The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-04

anu VIC dHc soou W ldCc u pcIiOu WHICH
there will prevail the greatest need Of
protection to working men and far
mer in the history of the republic.
Moreover, we ought to secure larger
part of the enormous fund for war
from those who can well afford to pay
for the commercial advantages they
find in American markets. We be-
lieve that only the abnormal condi-
tons created by the great war, saved
the party in power from paralyzing
the industrial life of our republic.
Seventh-We commend the patriotic
laborers, the patriotic farmers and
the patriotic business men, and all pa
triotic men and women of Michigan
for their splendid committal to the
cause of the republic in the war. We
believe in the righteous reward of all,
and unfair discrimination against none.
We wish to raise no sectional issue,
but we believe that the exercise of
governmental authority in fixing the
prices of wheat and wool in the north
and the west should be applied to the
cotton Of the south and to farming
equipment in all the country. Gbh 81.
Eighth-We wish to express our
hearty and sincere Endorsement of the
administration of our war governor,
Hon. Albert E. Sleeper. During an adj
ministration in which unusual demands
have been made upon him because of
the existence of the great world war,
he has proven himself equal to every
emergency. His administration of the
office of governor has been marked by
careful judgment, thoughtful consid-
Grafton of every matter, which has
come before him, and painstaking at
tention to the duties of his office.
Under the leadership of Gov. Sleep
err the Michigan Legislature was the
first in the Union to enact legislation
in aid of the federal government
along war lines. We point with pride
to the fact that our Republican state
administration has squarely upheld
the hands of the Democratic national
administration since the breaking out
of the war. Our Republican legisla-
ture promptly passed the law Great
ing the Michigan War Board, compos-
ed of Gov. Sleeper as chairman, and
of Secretary of State Coleman c..
Vaughan, Attorney General Alex. j.
Grosbeck, Auditor General Oramel B.
Fuller, State Treasurer Samuel Odell
and Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton Fred L. Keller. These men have
devoted much time and energy to the
cause of Michigan in the war. Under
this legislation Michigan provided for
the assistance of the families of l.
356 United States soldiers, before the
United States government was able to
get ready to look after them in any
degree. We take pride in the fact, that
Camp Custer in our state is the heal
thiest soldiers camp in the United
States; this is largely due to the fact
that the Michigan War Board has TAX
en- xeVeryo npfecaatieh ist0 insure the
health sof noups soldiersS 1Eyeyy5effart
the state could make has been made
to give our boys the best possible sur
roundings, while they are being made
ready to fight our battles. The great
progress made in the elimination Of
disease and the control of the social
evil is especially gratifying.
We commend the war board for the
establishment of state community
house at Camp Custer; for loaning to
needy officers the money necessary to
equip them for service; for establish
ing in New York station for looking
after the wounded returned soldiers,
from our state, and for the watchful
care they have given all Michigan SOL
diers and their families.
We commend our legislature and
governor for the creation of the bud
get commission now at work in an eff
fort to systematic and coordinate
the business of the state along the
lines of greater efficiency and economy,
and for the creation of the commission
now investigating needed changes in
the workmen's compensation law of
the state. We believe that Michigan
Workmen's compensation law has been
of great benefit to the employees of
the state, but that it now requires
some amendment along the line of
greater liberality to injured workmen,
and we ask the legislature to be elect
ed November to give to the subject of
worlmen's compensation and to the
report of the commission their most
careful consideration.
We take pride in the record of every
man upon our state ticket; they are
we'll entitled to the unopposed renomi-
nstion they have received. They are
all men of tried and proven worth, and
we commend them all to the voters of
the state and predict their reelection
by increased majorities.
Ninth-We wish to declare our
hearty commentator of the course
of our United States Senators William
Alden Smith and Charles E. Townsend
and also of the Republican members of
the national house of representatives
from our state, who have. by their
voice and vote, stood Loyalty behind
the party in power, in everything look
ing toward the winning of the war
We believe that they should and will