Page Ten THE MICHiCAN DA~iY Wednesday, August 4, 1976 Page Ten TI-fE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, August 4, 1 97& Esch carries Republicans (Cotmeoed rrm Pate- t Esch arrised at 10:30 p.m., after spending the day in Wash- ington and the evening at the home of some friends. Today is Esch's birthday, and his staff greeted him with a large red, white, and hle laver cake with the frosted inscription "Happy Birthday Senator Esch." T I 0 U C H co-sidered fair- ly liberal be parts standards, Esch was carefol to emphasize differences between himself and the apparent Democratic victor Donald Riegle. In a short ad- dress to the crowd of approxi- matehy 150. Fsch said that he represented an end to govern- ment interference, and implied that his l)-aormcratic opoonent woald contine a "bloated gov- ernment" "The issue is twhether we're going to have a government that fights the people or works for the people." he said. "As long as you have a go-ernment of, by, and for the bureaucrats, we're going to hase a govern- ment that doesn't work very well . . . The l)enocratic party has not been responsible, and we need the United States Sen- ate to blow the whistle on a bloated government." While talking in terms that were of a decidedly traditional- Republican bent, Fsch made a bw to his liberal inclinations ott many issues. "THERE ARE services we eight to have," he said. "In the fields of education, trans- iortation. jobs, and safety, for instance - but the problem is th osernment hasn't been ef- ficient. Whil state party chairman William MCLaiighlin said as re- centlv as Friday that he was "totally and completely neu- tral" in the race, observers were confident that Esch held the hierarchy's favor. In addi- tion to party support, Each "osit-irganized everybody," ac- cording to Oakland County Pro secttor Brooks Patterson, an Esch advisor. MUCH OF THAT organization came in the form of party fund raisers which attracted well-to- do Republicans who have sup- ported Governor William Milli- ken and Senator Robert Grif- fin - both Esch - style office- holders - in recent years. Esch received contributions of $100 to $1,000 (the legal limit) from automotive executives, bank executives, and several other prominent members of the Michigan business commun- ity. At his head uiarters, runner- tip Brennan said he had no plans for future political cam- paigns. "I'm not at all disappointed," said Baker. "It's a matter of the heart, and remember what Tennyson said, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all' Riegle wins (Continued from Page i) Hotel Ponchartrain last night. "The mood of this country and state is one where they want a leader for constructive change." THE MOOD at the Austin "victory party" in the Grand Ballroom of the Detroit Cadillac Ilotel was solemn by comparis- "It seems as though the peu- ple of Michigan have made their choice," a gloomy Austin told his sparse gathering of sup- porters. "I can't say I'm happy about their decision, but I want publicly to congratulate, Don Riegle for having emerged as the Democratic nominee. I ac- cept that verdict." Conceding late last night, a bitter O'Hara told a crowd of 175 supporters in suburban Pierce, Pursell get no at Borderls Book Shop Michigan's Most C'mplete Bookstore, needs space to occom- modate thousands of new arrivals in the Fall 1976 season. SO, for 9 does only AUGUST 4th through 12th, Evrytin n the Sir Is Dkcouted 20% SAVE 20% off list on over 40,000 titles on the MAIN FLOOR! 'SAVE AN EXTRA 20%. on thousands of publisher's remainders ALREADY DISCOUNTED 40 to 90% off list a on THE MEZZANINE! 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With a strong Washtenaw vote, he had just too much to make up," Pursell, a two-term state sen- ator from Livonia, ran a some- what less aggressive campaign than his opponent. He empha- sized his record of public ser- vice, while attacking Trow- bridge's lack of experience and admittedly conservative view- point. Pursell depicted Trow- bridge as a can't-win, right- wing candidate whose appeal would be too limited to unite voters behind him in Novem- ber. Characterizing himself as a problem-solving moderate, the Livonia attorney emphasized his Resource Recovery Act and labelled himself a "legislator in the Each mold." TROWBRIDGE, who referred to himself as the "third most articulate conservative in the country after W illia m and James Buckley," faced an up- hill fight from the start. He attacked Pursell's supposed "lib- eral" record, including Pur- sell's alleged support of,the Sin- gle Business Tax and an en- dorsement from the AFL-CIO which Trowbridge c l a i m e d proved that Pursell was exces- sively pro-labor. Commenting on his apparent defeat, Trowbridge stated, "My main problem was that I was not able to do well in his area- De race Southfield that the pre-election polls had seriously damaged his campaign and were the primary reason for his downfall, as well as Austin's and Elsman's. "THE POLLS damaged our campaign and it was hard to get across to the public, who are used to accepting polls, that they were totally worthless." Elsian, considered the spoil- er by many because of the ap- parent damage he inflicted upon Austin with revelations of the secretary's branch manager pat- ronage system, said "We've picked our strongest man to beat the Republicans. "I'm kind of sad about nick Austin," he added. "He's a real gentlemati of a man." )minations Wayne County . . . Washtenaw and Monroe we pretty much tied. I needed to break off a bigger chunkbinehis territory. That's the problem with run- ning against somebody who's been an incumbent for six years. I just couldn't make up that six-year advantage." Trowbridge added that he could fully support Pursell, es- pecially in view of the fact that Pierce appeared to be the Dem- ocratic nominee. When asked about running against Pierce, Pursell replied, "Well, I think it's going to be one of the toughest races, but I'm confident. He's a good can- didate. We're going to differ on the issues, but we have a lot of personal respect for each other, I have no personal grudges against him." sheriff spots (Continued from Page 31 gone and we can run a cam- paign on the issues," Postill added. In the Republican race, re- tired state police commander Fay Johnson emerged the early leader and by ten-thirty had de- clared himself the victor. Sev- eral of the minor candidates conceded by phone to Johnson, who said that he planned to "call Minick around two a.m. to declare victory" Hosting a victory campaign party at Weber's Inn, Johnson said, "The people of Washte- naw County want a mature professional to head their sher- iff's department; someone com- passionate and understanding who can cope with everyday problems." SHORTLY AFTER 11 p.m Minick jumped into the lead and remained there, defeating John- son by a near two-to-one mar- gin. Minick could not be reached for comment. Mo. candidlate killed The death in a plane crash of f r a m Chillicothe airport en a U.S. Senate candidate from route for Kansas City, authori- Missouri marred primary elec- ties said. tion in that state. The Department of Public Rep. 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