The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-12
DOESN'T MUCH OF THE
BLAME FOR SCALPING
FALL ON THE BLAMERS ?
Mr.. Original Voter Crafts His
Vote That Puts Bigger
CRATER In Power.
JOHNSON MUST MAKE GOOD
His Planning at the Typewriter
of Murphy, of Cubs, Won't
Hurt Him Much, However.
Nv RALpH /. YoNKER.


The ticket scandal has been up Tor
examination In an executive meeting
M the national commission, who dln
not even stop TO leave their meetihs
for luncheon yesterday IN ORDER 'hal
they might devote more time 10 tue
scalping investigation or whatever II
was they talked about in their secret
session.
Few expect that anything viii ever
he done about this ticket affair Evr
IDENTIFY the former secretary or the
Giants. William Gray, has been made
RIO goat and he has been dismissed
With the goat dismissed, here you
are.
n IS doubtful whether this inyesul-
2 ration which perhaps would be Deier
expressed in quotation~marks' or De
followed by an Interrogation point IN
rarenthises. indicating sarcasm, was
over considered seriously.
II looks from this distance like a
,scp handed 10 the public
months after the affair that stirred up
re odor happened. And, except lot
inc few fanatics who remember mat
t.eyI n dos the same thing over ana
(. over agp,n, the public doesn't care
much whether the magnates oother
,heir craniums about Il.
And here is where the public gets
A. In the neck right along ~When II
gets burned Il raises an awful yen
for a minute but II doesn't put out
the fire. providing II is protected
from the flames for a while
In the little drama of making every
body think that something is being
done about this ticket business the
principal actors aren't holding down
the center of the stage. Some OF the
men directly connected with the New
York club act like kids caught with
their faces smeared with the Jam ana
hey are disconnected from their JOBS
aud they leave for vacations on in the
southland. and al that sort OF thing.
But the powers behind. according 10
The popular belief with those who
know. or think they know, are still
AT their old tricks in Gotham.
AS a general thing the men with
the scandal smeared on their faces
get the abuse of the fans. But the
abuse ought not 10 begin or end there.
u ought TO begin and end with the
CITY officials in New York who, 1t Is
generally supposed. permit, sanction,
encourage. or compel the New York
baseball men TO do as they tell them
10 In matters OF this kind.
A baseball club may depend for It's
very life. sometimes. on the kindness
es OF the men in power There are
many little things, like the permits
sion to block up street. the privilege
Of using this or that convenience
4 which the political party in power can
grant or refuse that will either allow
The club TO 20 on its way rejoicing
or shut of ,he arteries that carry
10 Il It's life blood, through the box
ONCE.
To be a club Official with favors
granted meaning thousands OF dollars
behind. and prospects OF future
strangling ahead, and TO have this
ticket proposition presented in the
rignl way by the guys with the
strangle hold would not be JOYFUL,
and Il would be little wonder II he
fell for the gan.
Blaming IL TO the gang is easy, too.
hut. of course, the gang is supported
by the people of New York. Perhaps
not BY a majority of living people but
Dy majority Vi NAMES 'h"' SeSN 70"
lots.
While conditions in New York diff
fer from those in other cities, human
nature remains about the same. The
voter sees the campaign cigar or the
dollar bride and he sells his vote for
that The man he elects sees the
chance for bigger graft and he sells
his bigger vote for that. The grafters
at the top bleed the original voter and
he squeals because Of the injustice OF
life.
But as far as this evidence business
is concerned. II certainly seems TO be
up TO Ban Johnson TO get results. He
has kept the fans i'm their seats by
assuri/; them that evidence was
forthcoming. Now it's up 10 him TO
make good on the proposition.
And he has other troubles too. Muir
',tv OF the Cubs. has PANIED him 10 Il
fnre-yewell, promising in naughty
rage that he would nominate and vote
for him as National league president
since he practically runs that league
ANYWAY, asking him why he abhors
scalping In one league and allows II
n another. and so on. However,
I iohnson's reputation up 10 this time
Is so much better than Murphy's. that
Johnson Is not likely to suffer much
by Murphy's trades