The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-24
PRIMARY DAY
next TUESDAY
CANVASS HAS BEEN A VERY CLEAN
ONE IN COUNTY CIRCLES
CONTEST IS ON FoR CLERK
US. SenatOrship Fight Has Not
Been Discussed Much
in the County

Next Tuesday is Primary day in
Michigan. On that day the electors
OF the state will so TO the polls and
say what candidates shall lead the
parties at the election next fall.
From all parts OF the state comes
the reports that the people will not
talk politics this year. Candidates say
that when they approach voter he
invariably asks how the war is going
and that war talk and not political
talk Is the thing of the hour.
The voting population is very din
erent this year from last or from any
previous year in that very large part
OF the young men have gone to the
war, leaving only the married men OF
older years to decide as to whom the
candidates shall be-
The Soldier Vote
1t must not be taken that the boys
in the camps cannot vote for they can
do so II they make application for
ballot, The proper procedure for
one who wishes to vote, although alb
sent from the county, is for him to
write letter to the clerk OF the
township or city In which he resides
asking that a ballot be forwarded to
him. The clerk will Immediately send
him ballot which he can vote and re-
turn by mail to the clerk, who will
present it sealed to the election in
spectors. who Will count the ballot
the same as any other ballot cast.
The Senatorship Contest
The most important contest in the
state is that for United States Senator
On the republican ticket there are
three candidates, Chase S. Osborn,
Truman Newberry and Henry Ford.
! Both Mr.. Osborn and Mr.. Newberry are
old workers In the Republican party
and both are we'll known supporters
of the war Mr.. Ford's politics are
under a cloud. II is claimed that he
Is both democrat and republican and
In this contest he was put up by the
democrats and endorsed by a demo-
cratic president as a candidate on the
republican ticket. He is also can
didate for the same Office on the demo-
cratic ticket
The principal objection to Mr.. Ford
Is that he IS a paciRst and doesn't
represent Michigan republicanism
which has been intensely loyal 70 the
nation right through. Before we en-
tered the war he spent large sums OF
money advertising in opposition to
preparedness, thus giving Germany
the impression that America wouldn't
| fight and that she might slap US in the
face as many times as she pleased
/ without our doing any more than
talking. BY this effort he kept US
from preparing and thus has caused
us to loose many young lives and
make much sacrifice now to catch up
with what we might have had had
we gone on preparing Immediately; in
fact II is quite likely that we wouldn't
have been drawn into the war at all
had Germany been aware OF our dis
position to defend our honor. These
things In addition to the fact that
Edsel Ford, son OF Henry Ford, has
successfully evaded going into the
army the same az other young men.
is telling against Ford. although II is
well known that he has many fine per-
sonal characteristics that has in the
| past attracted labor 10 him.
Democrats Have Two Candidates
Osborn Is supported by the drys
OF the state and by the old progressive
wing OF the republican party. The
wet and dry issue is going to cut
quite a figure in the next election.
Mr.. Newberry has back of him the
old line republicans who stood with
Taft and a fine state organization
built up by Paul King, one OF the most
astute politicians OF the state. He Is
quite strong in many sections and II
Ford falls down in his support as Is
commonly expected. there will be
pretty race between Newberry and
Osborn
In the democratic ranks James