
t.s,ons and 10 att.cLino The nolitica,
snSara
Tb aodoro poosaval+ onl,stoa for l,,.
=. .n,an+v IN a. sar,,;oa 90 ~ ,aonI>
,or aitbo- wor or naoce Woodrou
W,l.on toId mo feU, r,ontbs or
,h.t no nronosed 70 oive mn HE Iif.
20 nuhic sarvice These orc two nor
t,cnlorlx notoble axamnles Thera or.
msny more A. this noint 7 am eoins
40 o.l Won 20 nermit me- to hreeS IL
WITH tba ststemant that 7 homo IN,
p.nuhIicor. will non,inota Tbaodor.
Poosavslt md, that tba Democrats vii
nominal. Woodrow Wilson which
avsr then 20 elected will insnre q,
INSTRUMENTATION In fullest svmnath,
uvi,h tha bisbast woIfare ~ oil N,
raon,e
Men bu,ld their nol;t,cal character
whether tbev oIwavs realize a. ar NOT
much 90 tbey do their financial credit
Nv own nolitical character is nor 9,