The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-29
BUMPER CROWDS
At BRE|T|NEfER'S
MEETINGS
q. O. p. MAYoRAL CANDIDATE
GETS MOST CORDIAL GREETING
OF HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TRACTION ISSUE.

Philip Breitmeyer had the largest
meeting and the heartiest reception,
Wednesday evening. that he has had
at any time since he began campaign
| ing weeks ago. There were 10 meet
ings and two of them were the larg-
est so Tar held In the Republican can
vass.
Breitmeyer was confident and happy
and he put enough humor into his
talks to keep his hearers smiling. al
though he impressed them. too, with
his desire to do things rather than to
promise future indefinite results. A
harmonious business administration
working to get results was the motto
in all his talks.
The big meetings Of the evening
were those of the Young Mems Re-
publican club In Harmonic hall and
the Bright. Mayor club in Arbeiter
hall. Both these large halls were
TANNED. and there were almost 1000
voters In these two meetings alone.
Six hundred each Is fair estimate OF
the attendance In Bohemian Turner
hall. Assist and T1llman-ave.. and In
Perkins hall, Grand River-ave. and
Twelfth-st
Breitmeyer came back again with
his challenge to Mayor Thompson to
name the aldermen who ought not to
be returned to the council. He also
commented on the fact that Park Com
missioner Hinchman has found no
reason to make changes In the man
agement OF the park system or the
operation OF the Belle Isle casino.
Mayor Thompson talked about
three-cent sandwiches" said Brett.
meyer. 81 thought maybe he was go.
ing to furnish free meat for them but
he has not He claims credit for three
cent fares to the island. / got three
cent auto fares in the summer months
when almost all the people ride.
The first meeting held was In the
home Of G. G. Willitts, Twenty-second-
ST., near Baker, where so voters heard
a talk on the street railway question.
Then came a Polish gathering at No.
1923 Michigan-ave. Another meeting
was held at No. 1640 Michigan-ave..
and then a long run made across to
Perkins hall. This was damned to
the doors and there was an overflow
In the halls and on the stairway.
Chairman Frank Kennedy was just
calling for tiger" when Breitmeyer
finally got through the crowd to the
platform and the mayoral candidate
made this the cue for a few remarks
on baseball, especially the Sunday
variety.
I'm going to settle the street rail
way question and there is no reason
why We should not have three-cent
fares" he declared.
In Bohemian Turner hall he said to
the voters that I'VE do not want to
settle the matter by accepting q poor
er service. fewer cars and reduc-
ton in the pay Of conductors and mo-
tormen as a condition precedent to
low fares. as In Cleveland"
In the home of j. c. Radloif, No.
848 Seventeenth-st., and In the Luth-
eran church on Seventeenth-st. Brett
meyer also talked street railway Is
sues. Then the party proceeded ii
Harmonic hall, where the Young Mems
Republican club and guests almost
pounded the furniture to pieces In
their enthusiasm. He took up the
cabinet plan Of city government here
and showed how better results could
be obtained by harmonious action by
the heads Of departments, instead of
the present friction between the may
ors Office and the Republican de-
partments.
In Arbeiter hall the Republican can
didate referred to MAYOR Thompson's
suggestion for joint debate as an
other grandstand play, the crowd ap-
plauding him for this sally.
A meettng In Gitsehlag's hall, No.
$50 Gratiot-ave.. and one at No. 1871
JOS. Campau-ave. concluded the nights
work.
The newspaper escort came near
being wiped out between meetings. A
young driver had been given charge
Of the car and he forgot, In his hurry
to catch up with Breitmeyer at the
Fourteenth-ave.- crossing. In conse-
quence the auto struck the fender
of foureenth-ave. car and then piled
up against the curb. smashing two
ties. The newspaper men followed
by street car the remainder Of tho
evening.