The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-28
WH|RLW|ND TOUR
BY MAYOR LASTS
FIVE HOURS
THOMPSON PUTS IN STRENUOUS
NIGHTS CAMPAIGNING, ATTEND
ING SIXTEEN MEETINGS, AND
GETTING WARM WELCOME.

In a whirlwind tour OF the town
lasting Eve hours, Tuesday night.
Mayor Thompson made 10 stops, and
though some OF his visits were intend
ed merely as social calls a speech OF
some sort was almost invariably de-
manded. II was one OF the most siren
uous nights of the campaign thus far
and was apparently rich In results. for
while Breitmeyer sentiment was fro
quent]y encountered. hostile demon
STATIONS or the part of the florists
followers were always followed by ova-
tons for the Democratic standard
bearer.
If 1t had been Wild Bill Donovan or
Hughie Jennings instead Of the mayor,
the reception accorded the latter by
the Social Order of Tigers when he
appeared at their dance In Schiller hail
could not have been more enthusiastic.
Bedlam broke loose the moment
Thompson's head appeared at the top
OF the stairs and he made his way TO
the platform through q surging mob
OF young men and women who taxed
their lung capacity in demanding to
know Whats the matter with Thomp-
SOM"
Up on the platform was a large
picture OF Breitmeyer on canvas AMI
several young men made rush for 1t.
In q jiffy they had the picture down
and turned the painted side toward
the wall. Mayor Thompson ordered It
replaced and would not proceed until
his request had been complied with.
This Is free country" he said.
Il don't care whether you are for me-
or against me. II there are any here
who want to vote for Mr.. Breitmeyer
that is their privilege. Look us both
over and vote for the man you think
is best qualified for the job
Then the mayor proposed a robbers
two-step and for the next few minutes
forgot politics while he danced, chang
ing PARTNERS every half minute.
This was one Of three dances visit
ed during the evening and the rob-
ber's two-step was always In order.
The mayor found many personal
friends In the hall at No. 4SS Gratiot-
ave., where the st. Agnes auxiliary.
Knights of st. John, was giving par
ty. The candidate made a decided nit
with the Soul Kiss Girls" and their
young men In Wheelmen's hall.
The mayor made one OF the best
talks of the campaign before the De-
troit real estate board in the Cadillac
hotel, where all three candidates for
the mayoralty, Republican, Democrat
ic and Prohibition passed In review In
the order named. Fully half the mem
bers wore Breitmeyer badges on their
lapels, and realizing that his audience
was hostile, the mayor struck out
straight from the shoulder, combining
himself almost wholly to the street
car issue, and more particularly to the
subject of extensions, In which the
real estate men are vitality interested.
Referring to the Codd-Hutchins fran
chise, which the real estate men are
known to, have favored the mayor
said:
THE ordinance was a gold brick.
and IL II had been accepted you gen
tlemen would still be waiting for
those extensions SO freely promised
by the d. u. r. | say to you. and
am backed by the opinions of emin-
ent lawyers, that there was no way to
compel the company to build those ex-
tensions had. they not desired to do
so. And the ID. u. X. doesn't want to
build them. The company wants to
hold OF and create a demand for them
SO 1t can get what II wants"
The mayor was warmly applauded
when he told how he forced the ID. u.
r. to come up with its freight car
taxes when he was city treasurer.
"The company said it would have to
pull of its freight cars IL it were COM
PEELED to pay those taxes; 1t whined
around and said the ordinance was
never meant to be enforced and all
that, but the poor corporation finally
came forward with the $4,000 1t owed
for back taxes and has been paying
into the city treasury $4,000 a year
ever since. And l haven't heard OF
any OF their freight cars being pulled
of. either"
In concluding. the mayor stood pat
on his record.
IF I had the past % months to live
over again would not do any different
than l have DONE" he declared. Il
have made mistakes, but they were
mistakes OF judgment and not Of the
heart"
The Democratic tent was pitched.
Tuesday night, at Grand River and
Humboldt-ave in the heart OF strong
Republican district but in spite OF
this fact nearly 1900 people We're out
to hear the mayor and the other Demo
cratic speakers and gave them respect
full attention. A colored band struck
up a Hot Time In the Old Town To-
night" when the mayor appeared In
Concordia hall to address the Colored
Bryan club.
HOTEL BILL STILL