The Calumet news., 1913-12-12

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Gated no intention of resigning from
the committee.
II he does, IL will be up To the com
mittee to choose his successor To serve
until such time as another Repuhlirau
state convention shall meet.
1t is said that Major Arthur l..
LOOMS of Ionia--formerly Gov. War
ners secretary has joined himself to
The official Groesbeck gubernatorial
bureau. This recalls interesting rem
iniscences-not the least interesting of
which rotates round a meeting of the
q. -. T. state central committee i'm
mediately following the primaries of
! 1912. MIR Musselman, the Republican
nominee, wanted LoomiS. who had
been his campaign manager, to be
elected committee secretary But
Groesbeck and the committee stood by
Martindale's campaign against Mas
Seman
Now that Loomis has Joined Groes-
beck-and Murl De Zoe Cwho was the
Musselman press agent in 1922, too
Detroit papers are arguing that M.
Musselman will not be found amorH
The q. o. Il. gubernatorial entries ia
the summer Of 1914.
Mr.. Musselman, however has made
no such statement-or any statement
enc way or the other.
Meanwhile, the state press is lend
ing liberal space TO discussion of
the relative availability Of a long list
Of possible Republican gubernatoral
nominees. Among those whose names
have been heard with some promn-
cnce in this state press discussion,
might be mentioned the following:
Detroit: Truman Il. Newberry. Alex
Groesbeck, Frederick Martindale, Nal
colin Mcleod. Edwin DENLY Gavin \.
Palmer.
Grand Rapids-Amos s. Musselman.
Mayor George T. Ellis Arthur II Van
denberg.
Muskegon-Hon John % Ross
Ypsilanti-Dr Lyman.
Albion-.Hon. Washington Gardner.
Upper Peninsula-,Luther l.. Wright,
state Senator Frank James
| Lieutenant Governor Ross Of MuSie-
rOn expects Ia make formal state
ment after the first of the year. lie
is undecided regarding entry into the
approaching gubernatorial primary. 1t
is expected that after the holidays
there will be a number of statements
heard from alleged" candidates.
statements which will tend To clarity
the atmosphere To some extent
| L.. :. District Attorney Wetmorc and
| T.. = Marshal Whelan admit the re-
ceipt of letters from Attorney Cen
eral McReynolds asking them To re-
sign so that their places may go 10
i Democrats. They are not discussing
the matter but their friends say that
they Will not resign but viii give the
''spols system a chance Ia throw
them out If IL can.
For secretary of state the woods
seem full Of candidates ID, II. Mills,
present deputy secretary of state. is
a candidate for the head of the de-
par;ment and has a strong following.
George l.. l.usk of Bay City, who has
for some years had his eyes on the
Job, Is an announced candidate for the
place and many Of his friends think he
is entitled TO IL by, reason of former
entries and Withdrawals for the good
Of the party 9Wiiliam r.. Nank of Mt.
Clemens, member Of the last house is
out for the Job and is said to have the
support of Alex Groesbccll for it, Sen
ator Terry COrlss of Mayville was "a
tentative candidate while the legisla-
turp was in session hut nothing has
been heard from him since that time
to indicate his intentions. The name
of Huntley Russell of Grand Rapids
has been heard in connection with
both this office and that Ur auditor
general.
The office of auditor general will
have its full quota of candidates. O. B
Fuller, who has held IL very efficiently
for the last six years, is a candidate
for another term and has always dem
| onstrated an ability to get the neces-
sary votes. He will be opposed by
Arthur W. Scidmore of Three Rivers.
who is lining up strong backing all
over the state. Doc Scidmore was "A
strong candidate in the convention Of
| 1912 and might have made an inter
esting battle on the floor but i'm the
interest Of harmony he withdrew and
| left the nomination for Mr.. Fuller. II
was said openly at that time, how
ever. that Doc was entitled to the nom
ination next time and that he made
more friends with his withdrawal un
tempt at careful advertising, the sale