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THE PROHIBITION STATE 'CONVENTION REV. JOHN RUSSELL LEADS. Emery L. Brewer Nominated for Lieu tenant Governor. Owosso has entertained her first state political convention. Did she do It lu a proiwr manner? Ask any delegate who at tended. The citizens of Owosso certainly did their part well to make pleasant the etay of our visitors, every one of whcin went away wi h words of praise tor the treatment received. Exclamations of delight aud sur prise were expressed on all hides at the beauty, enterprise and thriftiness of Owosso. The delegates began to arrive Thursday 'evening. The headquarters of the State Central Committee was at the Merell and thither most of the crowd went. The ex ecutive committee, consisting of Rev. John Kussell, of New llaven, W. C. Clemo, of Birmingham, Brent Harding, of Bay City, Chas. P. Kussell and Gideon Vlvler, of De troit, held a meeting to discuss the work of the coming campaign, aud to select the temporary officers of the convention. The early morning trains Wednesday B welled the crowd and by noon the blue and gold badges could be seen ou ev.-ry hand. Many of the delegates were ladles, who seem just as much at home discussing the nominations, etc., as many of the sterner sex. The opera hall was well filled when Chairman John Ilussell rapped for order. The Vernon Glee Club favored the audience with several songs, after which liev. S. Steele invoked the Divine blessing. The chairman then Introduced Dr. Henry A. Reynolds, of Oakland county, as temporary chairman. On assuming the chair the doctor made a neat speech of acceptance, saying other things that he "would rather be chosen a ward-man by the prohibition purty than president by either the republi can or democratic parties," which brought forth great applause. After urging the con vention to take plenty of time to do Its work, to do the best possible for the party, etc., he Introduced as temporary secretary Dr. A. M. Webster, of Iosco county. The congressional committees reported one delegate for the several committees as follower Credentials E. A. Richards, chairman, W. A. Taylor, secretary, A. F. Cooley, A. Ermy, Frank Holden, Alex Patton, F. C. VanTuyl, A. Kelgley, P. E. Whitman, C. E. Mitchell. " Permanent Organization Cornelius Quick chairman, Rev. 11. G. Gabiel, secretary, W. F. Alexander, 11. H. Martin, G. W. Cram, Gideon Vivier, J. U. Thompson, L. D. Randall, A. A. Jones, J. D. Warren, D. U. A. Reynolds. Resolutions Lemuel Clute, chairman, C. K. Perrine, secretary, G. R. Malone, Chas. T. Russell, Chas. Mosher, Thos. Dorgan, Robt King, Rev. C. Strickland, Lee Warner, W. A. Taylor, M. A. Kclsey. The report of the committee on creden tials showed 360 delegates present, which number was Increased to about 400. The committee on permanent organization reported in favor of Myron II. Walker, of Grand Rapids, for chairman; D. W. Grand on, of Adrian, for secretary, Mrs. Dr. Rey nolds, of Pontlac, for assistant secretary. Mr. Walker made a brief speech on assum ing the chair. Nominations being in order, ur. nenry A. Reynolds was nominated for elector-at-large in the eastern district, with Thos. Mer rill, of Saginaw, for alternate; western dis trict, elector, Samuel Dickie, of Albion; a -ternate, John II. Tatem, of Greenville. For governor, the names of Albert Dodge, of Grand Rapids, and Rev. John Russell, of New Haven, were presented. The senti ment of the convention was for Mr. Dodge until he declined to be a candidate, when John Russell, the father of the party and a grand old man, was nominated by acclama tion. For lieutenant governor, the names of Chas. R. Mosher, M. H. Walker, J. K. Johnson and E. L. Brewer, of Owosso, were proposed. The first three gentlemen with drew, and Mr. Brewer was nominated by acclamation. E. L. Bit EWE It. But one name was proposed for secretary of State, George R. Malone, of Lansing and he was nominated by acclamation. The convention then adjourned until Thursday morning. In the evening a mass meeting was held In the M. E. church, which was filled by the visitors and our citizens. E. L. Brewer pre sided. The address of welcome was made by city attorney Odell Chapman, who did credit to himself and honor to Owosso. The response was by Rev. John Russell. The speaker of the evening was J. S. Hughes, of Illinois. At the session Thursday morning after the preliminary exercises, the nominating of the state ticket was resumed. For treasurer, Wm. Hart, John Markland, A. B. Cheeney and David Taylor were pro posed. The nomination went to Mr. Taylor without a ballot. For auditor general, T. E. W. Adams, of Oliesaning, was nominated by acclama tion. Myron II. Walker was the only man pro posed for attorney general and his nomina tion followed. . The balance of the ticket was made up of O. M. Benedict for commissioner of the tate land office, R. S. Avaun, of Calhoun, for