The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-22

professional men and that the NO
-fessional politicians were conspeeQDo0
by their absence. A number OF sur
ring speeches. were made. and the men
present pledged themselves To- eDend
every spare moment Mt the polls work
ing for Parker 1T Is case OF the
people. against the politictauSs one
speaker said, and thu eentimepf was
cheered vigorously. ~ 1850
The hottest fight for estimators in
the entire city Is In the Third ward
Edward Barnett and Keinhoid Ritter
are the present incumbents and botn
want denomination. Barnett has been
attacked tn a circular. People who
watched the proceedings OF the board
say that Barnett was ane-of the snost
useful and broad-minded members OF
the board of estimates in its last ses-
sion and gave his time and attention
very fully. Ritter was Chairman OF
committee which made a number OF
plumbers and he was not particularly
anxious TO secure information.
The Wayne County Colored Bryan
club Will assemble on Municipal Park.
at Raynor and Mullett-sts. at 6:80
O'Clock Tuesday evening and march
In body to the Light Guard arm0ry
To near Bryan speak. The club now
numbers over ESQ members and new
names are rapidly being enrolled, The
provisional officers OF the club are:
President. Douglas Marshall: vice
president w. F. Heiskeli; secretary.
Preston s. Jones; treasurer, William
c. Swan; precinct captains. Green
Davis. William II. Diamond Cassius
NJ. Scott, j. ID. Hutchins, wffiiam
Washington, Sidney II. Jones. James
S. Novels and Elijah Mccoy. The !.
club will make spirited canvass in
Mr.. Bryan's behalf during the cam
paign.
To the Editor of The Times: Cita-
ton or my legislative record In sup
port OF the bills for the taxation of
| telephone and telegraph companies.
! and election OF United States senator.
does not prevent my opponent, Mr..
Anhut, from continuing to cry out that
| opposed those measures.
Most men scorn TO make false ac-
cusations. though through deception.
they might mistakenly do such "a
wrong
In the later case honorable men
would retract their error and ask par
don OF the one they had wronged.
My opponent continues his course
OF Misrepresentation.
Electors who are unimformed may
be swayed by the falsifed reports con-
corning my course on those bits. My
appeal is to the electors who are in
formed, and in whose breasts Justice !
has It's home.
| The evidence that did vote for the
taxation Of telephone and telegraph
companies is To be found on pages 6S
and 81 to Sc house journal, special ses-
sion. 1907.
Voted yes" eight times on every
phase OF the question, and supported
In every way the measure on the floor.
Who could do more? Who did do
more?
Will the electors of the Fourth dis
trict stand for such attempts to black
en- the record and sully the good repu-
eation OF one who has passed his life
among them?
JOSEPH GREUsEL
A crowd that filed the oeats of the
Light Guard armory comfortably.
gathered Saturday night to hear the
debate on the street railway question
Between VIM. T. Dust and DR.. ]. Hen
ry Carstens.
There we're at least two hundred
physicians In the audience and their
efforts were never lacking when DR..
Carstens made a point,
1t was a surprise TO many in the
audience that Or. Carstens used many
OF the arguments that Dust has made
familiar since his entry into the race
several months ago. This caused the
latter TO remark that Carstens had
made his speech.
Each OF the candidates declared
himself In favor OF the. best service.
extensions OF lines and franchise
not to excel 10 years. They differed,
however, as TO two points. DIR. Car
stems announced that, IL elected may
or, he would call together a big COM
mittee to discuss The problem, al
though he did not state how he would
enforce the mandates OF such COM
mitteo. Dust maintained that 1t Is
the business of the mayor TO lead
rather than follow and he laid down
his own definite plans.
Cartons was against municipal own
ership. while Dust declared himself
for II as an alternative in case the
railroad will not accept what the city
toniciais consider fair terms. Dust
also declared the common council to
be better committee than any IRE
+sponsihIe and volunteer organization.
Philip Breitmeyer, although not In
attendance in the armory, talked on
the street railway question at 10
meetings. He has not swerved from
his original plan which is, to let the
r-urutfffy- eeHtiRua- to- rIia-ears- on an
indeterminate franchise with the best
possible service and change the fare
from time to time so that the COM
pany will never make more than SIX
per cent on It's actual physical invest
ment, franchise value not being con-
sidered ''''.'