The Detroit times., 1910-10-28
THE DETROIT TIMES. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1919,

and Rush; Schultz place, Sheridan
and ST. Paulaves; McTague's place.
Rivard and Franklin-sts. Polish
American League Turner hall. Twen-
ty-fourth-st.; McDongall hall, No. 1896
McDougallave. Walters and Ben
men club. No. 14s 0ratiot-ave.; resi-
dence OF George vetter. No. 2ls
Eighteenth-st.
Proctor X Owens amused a crowd
OF about 400 people In the NeFtA- End
Taft clubs tent, Beaubien-st. and NIL
waukee-ave.. Thursday night. with one
Of his characteristic attacks on Will
lam B. Thompson. Roars OF laughter
greeted his sallies. and Proctor joined
in the hilarity. In Barton's hall. the
candidate spoke from a platform made
OF empty beer cases and also had a
round with the men. In HIS speeches.
4 owens replied to the insinuation that.
| II elected, he would appoint incompe-
| tent men to once. He declared that
he would appoint only the best quail
| fed men. Owens defended his radi-
cal altitude on certain issues by de-
claring that the best way to get bet.
/ ter government, Is to hammer hard
the things that are wrong. and to keep
on hammering until they are down
and out.
William p. Thompson's itinerary.
Thursday night. took him into the
Eighth ward. where he was born.
raised, married and still resides. He
was greeted familiarly as "Bill" when
he appeared at a meeting In A. c.
Luyck's furniture store, No. 604 Mich
igan-ave. In his speech here he said
Il was born on Twelfth-st.. married
on Twelfth-st., and eight young
Thompsons were born there after.
wards" He put In a good word for
John ]. Schultz and w c. Houghton.
the Democratic candidates for alder
men in the Eighth ward. Without
mentioning Owens by name. Mr..
Thompson clearly had his opponent
for the mayoralty In mind when he
said, at two Of the meetings; II think
a man ought to be a success In his
own business before he tries for pub
lie ONCE" He also stated that he has
paid taxes for 80 years and owns his
own home.
William B. Thompson. Democratic
nominee for mayor, spoke to the en-
ployes OF the Acme White Lead &
Color works, Friday noon.
Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel
Richard, I. Lawson sailed into" Proc
tor X. Owens, the Republican candi-
date for mayor, In vigorous fashion in
meeting in Hari-Gari hall, No. l6
Thirty -fifth-st., Thursday night. He
took Owens severely to task for The
manner in which the latter had used
the letters OF recommendation. given
him by prominent Democrats and
others. when he was seeking a job In
Colorado, for campaign purposes. He
challenged Owens to name the town
In Colorado, and the prominent bank
that offered him a position as attor-
ney at $4,000 a year, and TO name
the man that offered him $4,000 to
withdraw from the Republican ticket
after he had been nominated. An
other question he called on Owens to
answer. is: Did you seek an in
dorsement from the Wayne circuit
Judges, such as those that have been
published. and was that indorsemnet
refusedY Lawson came back at
Owens charge that William B. Thomp-
son Is trying TO ride two horses In
this campaign by declaring that Owens
has tried TO ride three. He's been q
Prohibitionist, Democrat, and now a
Republican" said lawson. IF he's
defeated next month, | suppose he'll
be out on the Populist ticket two
years hence"
The Democratic state central COM
mittee has dug up report OF the
expenses of the game and FISH war
den for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1909. and are handing out copies OF
It "for what II is worth" One item
in particular has excited the interest
OF Chairman Shields. Paul H. King,
now secretary OF the Republican state
GENITAL committee, is credited with
$3S3.66 salary from this department.
The report OF the auditor-general for
| 1909 shows that Mr.. King drew $l,4SO
as clerk of the house the same year.
'Yes, do recall having done some
! special work for the game and fish
warden's department, after the ad-
journment OF the legislature one year
but II seems to me that was some
years ago." says Mr.. King.
| Mayor Breitmeyer made his first ap-
pearance in a political gathering in
the present campaign at the North
End Taft clubs tent meeting, Thurs
day night. He was called on for a
speech and was greeted with hearty
applause. which brought this com
ment from him: During my cam
paign two years ago. II was said many
time, and | guess IT was true, that
some OF the boys were hired to stand
in the back and make the applause.
! Tonight that Is not the case" The
mayor defended his administration,
! but said he was glad TO retire. He
| spoke Of the city's clean streets and
the numerous improvements that had
been made in the various city depart
ments. adding: II don't believe peo-
pie should try to tell you they can
! give you these things for nothing.
! Therell come a time when you'll want
man to tell you the truth. The fel-
low who can tell the biggest lies, gets
the most support nowadays"
Philip T. Colgrove, Of Hastings,
Mich. raked LawtOn T. Hemans and