The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-04
Sheriff


township. Earl Tallman is not
generally believed to be a warm
admirer of the present sheriff
and would, probably, like to see
someone not associated with
Theut at the helm of law en-
forcement in Macomb county.
Big Jake simply didn't play
ball" with the Warren township
faction Tallman represents; de-
spite the fact that both are DEM
ocrats. The sheriff didn't permit
himself to be pushed around" "
and he SHE'D away from too close
an association with the town.
ship police. Theut lets 1t be we'll
known that he Is sheriff Of all
OF the county"
Therefore, the political dope
sters insist, a Warren group has
offered to swing whatever po-
litical weight they may possess
back of Maxwell in an effort to
capture the Dem nomination as
sheriff from the Ensign-Theut
forces.
But, and the situation now be-
comes even more complicated,
there is likewise a persistent re-
port to the effect that Tallman
would not look askance at the
entry of Carl B. Brandenburg
into the sheriff's race. If such
should develop. it is believed,
Tallman himself would run for
the job Brandenburg once held
that of county treasurer-and
get behind the Brandenburg can
didacy for sheriff. Tallman was
the Dem candidate for treasurer
in 1912 when Brandenburg step
ped out of the county picture
to seek the higher state office.
All of which could mean, and
might mean, that Maxwell &C
tually will not enter the primary
lists. Your guess is as good as
anyone's.
That - generally speaking
disposes of probable Dem candi-
dates for the office of sheriff.
On the Republican side of the
] e d 6 er appear the following
prospects:
Robert c. Havel, ex.sherifi.
F. Scott Burke, County Pro-
baton Officer.
Adrian A. Lingemann, Lake
township supervisor.
Floyd w. Rosso, Harrison
township supervisor.
Harry w. v. Lumley, County
Road Commissioner.
Havel, 1t Is believed, desires
to enter the contest for the post
he once filled for two terms. He
is we'll k own, possessed a
strong machine when in office
and is believed to have kept at
least the nucleus Of that organi-
cation alive.
Burke, longtime former po-
lice chief of Richmond, and ex-
army officer, knows police work,
has made several bids in the past
for the post of sheriff and is
generally believed to have i'm
proved his contacts since TAX
ing over his present job a year
ago. Clean, efficient and per-
sonable Burke would, in the
opinion of many observers, make
an excellent sheriff If he can
finally "get over the hump"
A DIFFERENT LEAGUE
Lingemann, whose name crops
up once every two years, would
appear at this date a doubtful
quantity. Despite the fact that
his friends insist on suggesting
him for the office "Ade" is not
known to have ever openly
sought endorsement for the post
of sheriff.
Rosso, whose name occasion
ally creeps into the sheriff.
spotlight is a COP wheel-horse,
is reasonably we'll known and
might be successful in winning
out-county support through his
craftsmanship of the board of
supervisors. However, in the
past, many supervisors have
learned "the hard way" that
county politics is in an entirely
different league than IS neigh
borhood, rural vote-getting. And
Rosso would find another hur-
die in his path: People might
look askanee at the possibility
of seeing him enshrined on the
main floor of the county Jail
building while his bro h e r,
Mount Clemens Police Chief Ar
thur I. Rosso. holds forth in the
downstairs office. 1t might smack
a bit too much of family-com-
bine. Anywa.' Floyd hasn't, him.