The Detroit times., 1914-10-29

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II was homecoming for q favorite
son. Everywhere he was given an
ovation.
At the North woodward Presby.
terrain church, where he delivered an
address on South America, its trade,
its methods, Its missionary field.
and Americas interest In IL, he was
greeted by a large gathering that
formed levee after the lecture. The
former governor was among friends
who shook his hands and laughed
and chatted with him, and patted
him on the back. and wished him
Godspeed.
Then the candidate was whirIed
to the big tent, where Col. 0. A..
James was preaching Republicanism
to crowd that filled the tent. The
crowd applauded Justify as Mr.. Os-
born entered, and his vigorous
speech, scintillating with wit, and
bristling with telling hits, fairly
lifted the audience to its feet.
At Diamond Temple. Lawton and
Grand River-aves, it was the same.
A crowd that filled the auditorium
went wild with enthusiasm. as Mr..
Osborn numerically fiayed the ex-
travagances, the inefiiciencies. and
the lackadaisical methods Of the Fer
ris administration.
"Its a fright, l want to tell you;
the way the Ferris administration
squandered the money Of the people
OF Michigan" he told his Diamond
temple audience. 1T wasn't graft
that got away with nearly $4,000, 900
more In two years than any admin
istration ever spent in Michigan be-
fore. They just poured 1t away; just
threw II to the birds. an
They criticize me for vetoing some
OF the appropriations for state In
stitutions: 37SO,0O0 worth. They say
+ crippled them. left $1,600.000 In
the treasury. after paying OF the
state debt that was q disgrace to
Michigan, when I took ONCE. "A left
that because worked seven days a
week, and watched things. You can't
run the government or the state I'M
less you do. ! went to Inspect the
places, where they wanted money.
and I'll tell you some Of the things
found. Incidentally. was the first
governor In IL years to visit some
of the institutions, and no governor
has visited them since.
"Mackinac Island. that operates
concessions that pay we'll, asked me
for $4,000 when / was governor, and
turned down the request. looked
over the situation. Millionaires from
New Orleans, and Chicago, and the
east have splendid homes there. II
IL their play ground. Not 10 per cent
of the taxpayers OF Michigan even
visit the place. asked the commits
sion. II they couldn't run the island
from the proceeds of the concessions
1--WE can II we've got to- they an
swered, and ! told them, Well, you We
got to- And they did. Ran II az
well as II ever. was run.
"But, when Ferris became governor,
and everybody was getting all the
money he asked for, Mackinac Isl
and asked for $4,000 and got It. They
had asked me for $4,000, and didn't
need It, they admitted.
"Just now the superintendent OF
the Ypsilanti Normal school il dizzy
He's got 100000 OF the money OF
Michigan that he doesn't know. what
to DO with. He's erecting buildings
and buying land, and doing every.
thing he can think of to spend 1t,
and he's got more land now than he
needs. He asked for 100000, when
he needed 100000, Just as lawyer
files suit for $4,000 or so, when he
expects to get about $1,000 and be
satisfied. But Ypsilanh got the whole
100000. and the superintendent Ia
dizzy trying to figure out what to do
with that 100000 that he doesn't
need.