The Owosso times., 1922-06-09
Today
TOWNSEND.
KELLY,
EMORY,
BAKER

A brief review OF the four men
& records and qualifications will dis
close the following facts about them
Senator Townsend, the present in
cumbent, defeated Julius Cease
Burroughs some dozen years ago OF
the issue of Burroughs having votet
to seat the infamous Senator Lori
(. mer of Illinois, who was convicted
of spending about 800, 100000 to ob
tain his seat. The people of Michi
gan repudiateo Senator Burrough
and sent Townsend to Washington
in his place. For number of years
Townsend made a fair record as {
progressive legislator but during the
past few years he has gone over bag
) and baggage to the Big Business
Bloc-his record shows him to have
served the predatory interests with
unflinching loyalty and devotion
His defense of Newberry is too well
known to merit further comment
/ Today Senator Townsend stands in
the same position as Senator Bur
roughs stood dozen years ago-he
voted to seat a man in the Senate
who by his own admission spent
twice as much as Lorimer did in
Illinois. History will repeat itself
this fall in Michigan.
Congressman Kelly, who is seeking
Townsend's seat in the Senate, il
making a great hue and cry about
political corruption 1t is motor
ious fact that Mr. Kelly for many
many years has been associated with
the very element he now 80 fercely
denounces as corrupters. 1t Is said
that some years ago Truman New.
berry even contributed several thou
sands of dollars to help Mr. Kelly to
be Governor OF Michigan. %
Mr.. Kelly ran for Congress from
the eth district; he was elected in
1918 on the same ticket with Truman
sNewberry; unless Kelly was deaf
dumb and blind he could hardly es.
cape noticing that enormous sums of
money were being spent-if this fact
escaped him he is entirely too un
SOPHISTICATED to be at large without
protection much less 70 be elected as
a United States Senator. Mr.. Kelly
might tell the people why he sup
ported Newberry in 1918, and why
he denounces him four years laters
Or did Mr.. Kelly play traitor 10 the
Republican party and support Ford
during that memorable campaignH
Mr.. Kelly in order to further his
own political fortunes now turns on
his fliends and denounces them as
corruptionists. To say,the least his
sudden conversion is touching but
hardly convincing to grown up peo
pie.
Senator Townsend at least has the
saving quality of sticking by his
friends, even at the risk of personal
defeat. Mr.. Kelly possesses no such
quality of loyalty, to even his friends
A perusal of his record in Congi ess
will show him to be faithful to the
predatory interests-his vote can
always be counted on by the Steel
Bloc, Financial Bloc and Big Busi.
ness Bloc-if he has ever voted in
the Interests of the people he has
taken good care to air the fact.
= Mr.: Kelly was the most ardent sup
porter of the Esch CumInins Rail.
road Law that was fathered by Wall
St. This law strangled agriculture
took hundreds of millions from farm
ers, small business man and workers.
Now he proposes reform in the mid
die of q campaign and amidst uni
versal condemnation of a law that he
helped 30 put thru.
Mr.. Emory's candidacy may be
dismissed on grounds Of insufficient
evidence-his only claim for the SEN
atorship seems TO be based on his
record in the war. Ii that is suffi-
cient reason to elevate man to the
u. 8 Senate the membership of that
body will have to be increased to
about four millions.
State Senator Hei bert f. Baker is
the one candidate who deserves the
-wh ols hearted support-of every fair
minded progressive man and woman,
be has the support of the organized
railroad and other workers-he en-
Toys the confidence of the farmers
and has the support of the Cleaners,
Of which he Is an officer. For years
be has been member OF the State
Senate, and at one time was Speaker
of the House at Lansing. His record
Il N open book. In all of his long
years. of service, Herb Baker has
,votad. fairly and squarely for the In
<oro1<e of the masses, no man In
66blic life In Michigan can show q
( litter record of faithful. upfiInching
|rrrvice to the public good than Her
Vert r. Baker. the dirt farmer, who
edtns his daily bread In the sweat
|of bis brow. To bs In politics for
ooriy asqustter of = csntury snd
~ have TO earn bis living By daily
q 3 small farm IL the best testl.
- 10 his character sud honesty
onq can giye THE ohamploa oil
oomnoD pscpls. ~ %fssx