superintendent of public Instruction and Dr. A. M. Webster, of Oscoda, for member of the state board of education. EIGHTH CONGKKSHIONAL MSTIUCT. The delegates of the eighth congressional district held their convention Wednesday to nominate a candidate for congress aul to tiansact routine business. For representa tive In congress the nomination fell to Alfred L. Cooley, of Ovid. William Ilartt, of Caro, was nominated for elector, and Dr. Byron S. Knapp, of Owosso, for alternate. The congressional committee Is composed of J. S. Osgood, St. Johns, chairman, Rev. A. H. Frasier, of Saginaw, secretary, and Newton II. Culver, of Saginaw, treasurer. notes. . Before adjourning the convention adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, That we desire to express our high appreciation of the fullness and fair ness of the press of this city In reporting the proceedings of the convention. Also to the M. E. church. 2. That the general hospitality and cour tesy of the cltizeus of Owosso in entertain ing the convention has been generous as to enable ua to carry away -with us the mosj agreeable recollections of our brief stay In their beautiful and prosperous city. Samuel Dickie, chairman of the national committee, sent a dispatch regretting that lie could not attend the convention. About 150 visitors besides the delegates were iu the city Wednesday. The delegates were well satisfied with everything except the hall. If faithfulness to a party and Its princi ples deserves any reward then E. L. Brewer was entitled to recognition at the hands of his party. His nomination for lieutenant governor Is gratifying to his friends in this county. The Vernon glee club did Itself proud. The resolutions adopted endorsethe plat form adopted at Cincinnati and denounces strongly the practice of furnishing liquors lu the state military encampment; favors better salaries, the doing away with all fees and making it a misdemeanor for a public officer to accept railroad passes. Local option is repudiated as an evil, equal suf frage was favored for all citizens of both sexes, the voter should be able to read the ballot. The republican, democrat and people's parties were denounced; the first two for their evasive utterances on the tem perance question, and the latter for not adopting a prohibition plank. ZXuffb McCuriy ncnorel. Chosen Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Denver, Aug. 11. Honorable Hugh McCurdy, of Corunna, Mich., was this morning elected grand master of the Knights Templar of the United States. Mr. Mc Curdy acknowledged the compliment In an address In which he modestly denied his own merit and eulogized the men who had preceded bim In that exalted position. The people of Shiawassee county will all unite in congratulations to Mr. McCurdy upon his election to the highest office in the gift of the order he so well represents. The Times feels proud when such an honor Is conferred upon any citizen of Mich igan, but do"bly so when It comes to one of our neighbors. A True Friend to the sick and suffering Is Dr. Kaufmann's great Medical Work, finely Illustrated. Send three 2-cent stamps, to pay postage, to A. P. Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass., and receive a copy free. For sale or exchange. Lot 8 block 4 Crawford's additional to Owosso choice cor ner lot one and one half Block north of sec ond, ward school. Plenty of time given if desired. Enquire of Dr. Watson, Brown City, Mich. REMINISCENCES OF 1888. Why the Mew York World Thought Clere land Weaker Than Ills Party. On the 12th of January, 1889, the New York World devoted a" leader, over a column in length, to a statement of the reasons which, in its opinion, had com bined to compass the defeat of the Dem ocrats in the presidential election of 1888. This article will be read with in terest just now. It will be seen that it was the candid opinion of The World in 1880 that its party had lost the presi dency the year before, not through any fault of its own, but because of the con spicuous and many sided weakness of itw candidate, Orover Cleveland. Mr. Cleve land's immediate partisans are fond of arguing that he is better than his party. The World does not go into the question of ethjesj but it distinctly charges that he was weaker than the Democracy four years ago. Obviously, what gives peculiar signifi cance to the article in question is the fact that The World at present is as suring its readers that Mr. Cleveland was nominated on and not in spite of his record. What is his record on The World's own showing? It is the record of an official who pursued a vacillating course; who betrayed the cause of civil service reform; who did the right thing at the wrong time; who erected a per sonal administration of his own; who ignored the wishes of the majority of the people and of tried and true party leaders; who treated his cabinet officers as