The Yale Expositor

HUNDREDS PLEDGE
AID TO TOWNSEND
STATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER SENATOR'S
RE-ELECTION CANDIDACY.
PRAISE RECORD IN CONGRESS
Uniting in Condemnation of Interests
which Oppose Him, as Political
Persecutors and Self-Seekers.

More than 600 men and women, leading
Republicans representing practically every county of the state, met in Detroit last week, and, in a
gathering marked for enthusiasm and
determination hitherto unequalled,
formally launched the campaign for
the renomination and re-election of
Charles E. Townsend, of Jackson, as
United States senator from Michigan.
The conference was held in the Hotel
Statler on Wednesday, March 22.

The accomplishments of Senator
Townsend as a public servant, as set
forth by the score or more of leaders
from all sections of the state who addressed the meeting, and as contained
in the resolutions adopted by the
conference, have written a record for
the Jackson man seldom, if ever, surpassed in the history of the country,
his friends declare. It is on this
record of achievement that they propose to make the campaign for Senator
Townsend, and unqualified confidence in its success was expressed on
every hand.

Opposition is Scored.
A significant feature of the meeting
was the unity with which the speakers denounced the forces which are
seeking to bring about the defeat of
Senator Townsend and it was frequently charged that the agitation
over the Senator's vote on the seating
of Senator Newberry was but the
manufactured issue of the opposing
party and of those interests which
seek revenge for past defeats, rather
than the welfare of the state and
nation.

The list of speakers at the meeting
reads like a roll call of the Republican leaders of the state. The first
speaker was Milo D. Campbell, of
Coldwater, candidate for governor in
the campaign of 1920 and an outstanding figure in the Republican party for
many years. Mr. Campbell was unstinted in his praise of the record of
Senator Townsend and unhesitating
in his condemnation of the Democratic
party.

"There would be no opposition to
Senator Townsend now had it not
been for selfish ambitions," he declared.

"The voice of Michigan is dominant in national affairs, with Charles
E. Townsend as senator, and must
continue so.

His Foes Against Treaties,
"It is significant to note that every
one of the 30 senators who voted
against the treaties resulting from
the Washington conference on disarmament voted also against Senator
Newberry, and that not one of the 46
senators who voted with Senator
Townsend on that occasion opposed
the treaties. This is nothing more
than a plain parallel to the present
dastardly attempt to besmirch Senator
Townsend this early in the campaign."

Rep. Patrick O'Brien, of Iron River,
was another speaker who gave
his unqualified endorsement to the
Jackson man's candidacy, declaring
that if it were not for a slight support of an ex-service man candidate
by the former soldiers of his district
there would be no opposition at all
to Senator Townsend.

R. J. McLean, of Detroit, chairman
of the Michigan Deep Waterways Association, paid glowing tribute to
Senator Townsend for his long and
earnest work in behalf of the Great
Lakes and St. Lawrence river waterway to the sea. Other speakers from
all over the state, and representing
every class of voter, added their
praise for the public service of the
senator and declared their confidence in his renomination and re-election.

Women Enthusiastic.
A number of women leaders who
were in attendance also expressed
themselves and the various women's
organizations they represented as being enthusiastic over the candidate's
qualifications. These speakers included Mrs. Eleanor E. Gage, of Saginaw, Mrs. Mary Veenfiliet, of Alpena,
and several others.

The resolutions committee presented for the approval of the conference,
a striking tabulation of the accomplishments of Senator Townsend. The
resolutions, which were adopted by
acclamation, included citations of his
record in behalf of the Great Lakes-
St. Lawrence waterway movement, his
efforts for the furthering of the good
roads program of the nation, on behalf of the bill authorizing the association of farmers for the joint marketing of agricultural products, the
appropriation for the investigation
and encouragement of the production
of American sugar-beet seed, in every
endeavor seeking the relief and welfare of veterans of the World War
for his "courageous and loyal stand
in upholding the fair name of the
State of Michigan when it was slandered, blasphemed and attacked by
the Democrats, thereby finally, permanently and completely ending the
most outrageous political persecution in American history."