The Detroit times., 1912-04-04
TlAYS NAGE[ FOR PLOTTING
TO MANIPULATE CAUCUSES
! IN FAVOR OF REACTIONARf
Domineering, Tyrannical Meth
DDS of Machine Will Be Re-
sented, Says A. d. Mcguire
PEOPLE ARE FOR WILSON
He Has Two Friends Here For
Every One Favoring Harmon,
Clark or Underwood
PEOPLE ARE FOR WILSON

the manner in which the local
caucuses would be manipulated and
the county delivered TO Harmon,
clark or Underwood. Arthur d.
Magnire, president of the Woodrow
Wilson club for Wayne county, gave
out this statement, Wednesday:
4 am not surprised to hear that
John {. Nagel and his organization
are FOR Harmon, Underwood or Clark.
1hat Is no news 10 me; in fact that
Is largely the reason why we have
this Woodrow Wilson club, which is
composed OF men who believe in
Woodrow Wilson and favor his can.
didacy for president. They believe
III him because he is progressive
democrat and because he, as governor
or New Jersey, has just cleaned HIS
state OF such political machine as
John G. Nagel represents-a machine
that believes IL should select the dele
gates and use them to nominate its
own particular friends, or friends of
the men the machine represents,
without any thought whatever OF the
wishes of the rank and file of the
party.
The only thing that surprises me
in Mr.. NagePs statement Is that he
should be SO careless in giving the
people such a splendid description OF
what machine politics is. | am much
obliged TO him and If there is any
more inside information, the members
OF the Democratic party would like
TO hear it.
'Nagel is further quoted as saying:
i have the ballot boxes and name
the officials IL the Times has cor
rectly quoted Mr.. Nagel, then IL sure
ly must be an object lesson on the
machine or organization or boss
system OF politics. How can any self
respecting American citizen tolerate
such domineering, tyrannical and I'M
just methods? or what use is the bal
lot 10 the plain citizen OF the Demo
: cratic party OF this city If we draw
the only inference We can draw from
Mr., Nagels statement? Is it any Won
der We formed a club for Woodrow
Wilson To combat this state of affairs
and TO see that our candidate, the inn
placable foe OF machine politics, gets
square deal?
II quote Nagel again: 4 don't care
II the party puts up Harmon. Clark,
or Underwood, I'll be for any one OF
them, but | am against Wilson be-
cause of the men he has got back OF
him. t2e
1T Is no news TO the friends OF
Woodrow Wilson that the so-called
Democratic machine in Wayne county
will favor any reactionary candidate
in preference TO Woodrow Wilson.
Tie friends TO whom Mr. Nagel OBJ
jects are many, and judging from the
venom of his remarks, | guess ne
finds them quite active. He would be
surprised il he knew how fast those
friends are being made. They are
the ones at whom Nagel sneers. They
are not job-holders and not job seek
era.@They owe no allegiance to any
boss and don't intend TO. They are
free American citizens, who believe
in Democratic principles and, conse-
Guently, want 10 do their own think
ing and select their own candidate,
and not let Mr.. Nagel and his organ
ization dictate to them as he claims
ne has the right TO do. III our clti-
zens have sense enough TO vote. 1t is
fair to assume they have sense enough
. TO pick their own candidate.
IF Mr.. Nagel's statements are not
enough TO turn any intelligent man
against machine control OF the eau
GuEeS, let HlIH lOOh az NhN
made in this city yesterday in the
Republican caucuses, when charges
and counter-charges or bribery were
made by both sides.
Both Nagel and the organization
which he claims should select the
democratic candidate, are being nara
pushed or he never Woulu nave
souealed so loudly.
"The friends of Woodrow Wilson In
this county already knew that Nagel
had the ballot boxes and much 10
do with the appointment OF new chair
men for the precincts. They do not,
however. agree with Mr.. Nagel when
he saws: We have everything with
us and YOU can bet Wilson hasn't got
look in
eThe trouble with Nagel, as with
most machine politicians, is he has
cot near-sighted from looking so close
{. iy at his own figures. and those sup
plied by his ward bosses and precinct
leaders. Let Nagel listen TO the plain
truth: il will do his soul good for once
IN hear IT, Woodrow Wilson has two
friends In this county TO one for either
Harmon. Clark or Underwood. IL IA
admitted as | said before. that he has
not the machine politicians with him
70 any great extent, though many OF
them have been converted, and al
though he may not haze the control OF
the ballot boxes he has the hearts
If the majority OF the voters OF the
Democratic party in this county, who
are opposed to the unfair and scandal
aus methods OF which Nagel seems TO
> be the champion.
1T is regrettable that man OF Mr..
Nagel's proven ability as city assessor,
should be so blinded by zeal for his
organization as to place himself
souarely against the man who is the
choice of the majority of the party
and whose record entities him TO the
Democratic nomination for president
woodrow Wilson.
IF the people of this city and coun.
Nv don't believe in presidential pref
erence primary after reading Mr.
Nagel's statement, ! am much mis-
taken.
IL Judge that Woodrow Wilson's
stand on this question has cost him
the support of Nagel. and other
bosses"
Want Ty Co Make n speech.
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