The Detroit times., 1910-10-24

1foee complete home rule for cities
villages. In case he IL elected
- promised by Stephen ID. VIII
uc. Democratic candidate for lieut..
vernon. in his opening campaign
reech. delivered In the hall At Fer
r1>ave. and Chene-st., Friday night.
<sDetroit has been betrayed Ions
nough and the interests Of cities and
511Iases neglected" declared Mr.
ugilllan,s. Few people OF this gen
asation living in Detroit will forge'
the ripperizing during the administra
8 ton Of Gov. Bliss. One can almost
/. - tho governor getting mp In MS
/. nfxI.t shirt to sign that bill at the be
keot OF bad influences. IL may be tna'
oor Republican friends have mistaken
y night shirt parade for the tide oil
X nrogress TO which they refer as be
& M In danger of being turned back
+ ~ the Democrats.
~Contrast this With the work Of
\ HemanS, Hally. Ingram, Merrill, Tos
~ and Snow I'm the constitutional con
'1XVut1Vu, III hhnhihb TUG hoHAS AeN~ -
q Dossiblc.
III am elected lieutenant-gover
< nor, not one man who was on the
senate committee on cities and VII
B 1nges in 1909 and was hostile to thai
Nome rule bill will be put back Oh
THAT committee. will make Mr.
q 1Gurtha or Mr.. Lee, of Wayne county
CHAIRMAN. and sinister from Grand
E1apids, the second member II suit
ah1e one can be selected.
II have confidence in the efficacy OF
Domocratic principles, TO effect all
<nooded improvements in our political
4 1ocial and industrial systems. and
&olleve that conditions are such as to
Warrant and demand trial. The
record OF the Democratic party In
X 11lchigan has been good enough 70
1uotify the voters in trusting II with
e IT. management of the state for the
E1loxt two years.
-sThe first governors OF the terri
6 Try were Democrats. Martin Van
X uren, Democrat, wrote the first
Exmstitution. The Democratic party
foblished the common school sys-
Hn. and laid the foundation for our
1870 university. The Democratic
tIoxty created the townships and pro-
%11ed for the old town meeting. Some
s - the best mayors in Michigan have
oen Democrats. Gov. Bergole was a
$omocrat and sturdy type of man.
Iov. Winans was a pretty fair type
b ~ nan, and he was Democrat. His
y Naturalization, SO far as he was con-
rrned. was an honest one and above
approach. and his appointes will COM
tore favorably with those Of more re-
oont years. when they are talking of
|krhe danger of the tide OF progress
fnrning back upon ITSELF.
During Winans' administration, the
1oH16lature passed an act which con-
zGrrod upon cities and villages the
<1IGht to own and operate gas, electric
k0nd other lighting systems, as a re-
*n0lt Of which scores OF towns are
E0ed from the monopoly Of public
ogxice corporations. Following these
lrnwplea the greatest city of the
tate isSnow about to take over the
kSoet car system, having made q
1ucceos OF the municipal lighting
This tide Of progress that the Re-
Means talk about In their platform
" wonderful thing. Some of II
1w II I'm states prison, some skipped
Mexico, and some of 1t recently
~ and It's record Is being exposed.
The people have not yet forgotten
~ militia frauds. the state treasury
[|ou6o. the state prison frauds, and
nf recently the frauds In the state
o>xY and food inspectors ONCE II
|lo record IL what they referred to,
~ must confess that we fail to see
Now the makers of the platform could
locover q tide OF progress looming
~. / would not be on this ticket II
4 did not believe that the success OF
III. Hemans and his associates would
mean improved conditions in Michi
,6an