The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-02-16
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ldent had done in this important mat
ter.
Then on the program was Fred G.
Martindale, secretary of state and
candidate for governor against Os-
born, and who at st. Johns had at
TENTED to hit the governor hard af-
ter he had left the banquet board.
The Unexpected Quest
Last, and not on the program but
who was announced as having just
dropped in, yet he had a carefully
prepared speech already written,
was Milo d Campbell, who but re-
Gently practically announced his can
I didary for governor.
In the arrangement of the pro-
gran the governor was placed first.
| He was to speak at Jackson also
! Tuesday night and so 1t was arrang-
cd that he should speak here first and
ret over to Jackson, leaving the field
to his opponents and to the opponents
OF Roosevelt, who is Osborn's candi-
date for the presidency.
How Osborn Fooled Them
But the governor took things in
to his own hands. He went to Jack
son first and arrived in Lansing only
at 10:45. Meanwhile the crowd
which seemed very much pro-Taft
normally had been listening to Taft
nrstory until it was applauding every
mention of his name.
incidentally Mr.. Martindale had to
sneak first and he took few raps al
the governor. The list was nearly
omrleted and it was getting late
when POSTMASTER G. A. "Puss" Pal
ner introduced the unexpected Mr..
Campbell.
Returned to Cheer
During this speech many were
leaving the hall when they saw the
governor enter. Immediately those
who had already put on their coats
returned and sat with intense excite
nent al over their faces while Mr..
Campbell finished an attack upon the
governor and while Congressman
Smith talked of the tariff.
Then it remained for Mr.. Palmer,
in his introduction to pay one of the
most delightful compliments to his
chief that had been heard in many
day and to bring some rousing en-
thusiasm to the crowd by the stirring
talk he made.
Governor Osborn rose and was
greeted warmly. For moment he
talked good naturedly and almost
gently. But one could readily see the
CLINT in his eye and the muscles
stand out on his face. 1t was bound
TO come, and it came. Accepting all
the shafts that had been cast at him,
he counted them out, one by one be-
fore the crowd and hurled them back
until he had the crowd admiring his
bravery, standing on it's feet and
cheering like mad.
So it went for half an hour, the
crowd becoming wilder and wilder
each moment, until when he ceased
men who mad asver been heard to
speak q kindly word of Osborn went
to him to say they had been convert
ed.
Take back notice to your respect
ed chief" said the governor, turning
to Secretary MacVeagh, that an
,genL of the brewery interests went
20 Washington and said they would
deliver Michigan for Taft--a Thing
the breweries cannot do. The peo-
pie will decide that question"
Hill the Eloquent one
2 The masterly,@ address by John
Wesley Hill of New York, was gem.
From almost his first sentence, until
the magnificently rounded perora-
zion with which he closed. the speak
ar was constantly interrupted by
bursts of applause. 1t was such an
address as puts new life into an audi
ence His talk on Lincoln was mas
terpiecc of eloquence and the speak
err swayed his great audiance at will |
II was a gem one must hear rather |
tnan read
"Providential men are priceless"
said Mr.. HILL "Their careers are the |
heacons of human progress. Their |
thoughts and deeds are the richest
legacy Of mankind. They are lights
kindled upon the dome of the coun-
tries, Illuminating the mental and |
moral atmosphere Of the world. His
cry is the story Of their true eoochal
deeds and civilization the heightened
ehadow of their exalted souls.
There is no method for striking
he balance between Abraham Lin
oln and Moses, or Homer and
Shakespeare, or Cromwell and Well
lngton, or Washington and Lincoln,
r Mckinley and Taft.
"They were providential men. it is