The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-10-25
ROrdney Will Garry TuscOla

In the Fordney. Fitzgerald camyssVr
four years ago, the friends of Mr.. Fse
gerald made great claims for the raa5cx>
ity he would receive in Tuscola oo.n$y,
When the votes were counted, howoyss.
it was found that Mr.. Fordney nss
very large majority. The same claiu
is again being made this year in behdr
OF the Progressive candidate Tho dse-
lowing letter from the secretary Of sts
Republican county committee predscfx
the usual vote in Tuscola for Mr.. Fort
ney:
Caro-, Mich, Oct. 90, 10iS.
EDITOR OwosSo TIMES:
Dear Sir:-It gives me pleasure u
write briefly concerning Mr.. Fordeoys
trip through our county and the esS-
tude our people are manifesting towzse
Mr. Fordney's reelection.
Mr. Fordney's name is a housohels
word with us. The people trust kim.
In many former campaigns Fordneys
opponents have made great claims xs
to what great victory they worN
have at the polls, but when the votes
were cast, Fordney was elected witt
increased majorities. The reason soc
this confidence is that our people truss
him. He has been true to their inter
ests.
Fordney's trip through our COUNT
the past week demonstrated the trwst
of the above statements. At evecT
meeting he was greeted with large, at
tentive audiences. Those who had Che
privilege of hearing Mr.. Fordoey wwe
impressed with his message. They fees
that he was not talking for effect but
that he was discussing vital questions
of Importance to us all.
The voters of our county want Gis
present prosperity to continue and tieey
know that with Mr.. Fordney as oar
congressman they will be ably repre-
sented. They feel this all the more be-
cause of the fact that people al over
to represent their interests He ia
fighter for the right and is continasEIs
on the job when in Washington.
Mr.. Fordney's opponents have asst
held some meetings in this county. Mt
Chandler has posed before his audiences
as farmer and on this ground tried 20
appeal to the farmer vote and now tb&s
it is becoming generally known thst
Mr.. Chandler is lawyer, that for eozs
thirty years he has lived either in Co
runna or Owosso City and ths% his
farming has been by proxy, our farmers
feel that there was an element of insir-
certify in his public differences uus
naturally will support Mr. Fordnoy AZ
the more firmly.
Not one valid argument has beet
produced by MIR. Fordney's opporesss
as to why Mr.. FoIdney should not be
returned. His opponents have ,nwk
to say about Mr.. Fordney's wealth.
We do not presume to say just how
much Mr., Fordney is worth and oct
people do not care. 1t is enough rot
them to know that he is a clean, uy,
right, able man and that he has beer
such brave defender of every just snS
worthy cause.
Mr.. Fordney's opponents do not "a
yet seem to have caught the idea thar
when they simply appeal to class presv-
dice that they are weakening their Owe
chances of election.
We have learned indirectly that Mr.,
Chandler is claiming that his friends
haye canyassed our county and tlfss
such canyass showed small majority
in his favor. When we heard this ws
took occasion to canvass thirty. eight OF
our voters. These thirty eight vo6ecs
We're from six different townships. of
this number of voters n OF one had beck
interviewed as to whom he would sup
port for Congress, which fact shows
conclusively that no such house to house
canvass was made and that this par.
ported canvass is given out for politics.
effect. Incidentally am glad to ssE'
that of the thirty eight which we nSer
viewed 20 were for Mr.. Fordney eur
phstically. 10 were for the democratic
nominee and were for nv. Chandler.
After making but a partial canvss
of our county and finding our voters so>
decidedly for Mr.. Fordney we feel COO
fident that Sugar Beet Joe" will carry
our county within his usual large ms,
jority.
Perhaps Mr.. Chandler in making pre-
dictions as to the vote in Tuscola oouatS
was temporarily under the spell of that
base drum and those tin horns which
were part Of his trappings while teve.
ing Tuscols county. 'still waters rxr
deep" Questions vital to home and
country need sane and sober though
The people Of Tuscola county we bslieg~
are blessed with q goodly portion ~
this sanity and for this reason they wiz
vote for j.. w. Fordney at the coming