though they were so many clerks; who cruelly snubbed the Dem ooTaoy of New York city; who committed a preposterous blunder in his choice of collector for the coun try's chief port; who played into the hands of those representing "the most corrupt phase of municipal administra tion since Tweed;" who brought "shame and demoralization" to his party by "his scheme of parties without partisan ship and politics without politicians, ostensibly enforced in one state to be conspicuously violated in another." Such, in brief, is Mr. Cleveland's rec ord as The World apprehends it and has outlined it in its own columns. Nevertheless, yesterday, in comment ing upon his triumph, it calmly asserted that ho was nominated "on his charac ter and record." Of course the best thing our neigh bor can do in the circumstances is to shut its eyes to Mr. Cleveland's record and proceed to support him on the as sumption .that he hasn't got any. Or it can take the ground that the indictment which it framed against him in 1883 was a Typographical error. Or it can hold that the leopard has changed his spots that while the Cleveland of 1888 was truly bad the Cleveland of 1802 is a re formed man. New York Tribune. A Typical American. Whitelaw Reid is described as a typ ical American by Chauncey M. Depew. Mr. Reid's career entitles him to this dis tinction. Starting out a poor boy at Xenia, O., he educated himself, taught school, edited a small country paper, went to the war as a correspondent, won distinction as one of the best war cor respondents of the Union army, became editor of the New York Tribune and then its proprietor, and distinguished himself as an American diplomat who could say what he meant and mean what he said to the people who once had a very d&erent definition for diplomacy. Mr. Reid has not only been thorough" y American himself, but he has spread American ideas in his Mters from the fn)KlQ)). njj"U II (I 1 Used In Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. battlefield, in his editorial utterances in a great newspaper and as a United States miuister. No man better deserves the name typical American than the Repub lican candidate for vice president Fremont (Neb.) Tribune. It Rattle the Uoasea. The return of General Grnbb is the most afflictive dispensation that has be fallen the New Jersey Democratic bosses since the successful revolt of the voters of Jersoy City against the AIcDermott ring. They are afraid the general haa come home to run for the governorship, and they heartily wish he had stayed in Madrid. Hartford Oourant. New York for Harrison. Cleveland is a weak candidate so far as New York state is concerned. New York 6tate will go for Harrison this year with an increased majority. Schenec tady Daily Union. The Paaalng of David. A leader of his party lay waiting in suspense; There was no lack of "cussing," but woeful lack of sense. His henchman stood beside him as his chance ebbed away. And bent, with pitying glances, to hear what he might say. The leader slightly faltered as be took his henchman's band. And he said: "I never, never shall reach the promised land. Take this message, I beseech you, to those dis tant friends so kind That O rover's 'sucked the orange' and left me with the rind. "Tell the Crokers and McLaughlins, as you meet the crowd around. To talk the matter over on the bosses' stamp ing ground. That I fought the battle bravely, and when the day was o'er The disappointed 'boomers lay thick upon the floor. And mid the dead and wounded were some grown old in sin. And the scars upon their faces showed the fights which they'd been in; And, though I am a Democrat, my little boom's declined. When Grover's 'sucked the orange' and left me with the rind. "Oh, friends, I hope you'll never have this presidential Itching, Although the visions I have had wore really quite bewitching. And, friends, I hope you'll never be in my sad situation. And try to get, as I have done, the party's nomination. And boo, when almost near enough to grasp the glittering jewel. Another person snatch the prizeI tell you, friends, it's cruel." At this his trembling voice gave out, and then he made a sign. Like ono who swallows bitter pills or chokes with bit of rind; Ills chin dropped low upon his breast, as bowed his stricken head. And then the demagoguo of demagogues, poor David 11111, was dead. New York Tribune. He Turned the Tables. Mr. Croker's ability to say nothing and saw wood was demonstrated in a distinguished degree during the last hours of the convention. New York Herald. Cleveland's Toboggan. 