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A bill was said to have been drawn up and left with Parsons, to be presented in the House. At the proper time such a bill was presented, but by whom I cannot now say, not having access to the Legislative journal for that year. A vote was taken on it in the House and carried by a small majority; I think that most of the members from Wayne county voted for it. We, at Owosso, were somewhat surprised at the result and a meeting was immediately called to take action, resulting in appointing a committee of two (myself and E. C. Kimberly, of Corunna), with full power to take such measures as we thought best to counteract the movement, and to secure the location at Owosso, if possible. We went to Detroit and had a conference with Judge Sanford M. Green, Senator from Oakland, and others in the northeastern part of the State, who, with the citizens of Detroit, were, or soon became, in full accord with our movement.
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