The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-31
Thompson's Speeches of Five
Years Ago Make Very
Rich Reading Now.

ity's standpoint.
All OF which ought 10 suggest tn
fate OF the Thompson SETTLE
lent plan.
The following editorial from tn
northwestern Detroit Review, officii
ryan of the Northwestern Bushes
lens association. advocates the a.
eptance OF the Thompson franchis
4 order to get things settled" Will
eclaring that the settlement offere
Nsead of being along the lines
roT@ss, SIS far from being as az
analogous to the city" as the Code
lutchins franchise:
The Review heartily congratu-
lates the people OF the Northwest
ern Detroit. and the whole city,
on the solution offered OF the
street car controversy by the
mayor and corporation counsel
by agreement with the ID. U. X.
officials.
The portion OF the agreement
that will be particularly pleasing
to Northwestern Detroiters is the
assurance OF a north and south
line next year. =
Ii is interesting to compare the
proposed agreement with the late
lamented Codd-Hutchins fran
chise. While some features OF
this agreement will appeal TO
many who opposed the other
proposition, still, taken all in all,
il is far from being as advantage
Gus to the city, in our opinion.
While this ordinance offers eight
tickets for 20 cents during 10
hours OF the day. from ) a. m.
to s p. m. the other offered ten
tickets for % cents during five
hours OF the day, when probably
rs per cent of the people use the
cars. tickets TO be six for 20 cents
for the balance OF the day in both
cases. However, in the proposed
Thompson-Hally settlement the
city must pave between the
tracks, while IL The Codd-
Hutchins plan the company was
to do the paveing. This is a tre-
mendous concession, and out
weighs whatever advantages this
proposition may have over the
former one.
The offer to sell to the city at
any time on six months notice or
at the end of the franchise period
is a sop TO the advocates OF
municipal ownership, and means
little, provided the company
gives a reasonably good service.
How Thompson Won.
II was in whirlwind campaig
gainst the Codd-Hutchins franchis,
n the fall of 1906, that William
thompson. when city treasurer, wo
he election as mayor
He accused Mayor Codd OF bein
he I'd. u. r. mayor" and his sloga
ras, Move the mayors office frol
70. IL Woodward-ave. TO the cit
all" In supper. Of his contentio
hat Codd was the ID. U, r. mayo
ne OF his favorite speeches was, ths
mayor who held secret conference
With the ID. u. r. officials, withor
citing the people in on 1T until tn
ranchise was ready TO be exploite'
,as no representative Of the peopl'
Make me mayor, and there will b
% secret meetings with the ID.
l." was his battle cry. The peopl
ave a right to know what negoti'
Ions the mayor makes for them, an
hey should not be made in secrt
Nth the ID. U. X. officials"
That, however, was five years ag
lmost 10 a day.
Now Mayor Thompson points wit
ride to his own careful, secret neg
iations extending since last sprini
'hile the people were TO receive wit
reathless enthusiasm, in the fail, tn
esult. a franchise which had bee
urned down by Mayor Codd befor
he Codd-Hutchins franchise. wa
ffered.
Some of the things that Thompso
aid about gifts from the ID. U. +
1 that time, are appended.
Views Five Years Ago.
They have an odd sound now, Az
ears later. and when the gifts al
icing offered through the medium {
b. Thompson. Here are SON
amples.
Saturday, oct. 81. 1906: 'MayC
odd talks about settling this que
ion and stop fighting. But | want
SIX Ii the people OF this city are s
nxious to settle that they want
i've the ID. IT, X. a franchise wort
bout s2O.000.0O0, and get nothing al
uate in return"
I'm Colonial hall. Saturday, Nov.
II is a new kind Of platform that III
mayor of this city is ru'
ling on this year--a franchise for IN
}. u. II. ask you II IL is fair, II
s decent, and IL IL isn't a pretty spe
acle for the mayor of Detroit, VII
S supposed TO be representing n
,cople, like lawyer would his ellen
o be campaigning for weeks throue
he city, asking for voters to grant
ranchise TO the ID. u. r. which WI
,e worth S15,000.000 to $4,000, 900.
Thursday. Oct. %, 1906: What
his campaign of education for? TT
answer is plain enough. The pri
.ipal franchises owned by the cor
,any will expire in three years, ar
I n growing desperate II has
ued SIS 100000 Of bonds, which ri
or % years beyond the present FRA
misses, and from the company's stan
,oint a franchise must be forthcor
M TO earn money to meet these OBJ
cations"
After conference with Tom
Johnson, in Cleveland:
The most interesting thing