The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-16
"STATE EXPENSE
DOUBLED SINCE
| LEFT OFFICE"
-EN-GoN. oSBoRN.
Former Governor Tells of Econ
omy In Running Affairs In
His Administration
ADDRESSES STUDEBAKER
AND TIMKEN EMPLOYEES
Gilbert Nj. Dame, Campaign
Manager, Says Osborn Senti-
ment Is Strong Here

Former Gov Osborn received a
hearty welcome from the workmen OF
the Studebaker plant No 3 and the
Thinker Detroit Axle. Co, whom he ad
dressed Wednesday. during their noon
hour Following in general the dis
cussion OF labor conditions affecting
his audience such as he described To
the employees OF the Fisher BODY Co.
Tuesday, the speaker emphasized the
| fairness OF Michigan's compensation
law IN that, with few more amend
lments, il Will give both employer and
employe a square deal
He touched also on the question OF
taxation and government efficiency
saying "All OF you pay taxes Every
time that you raise your hand TO work
you. are paying your contribution TO
the welfare OF the state And no mat
ter whether you own your own home
or business, you are interested in an
economical administrator Of the
funds which are collected for the sup
port OF the state.
when | was your governor, we ran
the state ON about S4000,0O0 More
than SS.000,000 will have been spent
during the term OF the present gov.
ernor did my best to give the peo-
pie the most for their money We
never spent funds until the need for
the expenditure was fully shown.
visited the different state institutions
and applied that test 10 their budgets
Running the business affairs of the
state is a good deal like running q
printers shop or anything of that
! kind If you let your foreman buy
new type all the time and not get the
use out of the old as long as il will
do good work, your shop will not pay
You must get reasonable use out OF
your equipment before II is thrown
away. The application Of the same
principle TO state affairs gives an eff.
cient administration.
1T has been said that / left debts
hanging over the state, but that isn't
true. Al the close of my term there
was a fund Of 81 5000 in the treas
ury"
In accordance with his declared in
tention not TO attack his opponents In
his campaign for the nomination. Mr.
Osborn has not mentioned them in
his Detroit talks 81 want 10 leave
the men feeling better toward every
body" he said Wednesday
While the speaker and his party
were leaving the Studebaker plant. a
couple of men, who evidently were
not workmen there, stopped him on
the street. saying that they had be.
come involved in an argument which
they wanted him TO settle II was as
10 whether or not he was in favor OF
woman's suffrage,
The former governor refused to
dodge the issue, and in a moment
time told the men with his usual
foTCefuiuess that he believes IL takes
both a man and a woman 10 tell what
is best for their children and that he,
therefore, is in favor of giving them
both a voice in the matter
Thursdays addresses will be TO the
employees of the Packard Motor Car
Co, the Burroughs Adding Machine
Co. and the K-RI-T Motor Co.
Osborn headquarters in suite 49, in
Hotel Cadillac, present a scene of
busy activity nowadays while the for
mer governor is in town The process
sion OF friends and workers in his
campaign visiting Mr. Osborn began
shortly after o'clock Wednesday
morning, when he was up to meet the
early corners before they went to their
days work. II was 10 o'clock before
he could break away to get some
breakfast.
Mr. Osborn's campaign manager
former Dairy and Food Commissioner
G.. NJ Dame, Is in Detroit directing
the campaign OF this week in person
a e. Ferguson, OF Lansing, who
has accompanied Mr. Osborn in his
travels over the state, asserted We'd
nesday tina; the sentiment for the for.
mer governor is strong in Detroit
just as it is elsewhere In the state
Some of the leading opponents are
going 10 be badly surprised in their
own community ne said. They have
the support Of a minor element Il Is
true, but even at that il is divided
We have taken some polls of men in
factories here In each hundred poled
there have been only from so TO &C
Willing 10 express an opinion, and oil
these from 30 10 90 have favored Os
born The outlook is the most prom
Using possible, even though the ma
chine politicians are against us"