The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-16
POLllICAL kO1ES

II IOLillCAL NUlCS I
A stan OF young women stenograph.
ers invaded the council chamber In
the city hall, Friday morning. They
were put to work under direction OF
William 4. Tarsney. transcribing the
Democratic enrolment for the use OF
the Democratic city and county COM
mittees.
William l.. Carpenter, former JUS
tice OF the state supreme court, Is
talked OF as chairman OF the commit
tee on resolutions In the state Repub-
lican convention, to be held In De-
troit, Oct. 6. The cry il Tor a pro
gressive platform. though few OF the
politicians appear to have any den-
mite idea as 10 Just what tnat means.
j. Henry Smythe, Jr., known as the
megaphone man of the G. o. P.," Is
paying q business visit TO Detroit.
Smythe ID the man who led the great
Roosevelt demonstration In the Re-
publican national convention In 1904.
For years he has taken the stump for
the Republican party In national cam
paigns, refusing TO accept any CON-
ponsation for his work. He Is en-
gagged in the wholesale book business.
The Eighth Ward Republican club
Is making arrangements Tor a big
rally In the Detroit Bowling club.
Trumbull-ave and Assist, next Thurs
day evening. II Is understood that
all candidates for city and county Of
fees will be invited to attend and
make brief addresses. The club Is
particularly interested In the candi-
dacy of Aid. HARPER and Grindley
for reelection.
Former Police Justice Albert +.
Sellers will try to come back next
spring. He has formally announced
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination as police justice and has
already started campaigning in
quiet way. The Democratic candi-
date will undoubtedly be Justice JEFF
fries, who is now serving his first
term lie Is not expected to have
any opposition for the nomination.
A number Of the local officials are
planning to attend the twelfth annual
convention OF the League OF Michi-
gan Municipalities. In Lansing, Sept
2l-23. Among the speakers will lie
Clarence A. Proctor. Detroit's asphalt
expert, who will tell the delegates just
what Detroit Is doing in the way OF
asphalt paving. Horatio s. Earle will
talk on good roads at the Thursday
session. The principal entertainment
feature will be an old.fashioncd New
England clam bake at Pine lake.
One day shortly before the primar-
les. Proctor X. Owens, Republican
mayoral candidate, dropped In on the
employees of the Packard auto plant
at the noon hour When he intro
duced himself the crowd was inclin-
ed 10 jeer him and several started
in to have some fun at his expense.
Owens kept right on and it was not
long before the crowd was genuinely
Interested At the end OF 10 minutes
Owens was about to close his address
but his hearers urged him to 90 on.
He talked for Is minutes longer and
closed in a burst Of oratory that
DtpuhhN q olOi III Va hSSN
nearest the speaker were so en-.
thusiastic over the address that they
carried Owens off the platform on
their shoulders.
Regardless of the effect his atti-
tude may have on his chances for
reelection, Congressman DENLY gives
Il as his honest opinion that Secre-
,ary of the Interior Bailinger is not
guilty of corruption CT breach OF
trust This is the first definite state
ment that has been made by any
member of the Republican majority
OF the special Ballinger-Pinchot liz
vestigating committee. DENLY de-
clares that the meeting In Chicago
proved to be nothing more than
conference and that the action of the
Democratic minority, in proclaiming
their conclusions without consulting
the other members OF the committee,
is indefensible on any theory.
II will get just as many Demo
catic votes as William b. Thompson
gets Republican votes" says Proctor
X Owens. Republican mayoral candi-
date. Il have canvassed the city
pretty thoroughly and | know there
are lot Of Democrats who do not
regard Thompson as the strongest
candidate that could have been put
up. Thompson will claim, no doubt.
that the reason he did not accomplish
more than he did In the two years he
was in the mayors chair was that the
council was against him. have looked
up the records and I can cite numer-
GUS instances where the council was
with him."