The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
JOHN CARVIN TO
AID NJ DONALD
Declares He Acted In Good Faith;
Young Shouldn't Serve

| pilt OF the strongest OF the nuuitl
Gus expressions OF dissent at the an.
nouncement by n q. Young Of his In.
tention To- accept his technical election
as member from the Twelfth Michigan
district has come from John Garvin
! clerk oi Ontonaeon county. says IN,
Mining Journal Mn Garvin SATURDAY
| asserted that hc strongly dis3pproyeu
OF Nj. Noune's action, that his cours,
was Sne thai would defeat the will Of
the electorate OF the district. fairly
and clearly expressed in the recent
election, ana that he, personally,
would dc all that lay In his power TO
secure the ratification OF the true re
suit by securing the seating OF Mr..
Macdonald
Mr. GarNin, Walter q. Van Slyck,
Judge Of probate and James t. Cor
gan. county treasurer are the three
men who attended To the preparation
OF the Ontonagon county ballot, the
source Of all the trouble.
The mistake in the preparation OF
the ballot was certainly a most unfor-
tunate one" Mr.. Garvin said Satur-
day How il came To be made has
been sufficiently explained. | cannot
assert too strongly that our board act
III ia absolute good faith. Ii the ques-
ton is asked why We did not inquire
further than we did | would say tor
the reason that not a single member
Of the board knew Mr.. Macdonald
We'll enough L. know how he spelled
his full name. OF whether or not he
had any such surname as sheldon
! personally mad met Mr.. Macdonald
only once or twice, and ii did not oc-
cur 10 any of US that there could DE
any mistake in the name as given us
by Mr. Hoffman.
The original error. thus the orig
inal cause of the confusion, lay In the
trst improper certification To ali the
boards Ot the district Then Mr..
ms telegram with & letter Of conlir-
nation, which would have at once re-
Vealed the error in the telegram. II
the state officials of the Progressive
party had exercised due care there
would have been no room for error.
Macdonald Should Serve.
AS far as the present situation is
concerned | have this To say: The
voters in Ontonagon county when they
voted for Sheldon William j. Mae
Donald knew who they We're voting
for. They knew the man they wanted
a.
Macdonald. the Progressive candidate.
was honestly and fairly elected con
gresham from the Twelfth district.
and william j. Macdonald is the man
who should serve the district through
the next Consress. Any other result
viii be a defeat. on a technically, al
the plain will OF the voters OF the dis
trict. ami the contamination OF an In
Justice that must be resented by every
person who believes In orderly repre-
sentative government.
" was a supporter of Mr.. Young in
ihr last and in preceding elections but
II Mr. Young accepts the certfication
OF his election issued by the state
board, and makes himself the bene-
fCiary of the technically involved. !
have no nesitancy in saying, as frank
ly and emphatically as | can, that |
am greatly disappointed in him, and
that, In my opinion, he has chosen 10
follow an unjustihable course.
viii AID Contest.
My personal part in the matter
having been, characterized only by
good faith ana a desire 10 deal fairly
by all the parties, | am under no obll-
patton because of the mistake In the
Dntonagon county ballot To interest
myself In this matter but as a citizen
who believes Ia the rule OF the ma ior-
ity or plurality, as the case may be
ana III moral rather than technical
justice, ! am frank To say that ! am
ready and DESTROYS Of doing every
thing that lies in my power To secure
the seating OF Mr.. Macdonald. TO that
end, if a contest proves necessary
will do all ! can To bring il TO "a sue
cessful conclusion. But ! feel that MT
Young should make this thing right
without forcing Mr.. Macdonald IL
fight for his seat"
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