The Detroit times., 1908-09-22
FRIENDS FEAR
DEFEAT OF MAYOR
.con,lnuea fr.m Poe. onsa

Allan and Heating seem assured OF re-
INCARNATION In the Fourth. john Chris
ia is giving Aid. Deimel and ex-Ald.
Mohn hard battle In the Fifth. In
the Seventh ward It is nard 10 pick a
winner. Tossy and Ostcowski are
meeting with a bitter light IN the
campaign for denomination and tie
Poles up above In the ward are pre-
dieting. that Forth. the Republican
nominee. will beat out one or the
other In the election.
Fight Against korte.
Theisen seems safe In the Eleventh
but the fight for second place between
link and Knapp Is a close one. The
Thirteenth Is SO split up that IL would
be hard to, make choice. The
Twelfth ward also presents a hard
three-cornered fight with Watson and
Littlefield the probable nominees. In
the Fourteenth. Schram. Barrons and
Freiwald are the contestants. The
Sixteenth is a guessing match and SO
is the Seventeenth, hard fight being
made there against Aid Korte because
OF his stand for saloon regulation.
The following vote In a few pre-
cincts. taken during the middle of the
day, shows the way in which the
party vote is recorded. the Democrats
voting largely In the Republican eau
GUS
Fourth ward. frst district. Ill Re-
publican. Is Democratic; First ward,
first district, 10 Republican. 9 Dem
ocratfc: Third ward, first district, ff3
Republican, 20 Democratic: Fifth
ward. first district, 126 Republican. 70
Democratic; Fifth ward, second dis.
trict. 122 Republican. 63 Democratic;
Seventh ward. third district. 1877 Re-
publican, 70 Democratic: Seventh
ward. fourth district, 76 Republican.
134 Democratic: Fifth ward. third dis
trict 131 Republican. 20 Democratic:
Fifth ward, fourth district 49, Repub-
lican. 80 Democratic: Fifth ward. fifth
district, 118 Republican. SO Democra.
tic; Ninth ward, seventh district, 113
Republican. l49 Democratic; Ninth
ward, eighth precinct, lot Republican.
169 Democratic; Eleventh ward. NTH
district. $50 Republican. IL Democra-
tic; Eleventh ward, sixth district, 2s9
Republican. AZ Democratic.
River Precinct foe Duet.
The first precinct Of the First ward.
the river precinct. is going to go for
VIM. T. Dust for the Republican
mayoral nomination This district has
q great number Of illiterate voters
and their ballots are being marked
for Dust. There IL q challenger and
witness at this booth. but they have
not had any rows with the board. be-
ing allowed to zee Just how the votes
are marked.
There was some trouble In the
fourth district Of the Third ward Mon
day evening. John II. Bond, the ward
foreman, brought q number Of illiter-
ate voters to the booth and there was
an argument as to his right TO advise
them as to how to vote.
DIR. Ames. an influential colored cit
izen, declared his belief Tuesday
morning, that Dust will gain from
now on, basing his statement on the
proposition that most of the politi-
clans favorable to Breitmeyer have
already voted.
| The K Y. NJ. s.. the organization
Of the saloon men and cigar dealers,
Is responsible for the heavy vote on
the Republican side In the local prim-
aries. There are said to be 1000
members Of the organization and they
have been instructed to vote for IL
men on the Republican legislative list.
They are also getting their friends
out In the same way.
/ This Is cutting down the Democratic
vote even In the three Democratic
wards where there are bitter alder
manic contssta.
OF the IL men picked out for the
legislature by the X. Y. NJ. 8. (Keep
Your Mouth Ghutl the following seem
to be certain Of nomination: Charles
Flowers, Chas. w. Austin, Guy A. Mil
Ter. Darwin 2. Curtiss, John Steven
son and Sheridan ]. Colby. The 9th
ers whose chances do not look so good
are: A. Ward Copley. John Clarken.
w. r. McCredfe. Robt X. ogg and
@. Jos. Unsoeld.
II II q fact that the men picked by |
the liquor interests are not pledged to |
any particular hne Of action In Lans- |
Ing. The liquor men say that they |
merely want men who will not be |
stampeded to vote for prohibition and |
who Will listen to reason In regard to |
any saloon regulation legislation.
The reason that the legislative tick |
ct IL Of paramount importance to the |
liquor interests Ia that the next leg |
islature Will be asked by both the
brewers committee and the Anti-Sa- |
leon league to pass on certain bills for |
the regulation Of the liquor trade.
I'VE want men who will have the |
nerve to stand up and be counted az |
their honeBt convictions lie and who |
will be ameuable 10 reason" says the !
K Y. NJ 8. oflcerS
The rnake-up Of the slate has caus.
ed some comment. 1t was supposed |
that James Hanley, Jr., and John c. |
Lodge, both strong candidates, would |
be on the list. but 1t Is explained that
they were left Of because the men |
selected have been doing more indi-
vfdual work for themselves.
The candidates and their managers
were busy Monday afternoon finding
out their weak points and, In conse-
Quence, men were stationed at var
ious booths to act in the interest of |
different candidates who had been un. !
at Hogs Puts N
h Point: Finish,