The Detroit times., 1910-09-13
PROCTOR SAYS HE'LL
WALL0P DUR. HARD
WHEN HE'S MAYOR
Means To Get Square for Strap
Hanging and Shivering On Corner
Experiences Something Coming
To Michigan Phone Co., Too.
Welcomes Promised Support Of Brett
meyer and May Challenge Thomp-
SON To Joint Debate.

II Proctor X owens. Republican
nominee for mayor, ever becomes the
city's chief executive, and he GER
tainly thinks he will. the ID. U. x.
will rue the day II treated him Ike
1t does other plebian patrons. Mr..
Owens doesn't mind being a strap
hanger so much. but he draws the lire
at seeing cars rush by him as he
shivers on the street corners In the
winter time.
The Michigan Telephone Co. is also
going TO get wallop. provided. OF
course, that Mr.. Owens sits In the
mayors chair. The company, he says,
has given him poor service. and he
means TO let the fact be known omci-
ally If the opportunity comes to him.
IF become mayor of this city,
said Mr.. Owens. Monday morning.
I'm going to let the ID. U. X. and
the telephone people know I'm mayor.
It's bad enough TO make people nang
on to straps in the cars, after tney
pay their nickels. but when 1t comes
to making people stand In the cold
on the street corners while the cars
rush by them, say it's going too iar.
That's the way I've been treated ana
| I know OF many others VINO nave
suffered the same way. This way Oh
using the people has gone on long
enough and II become mayor, VIII
certainly make the d. u. IL. come 10
time. They won't be able TO monkey
with me. The company can put more
cars on the lines instead OF giving UP
it's dividends to those Montreal STOCK
holders (Which will be news 10 the
Montreal stockholders). That money,
anyway, should come TO the city =
, Golfers.
I'VE want municipal ownership In
!, ,his city, not only OF the street raii'
way, but all public utilities. Pubic
ownership is success in other cities
and I'm sure il would be here, TOO.
Anyu ay. let us try II. The ID. U. H.
has had its way too long In Detroit
| II could have been made to come 20
time IL there had been mayor strong
enough. am strong enough ana III
prove II, IL the electors give me
chance. The company will find II Is
running up against stone wall IL It
tries to run me.
81 am a poor man. and II / am
elected. will be the first poor man
| he electors have ever had to repre-
| sent them In the city hall. l know
how a poor man has got to pay his
l taxes or lose his property, and how
the d. u. r. and other big corpora
lions of the kind can get around the
! law. II is the poor taxpayer that
want to protect, and at the same time
see TO IL that the big fellows, ike
n r.
THE telephone service In this city
has also got to be improved, II | be-
come mayor. Indeed, | would have
the city own the telephone lines. just
as it should own the street car lines.
However. will certainly make 1t
nv business to get better service for
the time being should be mayor.
The service now Is simply abomin-
able. | don't blame the girls who
work at the switchboards. They do
their work all right: the trouble is
that the company doesn't employ
enough of them. The company is
nocketing it's profits instead OF EN-
ploying sufficient help"
NJ. Owens said he was glad OF the
promised support Of Mayor Brett
meyer.
81 met the mayor for the first time
in my life when a friend took me over
TO his office in the city hall. SATURDAY
afternoon" said Mr.. Owens. he
seems to be a fine fellow personally.
He said he would support me un-
ouahfiedly. | believe he should do
! that. for he Is still a member OF the
Republican party. The Republicans
saw III to nominate me instead OF
l.. h,,t hat io
( shouldn't continue to be good Re-
! publican"
do you plan to challenge Mr..
Thompson. the Democratic candidate
for mayor. to a debate on the street
/ car question and other matters?" was
! asked of Mr. owens by The Times
II don't know as yet about that,
! Mr.. Owens answered. However, | am
J going to have a big downtown meet
! ing pretty soon and the public will
then have chance 10 hear my views
/ on the different questions. I want to
meet every taxpayer and voter In the
J city, for | want them all to know
! am out to boost Detroit and at the
same time keep down taxes as much
as possible
! AS Mr.. Owens was stepping out OF
I his office an old gentleman met him
and said:
Mr.. Owens, | want to congratulate
you on not selling the nomination"
"Oh, | wouldn't do anything like
that" replied the nominee with a
: chuckle: money isn't everything in
4 this world. you know.
Mayor Breitmeyer became actually
enthusiastic in indorsing p. X. Owens
as his would-be successor in Office
after long chat with Owens. Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. owens called on
| the mayor of his own accord and ex-
planned that he simply wanted to meet
| his honor and have friendly talk.
! In the morning, Mayor Breitmeyer
had refused TO specifically indorse the
man who had bested him for the NOM
ination. After meeting the man face
to face he announced without equlvo-
cation that he would give owens his
heartiest support in the campaign.
Hes a strong man." said the may
or to The Times. Hes honest and
sincere and he's got the right stun in
him. He has the qualities that | ad-
mire and believe he is going to be
the next mayor OF Detroit. think
the party should turn in and support
him. for he is a fighter and can put
up a great campaign"
The city canvassing board COM
pleted it's tabulation OF the mayoral
vote Saturday night. II shows that