The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-27

en- 20 two members OF the committee
which tore Up the credentials OF legal.
y elected Wilson asissa.ss and sea
third was given 10 a burly bruiser who
threatened Wilson delegates with per-
sonal violence because they insisted
upon their legal rights In that conven-
Your space would not permit me to
mention. even In the briefest terms. the
many ways In which Gov. Ferris has
idenis /. and TO the eSpeetations OF his
former friends Among them are his
neglecting state business 10 attend 10
his own affairs; his support OF the
the fake "co,operative corporation bill
which was substituted I'm place OF ire
bill which the Cleaners and Grangers
asked the Legislature TO pass; his care
lessness In signing bills. evidenced oy
his admission In one case, at least, that
he never knew he had signed SUCH
bill. his plant subserviency TO natter
ers: the character OF many OF DIS ap-
of his administration, III any or my
Democratic friends think that am un-
fair 10 the governor, 1 shall De GAO 10
debate the desirability Of his re-elee.
any time before election, and al any
place except In saloon.
In every campaign before his eiee-
ton, Gov. FERRIS warned the people
bower I'm the hands OF appointive Of
ncers and in a speech that Is oefore
me a. AZ w snysr Is &. SAD adoption of such
Legislation or constitutional amend
ment as shall provide for the cleo
ton Of railroad and tax commits
ple The idea that In a
democratic form OF government the
r. railroad and tax com mlssioners,
should not he selected. by the peo-
BY the moneyed interests back OF
that, that rule you and me and the
great state Of Michigan tonight
Think OF IL my friends assembled =
here.
After his election. Gov. Ferris. instead
OF urging the control OF these commits
sions b. the people. helped to increase
the the p s,esr wni Saa nvsr me peonis'
He opposed the repeal OF the Joker
in the Giles telephone act. and secured
the passage OF q stili stronger law.
Sses ws. ss1shsT reform 1Ses
Candidate Ferris had advocated. The
new law gave Gov. Ferris railroad
commissions the power with which they
phone companies. and the authority
which they exercised by "butting in"
to the investigation OF our local tele-
,hons-serSiee begun by our city city e smm
pany's baseiess pretense that the whole
trouble was due 10 too many party
lines. and that the only remedy was
%ics sns *. F Fss ssrsi saa COM
what Ferris said before his election.
But instead OF advocating the choice
people. he now wants the governor
given the power to also appoint the
secretary OF state. auditor general.
state treasurer, and all minor state
Gov Ferris Is just now receiving
the support OF thousands OF ministers.
church members and temperance peo-
lenses he has been making in his lee
lures for years And at the same time
he n being supported by all the vicious
and debating classes and interests
surancss they must have received from
someone since the primary election. IL
Gov. Ferris Is still as honest and
as his old friends used
the people what his intentions are In
relation 70 the liquor traffic and gam
bling. and what IL was that AL OF
sSsdsn most san peSu h,s bar
the state OF Michigan.
: I shall vote for Chase Osborn NOT
for PERSONAL reasons; for ! cant re-
! favor Not for political reasons: for
on most national Issues am. az much
opposed TO him now as was years
ago when he and I were ''iambasting
each other In our respective newspa-
pers, Not because i expect him 70
win :f-fof believe. with the corrupt
A nd ,vtcfousi element united IN support
lag. Ferris and the honest and pa
triotic people splitting their votes be-
that Ferris sUtlL win. s.
8 II shall vote for Osborn because he II
honest fearless and incorruptfbie: be-
cause he had the manhood and patriot
Ism and decency to repudiate the ac-
tion OF the Bay City Taft convention.
which was only a little more respect
ibie than the Harmon convention In
Detroit, whose shining lights Gov. Fer
ris rewarded. i shall vote for Osborn
because every thug and thief. every
crook and corruptionist in Detroit viii
vote against him. because all OF the
Snug and self-satisfed standpatters
like John Blodgett who denounce
President Wilson and throw Mt az
the mention. of either Bryan or Roose-
Welt, are against him. ! shall vote for
Osborn because. without the help OF .
college education. he has made HIM
self one OF the best educated and most
cultured men In our country, and 10 .
nan whose brilliant intellect II an
honor TO the state. shall vote Tor
him because, In spits OF the mistakes
Tue to his impulsive and impetuous
nature he made the best governor
Michigan has had since honest old Gov.
" cHAs. 8. HAMPTON.
Detroit. Oct. 20. 1914