The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-07
DEMOCRATIC BANNERS ARE
| BARRED BY BREITMEYER
| AT LOCAL HEADQUARTERS
Former Mayor Uses Authority
as Boss of Building Where
Offices Are Located
THREATENS THE TIMES
Says Publication of Incident Will
Be Followed by Loss Of
Advertising
THREATENS THE TIMES

Democratic state headquarters are
located In a handsome suite OF six
rooms on the second floor OF the
IBroadway market building, but you
4couldn't distinguish that fact by any
|Iof the signs that appear on the out.
.side OF the building. The plumbing
contractor has his sign displayed. and
30 have the man who put In the win.
dow weights. the contractor who did
| the electrical work and the firm that
FURNISHED the metal doors. Near the
|,north end OF the building hangs the
sign Of a hairdressing establishment
that will move into the building, Oct.
1. but the handsome Democratic ban
liner that has about the same dimen-
'sions as that OF the hair dresser's lies
on the floor In the hallway, because,
bit Is said, the rules OF the building for
bid 1t a place outside.
/ Philip Breitmeyer, former Republic
an mayor, who Is president OF the
Broadway Market Co., declared FRI
day morning that there was no poll
tics In the failure OF the Democratic
sign to get a place on the front OF the
building; that the rules OF the build
ing forbade such a sign being dis
played. But he was very anxious that
no mention OF the matter be made,
even going so far as to make threat
that he would "see that The Times
had TO pay for II In the way OF ad-
vertising patronage" II the incident
were published. :,
There is nothing to 1t at all" said
Mr.. Breitmeyer. But we are not
going to allow even electric signs on
| the outside OF the building"
When his attention was called 10
the fact that numerous other signs
were displayed, Mr.. Breitmeyer said
he knew OF only two or three, and that
these were put up by contractors and
not by tenants. He said his under
standing was that the hairdressers
sign was inside the window, and ne
did not know that II was hung out
side.
The Democratic sign that awaits
place 10 show itself, reads: Wilson
and Ferris Democratic State head
quarters" with the names OF the can
dldates in big red letters on the top
line and the lower line printed IN
black
H. g. Warren, secretary and man
ager of the Broadway Market com
pany, and manager OF the building
states that 1t is strictly against the
policy of the management to permit
any permanent signs Of any descrip
ton to be put up on the market build
ing. and that any contractors or other
signs which are up at the present
time, will be removed before the build
ing Is opened.
"The Democratic state committee
said nothing about putting up a sign
when the agreement to rent them
space was made" said Mr.. Warren
and II they had l should have re
fused them permission. The mattel
of the sign was brought up after the
agreement was made, and the checf
which they have given me for theil
rent is still uncashed, pending the
settlement of the question, II will b'
our policy to keep all signs OF am
description OF the building, and Mr.
Breitmeyer has nothing more to d'
with this policy than Mr.. Stevens. oul
architect, or any other member OF tn'
board of directors. II the Democratic
committee Is not satisfied with tnii
policy. they need not take their rooms
in the broadway market building"