The Detroit times., 1910-02-03
Political Palaver


There we're some hurTiss in. the
meeting OF the Wayne County Repub-
lican club executive committee In the
Grswold house Tuesday evening They
were sInoothed out before the meeting
was oven however. and the meeting
ended with harmony
Hugh Shepherd. organizer and presi
dent Of the club, preached sugges-
tion that the organization request the
city and county committees 10 give up
their plan of holding a banquet Feb.
%. on the ground that the Wayne
County club had already announced its
] banquet for March IL, and that two
| banquets were too many. John j.
Knight and Henry W. Busch took the
position that II would not be best TO
antagonize the party committees since
they are set on having a feast and so
II was decided IN unite efforts and
work together 70 make both events
successful
Ira w. WELDON. who was secretary
OF the meeting. will. therefore. write
a letter 70 himself as secretary OF the
city committee containing this me ssage
County members will attend the com
mittees' banquet and will invite the
committee members TO attend theirs.
The list of standing committees
which President Sheppard had pre-
pared was altered somewhat by com
mittee consisting Of Charles l.. Dart
lett. George c. Waldo and Harry VIII
llams, who went over the list witt
/
! Clyde / Webster. as chairman of the
meeting. appointed this. committee Oh
Bartletts motion, the result being
partial defeat for the president. Shep-
/ herd announced that Congressman
DENLY would act MS POSTMASTER of the
| banquet, that Chase s. Osborn. z. NJ.
Montgomery and Patrick II. Kelley had
promised to be present and that Sena-
tor Burrows and Congressman Town
send had received invitations.
Clyde !. Webster and William p.
Kingsley declored themselves as in
favor OF a second term for Mayor
Breitmeyer.
Edward c. Savage. chief clerk in the
controllers offce, is one Democratic
ofRce.holder who has a fairly tight
grip en- the payroll. He Is a Spanish
War veteran and, therefore, comes un-
der the protection of the veteran law.
This does not prevent his being shifted
to some other position in the same
Office, however.
When Mayor Breitmeyer read his
first message to the common council,
he advocated uniting the first and sec
n
putting the booth near police headquar-
ters This was because OF the Ill
repute OF the precinct and the treat
ment he had received there. Tuesday
night he came across" with a message
TO the council, suggesting that Police
Commissioner Croul be requested TO
take a census of the precincts, to as
certain how many actual voters Of
legal age there are residing there. AS
the sailors boarding houses are full
at this time OF year. the maximum
population should be shown. 1t Is be-
lieved that a genuine count of voters
at this time will show only enough
qualified voters for one precinct, and
that the census will be a deterrent to
Illegal voting later.
This suggestion comes as a prelim-
mary to the redistricting of the city.
Commissioner Croul was ready for the
request and is already busy with his
census
James Hanley, Jr., is now estimator
from the First ward in place Of Fred
Davis, resigned, but his appointment
by the council came only after a con
test Tuesday night Aid. owen nom
mated Hanley, while Aid. Heineman
wanted the matter to go over week,
urging that the names Of James Hol-
den, Dewitt II. Taylor, Edwin c. Arm
strong, Harry W. Mosier and James ID.
Carpenter had been suggested and that
the best possible man should be
chosen. The vote was decisively In
favor Of Fanley's immediate appoint
ment, however. The new estimator Is
a young man but is the city commit
teeman from the ward and his family
is said to own $250,O00 of property In
the city.
School Inspector Hiram c. Goldberg,
Of the Twelfth ward. is temporarily
deaf The reason Is that he has been
importuned by so many friends TO be-