The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-27
TALKS GALORE At
COUNCIL MEETING
Speeches and Festivities the Order
All Way Through-Haarer and
Plass Are Reappointed.

The common council had banquet
Tuesday night.
OF course. there was nothing to
drink or eal. but after-dinner speakers
have often said that il is not the sub
stantials but the spirit that makes .
banquet, and the spiyit OF goodwill
was enlphati cally pervGsiye. Speeches
and felicitations were IN order All the
way through and The feeling S.ew 10
! intense mat Assessor Plass even pro-
posed toast, although Inc aldermen
had nothing 10 drink il ia bur cold
water and hot enough glasses 10 80
around at thGi. SO that AID. Owen was
the only one 40 sip 10 TIE sen;ims eat.
First os al the appointment CT ia
, cob j. kaaTvr u aEothSr iour-Eeas
term a. comm ,sSlcner OF puolic works
was roceiyGa. and lie VAS presented
with ! .Qne sneal q roses and bid .
speak. whien ne did in spite OF sur9'ng
emotions.
Heary Plass also had emotions 70
throw away when ne responded after
his reappointment as assessor lad
been approved.
The speaker OF the evening. how
ever, was Mayor J. Z. Haynes OF Min
neapChs, who was called upon to dis
cuss the subject OF voting machines.
lie war!ly iuckea a bit at the start.
explaining that he did not wish 10
be taken as lobbyist for or against,
but finally got Interested in his sub
ject ard told the aldermen that he
thought they would find, after investi-
CATION that they wanted TO buy succ
machines. as he considered IL the up
to-date method and the best safeguard
against fraud, manipulation and re
counts.
He stated he had been informed that
the voting machine companies now
had a trust, but jokingiy added that
people are getting used 10 paying
1 rust prices for things. Where ma
chimes mad not been absolutely salts
factory in Minneapolis, he stated. was
III districts where there were 600 or
more voters and only one machine.
He spoke OF the city government Of
Minneapolis in general way, ex
planning where 1t differed from that
OF Detroit. particularly in its park
board OF 10 elective members. This
board is nov spending 100000 to con-
denim one block N the center OF the
CITY SdtGs ~ NaAdN oAi aNAAoNNA'N
gateway may be provided from the
railroad station.
Aid Tossy had a few questions TO
ask regarding The machines after
Mayor Haynes had spoken. President
link, OF the common council. then
thanked the mayor of Minneapolis for
his presence and talk. this being the
longest and most fiowery speech Unk
has made since MS accession TO the
chair.
Aid Reinhardt brought In a report
from the special committee on voting
machines reporting the result of It's
investigations aud asking to be dis
charged and that new committee or
five aldermen. two members 10 be ap.
pointed by the Beard OF Commerce
and one from the Federation OF Labor
be given further charge or the ques.
ton. again Aid. Tossy took the floor.
to assert his view that. while ono
member OF the Federation OF Labor
might be as good as the whole darn.
cd Board II Commerce" he wanted
equality He and Aid. Heating got
two labor men on the committee. the
aldermanic members OF which are TO
be named later.
Incidental TO all the speech making.
some business was done. An ordi-
nance Prohibiting medicine shows was
passed: also one amending the Wat
son saloon restriction ordinance so
that Charles NJ Champion can move
his saloon from No. sos Harper-aye.
10 No. 80 Boone-st.
II was ordered that the Fox creek
bridge plans be al;ered to provide fer
q 3I-foot bridge instead of a 21-foot
bridge