The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-09-20
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ITS
PRINCIPLES.
Endorsed by Judge Miner-Commends
the Administration. and Laws En-
acted-Conditions Better To-
day Than Four Years Ago.

We are pleased to give herewith q
very complete summary of the talk
given by Judge s. s, Miner at the Re-
publican county convention last week,
and which was received with great in.
terest by the delegates:
l have not been very much in the
habit of speaking before conventions
during the last or s years. / was
pleased to learn that l was elected a
delegate to this convention. / was
pleased to be elected because / do not
often have such an opportunity of meet
ing the gentlemen from the various
parts of the county as we do at the con-
ventions, and hope the time will never
come when we cannot haye at least one
convention every two years so we can
get together and exchange ideas.
Mr.. Collins, your prosecutor, has
spoken of the convention that was held
forty years ago-a Republican conven.
vention-I was present at that conven.
tion, although believe I am one OF the
youngest men in the hall who was pres.
ent ut that convention. l remember
some of the faces there at that time.
/ remember the nomination OF our
friend here, Mr.. Fitzpatrick for the
Office of prosecuting attorney. 1 re-
member the nomination of others,
among them Charles Holman and s. r.
Kelsey. l have.attended good many
conventions on various occasions, but
at this time gentlemen, we are gathered
together under little peculiar circu,n-
stance. Men We have honored with
positions. men we have looked upon
with the greatest respect possible, have
seen fit to change and 90 away and try
to elect another candidate for the Pres.
idency than the one nominated by the
Republican convention. Now as 10
these brothers who have gene away, 1
do not believe in abusing them, don't
believe in trying to cast Goals of fire
upon their heads, because. whatever
may be their associations at this time,
in four years from this time l expect
they will be with us again fighting the
old battle as they have for the past
forty years. But in looking at the cues
tions again whether we are Republic
cans, whether we shall disagree with
the old Republican party or not. it is
very serious question, question which
every one should pass upon thoroughly
and not upon the point because they
are Republicans, not because the name
sounds good to them but whether they
still believe in the principles of the Re-
publican party. If we believe in the
principles Of the Republican party, the
party that has ruled for the past forty
years, Imight say almost continuously,
then it seems to me gentlemen we
should enroll ourselves with the Re-
publican party as Republicans, and stay
with 1t as long as, we believe in these
principles.
There have been a good many things
done in the last four years; there have
been things done that probably may not
please You, may not have pleased me,
may not have pleased several of u.s. bnt
gentlemen. did you ever see great
body get together and see all pleased.
Do you not fiud where there are great
many different ideas, there are some
times disputes and disagreements, but
the question is what has been the re-
suit of the last four years. When we
hire man to look after the farm for
us we try to secure man to do certain
things; we do not look at the petty mis-
takes here and there that may occur
from time to time, but we do look at
the general result; we count up the
general results and note if they have
done good service for us. And so say
to you gentlemen. take the last four
years, and look over the whole situa-
tion, look over the whole condition, one
thing with another and while we might
find things which are not pleasing to
us, taking the whole situation into CON-
sideration, there has been no president,
there has been no administration, TAX.
ing the Republican party as a whole,
picking out no one, but taking the Re-
publican party as q whole, the senate,
the house and the president, they have
done more and enacted better laws than
have been enacted under any president
in the last twenty years (Applause.)
I do not mean by saying this there
are not other laws which should have
passed. I may disagree with them,
You may disagree with them, but j say
to you in looking over the facts, looking
over the condition Of the last four
years, it has been q step forward. j
may not have any faith and / may not
have any love for man who classes
himself solely as q ''standpatter," but
I do say believe in having my face
forward, in trying to do something
better today than ! did yesterday, some