The Detroit times., 1910-10-21

OF some OF MS huNiooass AsvSsos -
Owens, continued TO 20 after MS OBJ
ponent for the mayoralty, William b.
Thompson, I'm sledge-hammer fashion,
"Wednesday night He accused Thomp-
son OF being in league with the beef
trust and declared that II Thompson
and his friend, Tom Barlum. could
get a monopoly of the atmosphere
they would put meter on every
body's windpipe and charge them TOR
the air they breathe" He declared
that he is Just as competent TO be
mayor OF Detroit as q meat cutter and
produced letters OF recommendation
given him at q time when he was
seeking IN important post In Mis-
souri,, signed by Judges Connolly and
Phelan, Alfred Lucking and Stephen
ID. Williams. all good Democrats.
Owens said he was not ashamed to
be called a crank and q demagogue.
as he has been styled by Democratic
Friends of Aid. Joseph Theisen. Of
the Eleventh ward, are having q
laugh at his expense. Thetsen had
an application for city work recently
from q man whose name he did not
quite recognize. He thought that he
would be doing a good thing to get
him a Job on the streets. and notified
him that he could report at the ID. r.
w. Office. The man came TO the city
hall with a clean white shirt and col
lar and his shoes shined, and was
thunderstruck TO be told to go out
with a gang OF pick and shovel WELD
ers. He explained that he was book.
binder.
Frank f. Doremus, Wednesday
night, answered Congressman Den
bys charge that he is free trader
in manner that brought lusty cheers
from a large crowd gathered In Fried
mans hall, Hastings and Sherman
SIS. He did so by indorsing the tariff
plank In the Democratic state plat
form, which declares for an honest
revision of the tariff downward. "Mr.
DENLY says he believes in tarin that
measures the difference in the cost of
labor at home and abroad" said
Doremus. IF he had voted for that
kind of law, he would not now be
called upon to defend his record. The
Detroit congressmans record shows
both houses were working to reduce
the high cost OF living. he lined up
with Cannon and Aldrich TO raise the
tarinf on clothing. women's and chill
dren's dress goods, stockings, gloves.
rubber boots and shoes, and rubber
wearing apparel generally. structural
iron, ETC., all of which could benefit
no one but the gigantic trusts that
stiiie competition in these necessities
OF life and fix the prices to the con-
sumner. There is the record of Mr..
DENLY. Defend il II you can"
Republican meetings as announced
Tor Thursday night Home of Aid.
Albert a. Allan. No. 167 Fourth-ave.,
and the Bohemian Turner hall. No. 106
Tillman-ave. The meetings Friday
night are: East Side DENLY club.
Pfeiffers garden; Greater East End
Republican club, No 2440 Jefferson
ave-; Norlh End Sixteenth Ward Re-
publican club, Mike" Forys' hall,
Thirty-second and Jackson-sts.; Four
teenth Ward Republican club. Twenty
eighth and Buchanan-sts
Victor G. Gnau, Democratic candi-
date for register OF deeds, Is a Ger
man. but HIS placards are printed on
bright green cardboard. He declares
that this is not a bid for the Irish
vote. adding that he expects to get
them anyway. Gnau is making his
campaign solely on the ground of fit-
ness for the Office,