The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-10
FAVORED FRANCHISE 1T
FIRST, HAS NOW CHANGER
HIS MIND AND OPPOSES
Library Commissioner Ralph
Phelps Convinced PAVING
Feature Will Prove Burden.
MAYORS FLOP COMPLETE.
Declares He Is Now An Out
and-Out Franchise Advocate
-Colored Club With Him.
MAYORS FLOP COMPLETES

Mayor Thompson spoke, Wednesday
noon, TO the employees of the Cadillac
Motor Car Co.'S body plant, on Fort
ST., devoting his attention largely 10 4
continuation Of his personal attack
on the Detroit News and its owner
To The Times. Wednesday morning
he reiterated the statement that. iron
now on. II is personal fight es far
as he Is concerned. The ordinance.
he said, is as good as adopted right
now.
The mayor gave out the Informs
ton that 100 colored men, members
OF the Drexel club, held a meeting.
Tuesday night, to discuss the ordi-
nance, and unanimously indorsed It.
Library Commissioner Ralph Phelps,
who was favorable to the franchise
at first, stated, Wednesday, that he
was beginning to take different view,
In his opinion, the paving will prove
a more serious burden than now ap.
pears from the figures that have been
given out. He believes that this
phase Of the question should be gwen
very careful consideration by the.
people.
Indications are for a large atten-
dance at the mass meeting of women
voters, TO be held in the Cass-aye.
Methodist church, Thursday morning,
at IL o'clock. Both sides OF the ques-
ton will be presented by prominent
speakers.
The request of John J. Tuomey for
the use of the schools for the pur-
pose TO holding meetings to discuss
the franchise has not been acted on
by tho board of education as yet, but
probably will come up at the regular
meeting, Thursday night. A Joint
meeting of the real estate and teach
ers' committees of the board was
scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, but
Inspector Burton was the only mem
Der TO put In an appearance.
II Is understood that City Treasurer
Max Koch has changed his mind about
the submission of the Vernon civil
service bill to the people along with
the Gilman bill and the Thompson
franchise and that. II no decision Is
handed, down by the sapxena- eoilrt On
Ala. Vernor's petition for a mandamus
before Jan. 16, he will vote with City
Clerk Nichols to reconsider the com
missions former action and place the
A straw vote on the franchise was
taken in the plant OF the Cadillac
Motor Car Co., Wednesday, but the re-
suit had not been determined up to b
o'clock.
An attempt on the part of the fran
chise boosters TO discredit the straw
vote taken at the EMF plant No. 4,
OF the Studebaker, last Saturday,
which showed that the employees OF
the Plant are against the Thompson
Hu:chins franchise eight to one, Ia
denounced as gross misstatement
OF the facts by the employees inter
ested
Affidavits furnished by several OF
the employees show that the vote was
an honest one and that the result,
as stated in The Times, was accur-
ate. The workmen are greatly arous-
/ ed over the efforts made by the fran
chise organs TO make II appear that
they are in favor of the measure.
and opposition to IL Is now stronger
| than ever.
| The Milwaukee Junction Manufac-
! tuTers' association, at its quarterly
meeting in the Hotel fuller, Tuesday
evening, unanimously Endorsed the
| Thompson-H franchise. II was
stated that the factories holding
membership in the association emu
ploy $4,000 men and that a poll OF the
employees showed SO per cent OF them
in favor of the franchise. There wore
1l9 members present at the meeting.
Tuesday night.
Mayor Thompson gave 20 min
utes' talk, in which he declared he
had abandoned his original intention
not to advocate the ordinance.
II have stated on numerous occa-
sions," he said, that | would explain
the provisions of the proposed ordi-
nance, but that | would ask no man
10 vote for IL. Now, however, a crisis
has been reached in the affairs OF De-
troit, and / shall appeal to every hon
est, liberty-loving citizen to support
the ordinance.
In a covert way, the News has
attempted to make you believe that
your mayor has been bought by the
ID. u. r., but | want you to remember
that not a dollar is being spent by
the ID. U. K. in this campaign. This
was one of the agreements | made
and not a single penny Is being paid
10 any newspaper In the city, though
that very thing has been done in the
past.
"The best guarantee of the integrity
OF the Thompson-Hally ordinance Is
that IL was drafted by Judge Hally.
when he was corporation counsel. and
he drafted IL as the servant and pro-
tector of the peoples rights"
Judge Hally followed the mayor
and talked for nearly an hour. He
dwell principally on the legal Difficult
Ties he considers are in the way OF
obtaining possession Of the street car
lines other than by purchase. under
The terms of the proposed franchise
Resolutions indorsing the proposed
franchise. were adopted by the De-
'roit Hotel Mems association. IN their
annual meeting. Tuesday.