The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-30

structive and beneficial legislation to
their credit than Chase s. Osborn.
Here is partial list Of his work
while governor. Is there single act
that you as a citizen would want ex-
pongedq Is there a single act that
any politician Of any party in the
state would dare ask to have repeal
ed?
AS State Game Warden
He secured the first laws giving
adequate protection to the wild life
in Michigan, and the first rigid en-
forcement Of those laws.
AS State Railroad Commission
(D He secured the first proper
and complete taxation of railroads,
which had previously been undertax-
ed.
(2) He stood inhexibly for grade
separation for all railroads.
(0 He first secured the reduction
Of fares from three cents to two and
a half and two cents per mile.
AS Governor of Michigan He Urged
and Secured
| % More efficient and economical
administration of the state govern
ment, particularly great economy in
the management of the state institu-
tons, and a low tax rate.
(2) A high standard of efficiency
in all the state departments, due to
his invariable appointment of men
who were equipped for their duties
rather than men who had rendered
him some political service.
(3) Laws that made the taxation
system Of the state more efficient and
more just.
(4) An employers liability and
workmen compensation law, the
best of its kind in the country.
(5) A presidential primary law,
opposed by political bosses and ma
chine leaders, but passed at the in
sstence of Governor Osborn in re-
Spouse to widespread popular de-
mand.
co. A law prohibiting the owner
ship Of saloons by breweries, the
greatest victory ever won over the
corrupt liquor interests, whose politi-
cal domination had long been the
shame of the state.
~ A concurrent resolution sub
hitting to the people the question of
permitting women to vote.
In addition he recommended to the
Legislature laws providing for the
initiative and referendum, and the re-
call. The initiative and referendum
were established two years after his
recommendation.
He is the only Governor in years
who carried his sworn duty to enforc-
ing the law to its farthest limit. He
removed several incompetent and
faithless state and county officials
who had not kept their oaths of office.
1. He is personally clean.
2. No hint of Doodle attaches
either to this or his former campaign.
3. There is not single piece of
legislation posed on his recommends
ton as governor, which any political
party dare ask to have repealed.
a. He stands for personal purity
of character, the rule of the people,
and opposed to machine rule and sa-
loon domination.
5. He is a Republican in the tru-
est and best sense Of that term and
has expressed himself as ready to
stand on the platform Of the party
which nominated him.
6. AS governor he saved the peo-
pie Of Michigan over a half million
dollars by insisting on cutting down
unnecessary appropriations.
Luren ID. Dickinson, nominee for
lieutenant-governor, is splendid
oyPo VI "ichiSdu ClIlAeIi, CuTlStldU
gentleman who is held in the highest
esteem in his home county-Easton-
and has been prominent for years in
state affairs. A successful farmer,
living on his farm, careful business
man with interests in both Charlotte
and Battle Creek, an active worker
in all good causes, the voters can not
60 astray if they give him the sup
port. He has had wide experience
in legislative affairs, first when he
represented one of the Eaton county
districts in the house of representa-
tives in 1897. Later in 1905 and 1907
he represented the entire county in
the same capacity and distinguished
himself in his efforts for the enact
ment Of a general primary law. AS
member Of the state senate in 1909,
he was Chairman of the Committee on
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