The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-08-25
WIDE EXPERIENCE
AS BUSINESS man
Career Of Candidate For Repub-
Iican Nomination For United
States Senator From Michl-
gan-Who He Is and
What He Stands For.
TATILLIAM III. HILL. manufac.
NV turing druggist Of Detroit.
who has entered the race for

for United States senator from Michl-
gan. In the primaries Of Aug. 20 made
his entry with characteristic vigor and
energy, and his hat had not been "in
the ring two minutes before he was
making the whole state reverberatc
with his smashing attacks on what he
| declares to be the Outworn conceptions
IF public office holding.
Mr.. Hills friends declare there has
been an extraordinary response to his
declarations, the keynote Of which is
that running n government is bust
| ness proposition, and that 1t needs men
of broad business experience and DEM
onstrated business capabilities
A politician recently asked a friend
Of William II. Hills just what the can
didate believed In and just what kind
of an individual he was, and the friend
that knew him well, indeed, replied:
"William III. Hill Is worker of the
| highest sort He never tried to ride
| two horses. He always says just what
he believes, even though thousands re-
fuse to agree with him. He is not an
from the common people; he Is where
they can always find him. He has
certain well defined convictions. and
he has the supreme courage to stand
by them. He believes in Amcricanism
first, last and all Of the time"
And that described Mr.. Hill we'll in
deed.
People, though, these days want to
know more about the man himself.
and William II. Hill has had to work
hard to make himself the prominent
and interesting figure that he Is today.
In sketching Mr.. Hills life and char
acter a writer in prominent Michigan
publication recently said:
mr. Hill was born July 16, 1852.
and had lived in Detroit for more than
thirty -one years OF his life. His career
has been a varied one. A Detroit
writer once said that if Mr. Hill could
take a few months off and tell the
writer his life in a more detailed way
he would undertake to write a most
masterful biography.
"Mr. Hill was not the son of n
wealthy man-far from that. Hc Is to-
day by no means ashamed to say that
he had to work to obtain an education.
At the age of twenty he was support
ing his mother and his sister. Not
yet thirty years old. he went into the
manufacturing drug business. Obsta-
Gle after obstacle. hindranCe after
hindrance, came his way. but young
Hill went right on, undaunted and I'M
afraid, certain of success sure Of him
self, positive that his day would come
If he would only keep at his task.
And so he did work on and on. until
today he Is recognized as one of the
big captains in Detroit industrial and
commercial life.
HE Is self made man. one who
has had to work for what he-has OBJ
tanned. one who knows what it is to
give equal value for value received,
one who understands that the welfare
of the many is paramount to the de-
sires of the few, one who realizes that
legislation must today be for the bene-
fit of the whole people and not for a
chosen and picked few.
"He reads we'll the handwriting on
the wall. He sees beforehand the new
era that is making itself felt through
out our land. He sees that he must
work for the masses and the classes
as we'll. He stands for what the peo-
pie want and need and will finally
have.
HE is not politician in the loose
sense of the word; he knows no cliques
nor rings; he is amalgamated with no
'isms' or alliances; he is running for
United States senator strictly upon his
own worth, and those Detroiters and
those dwellers out in the state who
have ever come in indirect contact with
him know what that is.
william II. Hill comes from fine
stock-from the finest stock America
can boast Of. He is descendant of
Cromwell, the leader, the fighter. the
victor, and has in him qualities that re-
semble very much those Of that able
statesman.
But there Is the personal side of
Mr.. Hill-the view that his friends ad
mire most His is a quiet. whole
some, unassuming philosophy. Help
the other fellow help himself is his
slogan, and it has worked.in hundreds
Of cases. Hundreds Of present day
successful professional men owe their
starts to Mr.. Hill.
ut was William III. Hill whaAbegan
the idea Of training young college men
rs statesmen and helping them earn
enough to carry them through college
lie has helped all kinds, but he has
paid especial attention to those who
had to work their own ways through
the higher institutions Of learning.
There is a prominent doctor in Detroit
today who has often times declared
that William III. Hill made me what
l am today That is just bit of the
personal side of the man.