Glazier And Waterbury

GLAZIER AND WATERBURY

Two Senators Who Voted Against Primary Reform

LATTER TURNED DOWN

What Will be Glazier's Fate When He Asks for Washtenaw's Endorsement

The farmers of Michigan at their State Grange meeting and at the convention of the Farmers' clubs in Lansing last week, declared very emphatically in favor of primary reform. At the meeting of the Farmers' club a very strenuous effort was made to stem the tide and get a declaration for primaries in the rural districts while leaving the caucuses in the cities intact. This effort was said to emanate from the secretary of state's office. Senator Glazier, of Chelsea, is reported to be on the same slate as Secretary Warner. Warner for governor and Glazier for treasurer, and Senator Glazier is said to have had an emissary in Lansing looking out for his interests. The president of the Farmers' clubs was Senator Waterbury, who voted against the primary reform in the last legislature. The senator was very emphatically turned down by the clubs and although he had gathered about him some of the glibbest talkers and had the organization solidly for him, the delegates were not bamboozled and the efforts of the politicians could not stem the tide.

Senator Glazier is in the same boat with Senator Waterbury, for he, too, was pledged to primary reform and he, too, in the state senate, voted against it. In a few months he will apply to the republicans of the county for an emphatic approval of his plans for a promotion. It will be interesting to find out whether or not he will be turned down as was Waterbury in the farmers' clubs or whether the republicans of Washtenaw will approve the caucus system, which has furnished some striking examples in this county of its inefficiency and its corruptness.