The Calumet news., 1914-10-01
READY NOW FOR
STATE CAMPAIGN
Three Parties AdoptPIatforms and
Complete Their Tickets

Kalamazoo, Oct. 1.-The republican
s,o,e convention. meeting here yester-
dav nominated the balance of the state
,iclet not named at the recent pri-
,,,ories. adopted it's platform for the
,,u campaign and. with party enthu-
sosm at it's height. listened to the
leaders urge the delegates on to re-
nublican victory in the coming elec-
ton.
rormer Governor Chase s. Ocborn,
ooain n candidate for governor. was
greeted with cheers.
Tbe state ticket named yesterday af-
,ernoon follows. Secretary OF state.
coleman C. Vaughan Of st. Johns;
stote treasurer, John w. Harrer OF
lansing: attorney general. Grant Fell
Lows of Hudson; auditor general o. B.
Fuller Of Escanaba.
The platform pledged the party to
work for: Reforms in taxation; a
state budget system: a forum for the
settlement OF labor disputes; good
road legislation. and more expedit-
inns and less expensive court pro-
cedure II approved the national com
mittee's Encouragement Of representa-
,ion of states at future national con-
yontions: reafiirmed belief in the pro-
tectlve tariff principle and denounced
the Underwood tariff act.
Former Governor Curtis III. Guild
of Massachusetts was among the
speakers
Democratic Meet Harmonious.
Detroit. oct. 1.-The threatened fight
ON the floor of the democratic state
convention here between so-called
progressive" democrats and organ
ization" forces failed to materialize, all
tbe difficulties having been taken care
of i'm committee meetings. Edmund c.
Shields of Lansing. against whom the
;nsurgent attack was chiefly directed,
was reelected chairman of the state
central committee by unanimous vote.
The fall campaign platform, as
adopted at the convention, favors:
Legislation designed to promote the
interests of agricultural communities,
such as employment of convict labor
on farm lands and construction of
good roads; the support of every meas
ure calculated to restrict the ravages
of disease; restriction of number or
candidates chosen under the primary
election system; enaction OF legisla-
ton giving the state railroad commis-
sion the powers and duties Of a public
utilities commission; the creation OF
nf IN
disputes between capital and labor.
and the establishment of n non-par-
tisan commission to investigate all
matters pertaining to the administra-
ton of state affairs.
The following candidates for state
offices were named: Secretary OF
state, William l.. McManus, Jr., Of
Pctoskey; state treasurer, John ii.
Robson of Ovid; auditor general, John
j. Campbell of Huron county; attor-
ney general, Verne G. Anderson OF
Blisslield.
T. r. Scores Old Parties.
Bay City, Oct. 1.-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was the principal speaker at
the progressive state convention here.
lie spoke In the same hall where the
republican and progressives split at
republican state convention here two
years ago, when state troops were call
ed out to preserve order.
They stole it from U.S.. was the
former presidents comment, during his
address. on that convention incident.
They took the delegates by force, but
when the votes of the people were
counted we had them beaten two to
one"
you can't be loyal to the principles
of Abraham Lincoln by voting the re-
publican ticket" he said. you can't
he loyal to the principles of jefferson
by voting the Democratic ticket l
guess the names OF Lincoln and Jeffer-
son aren't mentioned when the follow
ors of Lorimer, republican, and Sui