1882 102,854 Tor 1884 1,149 For 1888 14,373 Against 1692 Out of Bight Albany Journal. Benders Ilarrlaon's Election aay. The action of the Chicago convention has rendered the ro-election of Mr. Har rison an easy and grateful task. New York Commercial Advertiser. Absolutely Unassailable. President Harrison is absolutely im pregnable to personal attack. There is not an open joint in his armor at any point. His stainless Ufe, his personal probity, bis exalted character and his high conceptions of publio duty baffle and silence all strictures that might be directed against him as a man and as a candidate. His conspicuous purity, fit ness and ability are recognized on all sides. By the universal testimony he has discharged the obligations of the presidency with the most conscientious fidelity, and his Democratic antagonists concede that, personally, he is absolute ly unassailablePhiladelphia Press, A Feather In Reciprocity's Cap. A feature of the McEinley tariff worth noting is that, while it has decreased im portations from Canada to the United States, it has increased exportations from the United States to Canada. The natural buying and selling markets for Canada are in the United States, and the foreign border between it and its markets is becoming more and more an unbearable burden and nuisance every year. Binghamton Republican. A riatn lasue. With Cleveland as the Democratic leader there can be no mistaking the issue. If he is defeated his defeat will be the death blow of the false cause which he represents. It is desirable, in the interests of all concerned, that the approaching conflict between the two antagonistic ideas of protection and free trade should be decisive. Boston Jour nal. A Tranaparent Fraud. What a howl went up from the Demo cratic press when some of the federal officeholders worked for President Har rison at Minneapolis. Yet at Chicago there were five ex-members of Cleve land's cabinet with their coats off in be half of the ex-president. What a trans parent fraud the Democratio party is anyway. Columbus (O.) State Journal I V M fomer. I r, Claude Wright drove to Corunna, Wed nesday evening, hitched his horse near Cen tral hotej and atjout 10 o'clock when ready to return found his horse had been stolen. The horse was a bright bay mare four years old. weighing atout 1,100 pounds. A re ward of $50 Is offered for the arrest of the thief and return of the property. Wanted A pair of matched horses, bays or Macks, weighing 2200 to 2400, from 5 to 7 ars old. Must be sound and good drivers. Address D. T. Packer, Saginaw, E. S., Mich. For Sale A Fuller & Warren 4-foot wood' furnace in good repair, with pipes, registers, etc.; also two niarbelized slate mantels with grutes all complete; one Uerry Bros, com plete gas machine will be sold at a bar gain. Call upon John Comerford or M. Osjmrn. . Photographs are now made at the usual price, &1.00 a dozen, at Welte's. Buy Dullam's Great German 15c Llv?r Bills 40 In each package at Johnson & Henderson, Owosso and J. S. Uaggart, West Owosso. An exchange says: We hear of many ladies who are annoyed and are now trying to rid their homes of the carpet bug pest. The following has been tried with good results: One oz. alum, 1 oz. chloride of zinc, 3 oz. salt. Mix with two quarts of water In a covered vessel and let stand over night, then pour Into another vessel with out sediment. Dilute with two quarts of water and sprinkle carpet a foot from the wall. It will not Injure the carpet. Wkat LZafees A Beautiful Woman. Elkiiaut, Ind., July 1st, 1891. Dullam's Great German Medicine Co. My daughter has been afflicted wltn female trouble for over six years and 1 have paid out over $750 in vain trying to find relief for her. A lady friend advised me to secure a bottle of Dullam's Great German Female Uterine Tonic and she has been completely cured by it. We gave it a fair trial and the results were wonderful. We cannot reccom'd it to hihgly to all ladies who are afflicted. Benjamin Ganok. Sold by Johnson & Henderson Owosso and. J. S. Uaggart, West Owosso. The New York Sun: Cholera mixture ought to be In every home just now for bowel troubles. It Is absolutely harmless and infallible. This remedy is composed of equal parts of tincture of opium, red pepper, rhubarb, peppermint and camphor. Ten to twenty drops of the mixture In three or four tablespoonfuls of water Is a dose. Take 15 or 20 minutes apart. This remedy has be come so common in use that any druggist can compound It from memory and as It costs but a trifle there Is no excuse for any one being without It. Heal Carefully. DulUm's German Medicine Co.: Gentle men: For over 4 years 1 have been afflic ea with an eruption of the skin, which be came very troublesome and I could get no relief. 1 was also troubled very badly with constipation, which nothing I tried gave relief until I took Dullam's Great Ger man Blood, Llv?r, Stomach and Kidney Bemedy.and since taking I have been en tirely cured. For a tonic blood purifier and general health restorer 1 can heartily recom mend it. Mns. Wm. Copland, Flint Mich. For sale by Johnson & Henderson, Owosso. J. S. Haghart, West Owosso. Low Hate Harvest Excursions. 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